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Has Nefertiti's tomb finally been found?
Has Nefertiti's tomb finally been found?
(CNN)Nefertiti has continued to capture our collective imagination throughout the ages. No trace has been found of the legendary "beautiful one" who ruled across Egypt at her husband's side... until, possibly, now....
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Trump makes 'blood' truce with Fox then says he is top candidate for women
Trump makes 'blood' truce with Fox then says he is top candidate for women
Mogul maintains lead in polls as suspected deal puts him back on king-making network, even as female candidates call his menstruation comments ‘offensive’ ...
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Black ‘Presidential’ Power and Black Lives Emboldened
Black ‘Presidential’ Power and Black Lives Emboldened
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In the midst of a number of glaring black-white social inequalities and increasing economic disparities, what do you get when you blend repeated televised images of a black...
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Julian Assange case: progress made in Sweden-Ecuador negotiations
Julian Assange case: progress made in Sweden-Ecuador negotiations
Swedish government agrees to direct talks with Ecuador which may lead to WikiLeaks founder being interviewed in London ...
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Air Traffic Controllers Are Exhausted, According To Secret Government Study
Air Traffic Controllers Are Exhausted, According To Secret Government Study
WASHINGTON (AP) — A study the government kept secret for years says that air traffic controllers' work schedules often lead to chronic fatigue, making them less alert and endangering the safety of the national air...
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MH17 crash: Investigators find parts of BUK missile possibly used to shoot plane down
MH17 crash: Investigators find parts of BUK missile possibly used to shoot plane down
Parts of a BUK missile launcher possibly used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight 17 have been found in Ukraine. Dutch prosecutors investigating the plane crash, which killed all 298 people on board in July last year,...
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A debate over US pharmaceuticals is threatening the jewel of Obama's trade agenda
A debate over US pharmaceuticals is threatening the jewel of Obama's trade agenda
The other side of this inflammatory charge is that, to some extent, the United States already pays more than its fair share of the world’s costs for developing and distributing new pharmaceuticals. That’s because only...
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After 2 Killers Fled, New York Prisoners Say, Beatings Were Next
After 2 Killers Fled, New York Prisoners Say, Beatings Were Next
In letters to the authorities and interviews, inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility who were housed near the escapees tell of being abused by guards...
Convicted killer who led Clover cops on 100 MPH chase after shoplifting gets 10 years prison
Convicted killer who led Clover cops on 100 MPH chase after shoplifting gets 10 years prison
A convicted killer and serial shoplifter from North Carolina who led police on a 100 MPH chase last year...
UK to trial under-road wireless charging for EVs this year
UK to trial under-road wireless charging for EVs this year
Plug-in charging infrastructure like Tesla's Supercharger network are currently helping drive the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), but the UK government is...
Federal judge denies pair bail over Islamic State charges
Federal judge denies pair bail over Islamic State charges
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -- A young Mississippi couple who are charged with attempting to join the Islamic State were ordered held without bail Tuesday, pending...
Tube workers announce fresh strikes
Tube workers announce fresh strikes
London Underground workers will stage two 24-hour strikes in the continuing dispute over night Tube plans, the RMT union says.......
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Obesity is an incurable disease. So why is the government intent on punishing sufferers?
Obesity is an incurable disease. So why is the government intent on punishing sufferers?
Is overeating more addictive than crack cocaine? It’s hard to compare addiction rates, or to produce a clear definition that holds true across all substances and behaviours. But consider this crude contrast: of people who use crack cocaine, 10%-20% become addicted to it; across a nine-year study of 176,000 obese people, 98.3% of the men and 97.8% of the women failed to return to a healthy weight. Once extreme overeating begins, it appears to be almost impossible to stop. ...
We don’t need exams to be a grand national teenage bake-off
We don’t need exams to be a grand national teenage bake-off
Who needs Jeremy Corbyn when we have education minister Nick Gibb? As the Conservative government seeks to end local control of schools, its next target for nationalisation is exams. Gibb says he is “upset and angry� at the performance of the four private exam boards, not least following the computer fiasco of one of them, OCR, last year. It makes no sense, he says, “to have three or four exam boards competing for market share�. He clearly believes his officials can do better. ...
Amnesty International row: Should prostitution be decriminalised?
Amnesty International row: Should prostitution be decriminalised?
By Naomi Grimley Global affairs correspondent 11 August 2015 From the section World Both sides in...
Why is Tony Blair so unpopular?
Why is Tony Blair so unpopular?
Tony Blair's biographer Sir Anthony Seldon examines the standing of the former prime minister in his...
Stop treating Donald Trump like a Kardashian
Stop treating Donald Trump like a Kardashian
(CNN)Donald Trump is intriguing, aggravating, nauseating, hilarious and just about every other word...
Stifling democratic debate
Stifling democratic debate
The show cause notices issued to three television channels by the Ministry of Information and...
Unpredictable peace: Taliban's internal instability
Unpredictable peace: Taliban's internal instability
Despite efforts by two sets of mediators, the dispute over the issue of succession is still...
