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UK defends security services over Woolwich murder
LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...
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US bridge collapses sending vehicles into water
WASHINGTON - A handful of vehicles and some people plunged into a river after a more than half a century old bridge that links Seattle in the US with Canada collapsed, throwing the movement on the highway into disarray. Authorities said there were no deaths in the bridge collapse on the Skagit River in the US state of Washington. Three people were rescued and taken to hospitals, they ...
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Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI
NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...
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Lincolns life-saving note put up for 15000 dollars
Former American president Abraham Lincoln's scribbled note ordering a disabled 14-year-old boy to be released from the Army in response to the boy's father's plea, has been put on sale at 15000 dollars as part of a rare collection of Lincoln's children-related documents. Lincoln's order on a telegram from Col. Thomas W. Harris about his son, Perry said 'Let this boy be discharged', Fox News ...
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HSBC could face criminal prosecution as deal on money laundering charges stalls
HSBC's controversial 1.9 billion-dollar settlement deal with American authorities over money laundering charges, has been stalled after a row between the Department of Justice and the judge overseeing the case. The deal - known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) - would have exempted HSBC from prosecution and triggered a storm of criticism, reports the Guardian. Judge John Gleeson is ...
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The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]
Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...
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Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC
A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...
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Mexican woman gets first transplant of ovaries in Latin America
A Mexican woman received Latin America's first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara, the director of the Mexican Infertility Institute, Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, announced. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the ...
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Shinde reviews cooperation with U.S
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History maker Sri Srinivasans feat hailed widely
History-making Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's unanimous Senate confirmation as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital has been widely hailed. Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic Chairman Patrick Leahy, welcomed Srinivasan's confirmation, but criticised "Republican efforts to delay a floor vote of the highly qualified ...
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Trailblazer Sri Srinivasan creates history as top US judge
Chandigarh-born "trailblazer" Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has made history with the US Senate unanimously confirming him as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, was Thursday confirmed by the Senate by a 97 to 0 vote, as a judge on the US Court of ...