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U.S. companies are making record profits. And more of the money is staying offshore, and lightly taxed. A Wall Street Journal analysis of 60 big U.S. companies found that, together, they parked...
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Americans are training Syrian anti-government fighters in Jordan, the German weekly Der Spiegel said on Sunday, quoting what it said were participants and organizers. Spiegel said it was not...
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DETROIT (AP) — Some Michigan airports that could be forced to shutter their air traffic control towers or sacrifice midnight shifts are pressing their cases with federal transportation officials...
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Monarch makes historic pledge on discrimination and hints that if Kate DOES have a girl, that means equal rights to the throne too First time Her Majesty has signalled support for gay rights in...
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NEW YORK (AP) - Google is cutting an additional 1,200 jobs in its Motorola division as the unprofitable cellphone maker struggles to compete. Last summer, Google Inc. announced 4,000 Motorola...
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Mandela apelekwa hospitalini tena Rais Mstaafu wa Afrika Kusini Nelson Mandela amepelekea hospitalini kufanyiwa uchunguzi wa kiafya. Taarifa kutoka kwa afisa ya Rais wa Afrika Kusini zimesema...
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Four-year-old girl in Tanzania plays in an amalgamation pond contaminated with mercury while adults process gold. © 2012 Zama Coursen-Neff/Human Rights Watch The New International Convention...
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McCain And Graham's Rand Paul Slam Draws Criticism - Business Insider "SNIP.......................................................... Just hours after Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey...
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Four Saudi sisters who beheaded their brother at their house in the Gulf Kingdom told police they had done so because he had not stopped molesting them. Saudi police seized the four sisters, aged...
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Here's an article I found on PM News As the Nigerian economic condition bites harder, many male citizens are now ready to sell their semen to couples who need them for procreation, P.M.News...
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In 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act. Although that was only 17 years ago, it was a very different time. In no state in the union was same-sex marriage recognized, much less available as...
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Untold History: Stalin, the Soviet Union and WWIIPeter Kuznick (co-author with Oliver Stone of Showtime's Untold History of the United States): Dealing with the role of the Soviet Union in WWII...
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A US man has shot and killed the host of a TV program about shooting - while the host was visiting his wife. Police say 41-year-old Wayne Bengston then beat his wife, took his two-year-old son...
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) Hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore ransacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday and torched dozens of homes after hearing reports that a Christian...
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60,000 federal workers responsible for securing borders have been told they will face furloughs due to spending cuts. Furloughs bite for customs workers - CNN.com (CNN) -- The union...
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Sheria zipo lakini hazijitoshelezi: UN Women Tanzania Mwanamke wa kitanzania akiwa shambani Nchini Tanzania, afisa kutoka shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la masuala ya wanawake, UN-Women...
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The country can either be a Jewish democracy or possess all of its historical territory. It can't have both. ... Right now, the total number of Jews and Arabs living under Israeli rule in...
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It is a fairly well kept secret that Israel has been occupying parts of Saudi Arabia since 1967. Tiran and Sanafir are two islands with a combined area of 113 square kilometres, so they are small...
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WOMEN Kabul debates women's law 'violating Sharia' A draft law that would end violence against women is being debated in the Afghan Parliament. But it is finding little support among MPs, who...
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Navi Pillay Kamishna wa Umoja wa Mataifa juu ya Haki za binadamu Navy Pillay ameitaka serikali ya Tanzania kuchukua hatua za hataka kukomesha vitendo vya mauwaji wa watu wenye ulemavu wa ngozi...
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