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Bangkok blast: Foreign terrorist groups' role unlikely in terror attack, says officials
Deccan Chronicle | 2015-08-20
From Maxwell to Chilcot: Delaying tactics stand to ruin credibility in the Iraq Inquiry
The Independent | 2015-08-20
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Wall Street lower as fears over China's economy weigh on stocks
South China Morning Post | 2015-08-20
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Madame Tussauds to remodel Nicki Minaj display after visitors post obscene poses with waxwork online
The Daily Telegraph | 2015-08-20
‘DWTS’ Judge Leaving: Len Goodman Exits ‘Dancing With The Stars’ After Twenty Seasons
The Inquisitr | 2015-08-19
$1B Nazi gold train claimed to be found in Poland
$1B Nazi gold train claimed to be found in Poland
A long-lost Nazi train from World War II has claimed to have be found with a possible billion-dollar hoard.......
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Bangkok blast: Foreign terrorist groups' role unlikely in terror attack, says officials
Bangkok blast: Foreign terrorist groups' role unlikely in terror attack, says officials
Bangkok: Thailand on Thursday said the attack at apopular temple here that killed 20 people was "unlikely" to have links with international terrorist groups, as it sought help from global intelligence agencies to arrest...
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Blast near Cairo state security building wounds 29
Blast near Cairo state security building wounds 29
CAIRO: A car bomb near an Egyptian state security building and courthouse wounded at least 29 people early on Thursday, state television said. Security sources who inspected the site of the blast in Shubra al-Khaima, a...
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From Maxwell to Chilcot: Delaying tactics stand to ruin credibility in the Iraq Inquiry
From Maxwell to Chilcot: Delaying tactics stand to ruin credibility in the Iraq Inquiry
The name of that rogue businessman, Robert Maxwell, who drowned in 1991, lingers like a bad smell. In 1971 trade inspectors published a report arguing that Mr Maxwell was unfit to run a public company. They were right,...
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China CO2 emissions: 'Coal error' caused wrong calculations
China CO2 emissions: 'Coal error' caused wrong calculations
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News 19 August 2015 From the section Science & Environment Coal fired power plants are the biggest source of carbon emissions in China Confusion over the types of coal...
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Yemen conflict: Country on brink of famine, says UN official
Yemen conflict: Country on brink of famine, says UN official
19 August 2015 From the section Middle East More than 21 million people in Yemen are in need of help, according to the UN Months of conflict in Yemen has pushed the country to the brink of famine, according to a top...
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Isis executes Palmyra antiquities chief: Defender of ancient city's past was killed for protecting ...
Isis executes Palmyra antiquities chief: Defender of ancient city's past was killed for protecting its future
Isis has killed “the guardian of Palmyra”. Tortured for a month and then beheaded for refusing to betray the secret location of the Roman’s city’s priceless artefacts, Khaled al-Asaad’s gruesome death has appalled his...
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Britain and France to Announce Measures to Contain Migrant Crisis in Calais
Britain and France to Announce Measures to Contain Migrant Crisis in Calais
Under plans to be formally declared later on Thursday, British police and border protection forces will work with their French counterparts at a “command and...
Rival Koreas trade artillery fire at border
Rival Koreas trade artillery fire at border
South Korea's military fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single artillery round at a South Korean border town, the...
Health before wealth: Study links working long hours to heart strokes
Health before wealth: Study links working long hours to heart strokes
Washington DC, Aug 20 (ANI): Working extra hours in office? Well it's time to take a pause for a cause as a new study has linked working long hours to...
US proposes UN arms embargo on South Sudan
US proposes UN arms embargo on South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS — The United States is proposing that the U.N. Security Council impose an arms embargo on South Sudan after its president shocked rebels and...
Serena Williams wins Cincinnati opener in straight sets
Serena Williams wins Cincinnati opener in straight sets
MASON: Serena Williams pumped her fist after each important point and screamed as she smacked another emphatic shot. The defending Cincinnati champion wasn't...
UK approves e-cigarettes as healthier alternative
UK approves e-cigarettes as healthier alternative
Smokers in the UK could be prescribed e-cigarettes to help...
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We are slaves to the printed word, but only handwriting conveys real beauty
We are slaves to the printed word, but only handwriting conveys real beauty
When did you last write a letter, that is really “write” one? I still struggle to handcraft thank-yous and letters of congratulation or commiseration. I take reporting notes and scrawl messages, but often cannot decipher the result. My speed-writing has long gone and I cannot imagine my fingers surviving a student essay. A page of sustained writing is a calligraphic car crash. ...
Japan considers cheaper congratulatory cups for soaring number of centenarians
Japan considers cheaper congratulatory cups for soaring number of centenarians
Ministry cannot afford to keep handing out saucer-like sakazuki, a 100th birthday gift from the government since 1963 ...
Why some German universities will educate refugees for free
Why some German universities will educate refugees for free
While affordable tuition for undocumented immigrants is a remote prospect in some parts of the...
Pro-Israel lobbying in the UK: Cheap to play
Pro-Israel lobbying in the UK: Cheap to play
Last November, the British Foreign Office published an article entitled Ukraine's road to reform:...
What Donald Trump Could Learn From the Korean DMZ
What Donald Trump Could Learn From the Korean DMZ
If we’re going to seal off the U.S.-Mexican border right, we should take a page from Pyongyang....
Editorial: Hillary Clinton and hot air
Editorial: Hillary Clinton and hot air
Hillary Clinton continued her journey leftward this week, coming out in opposition to the Obama...
Berlusconi's world of sleaze: The astonishing lifestyle that brought down Italy's former PM
Berlusconi's world of sleaze: The astonishing lifestyle that brought down Italy's former PM
On the night of 27 May 2010, a 17-year-old exotic nightclub dancer, nome d'arte Ruby the Heart...
