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Al-Shabaab The key to support of Islamist rebels was their navigation of Somalias competing complex of clans
In 2005 a few dozen Somalis declared themselves to be the youth wing of a new Islamic Courts movement that was becoming influential in a country ravaged by warlords and their battling militias.Shabaab (Arabic for "youth") emerged as the dominant force within the courts as they took control of the capital Mogadishu imposing some order on what had become the world's most failed ...
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Iraq election candidate killed in suicide bomb attack
The bomber attacked a guesthouse owned by Younis al-Rammah, who was a candidate in provincial elections beginning today, late on Tuesday in Nineveh. Mr Rammah and four relatives were killed and six others wounded. Candidates are frequent targets for insurgents who aim to disrupt the political process.Two suicide bombers also targeted a Shia mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at ...
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FBI digs for bodies at home of late gangster James Burke - the man who inspired Goodfellas
Investigators believe a long-missing mob associate might be buried at the former home of the infamous mobster who inspired Robert De Niro's character in the 1990 ...
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Teenagers in Jordan support ‘honour killings’ research finds
A new generation of teenagers in the Middle East believe honour killings to be 'justified', according to a new study of young people in ...
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‘The last couple of years have been a bit bumpy’ admits Johnny Depp after break-up with partner Vanessa Paradis
"The last couple of years have been a bit bumpy," the 50-year-old actor told Rolling Stone magazine, in an interview to promote his new blockbuster, The Lone Ranger. "At times, it was certainly unpleasant but that's the nature of break-ups, I guess, especially when there are kiddies involved," he said.Depp and Paradis, 40, announced their split last June after 14 years ...
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Kanye West Slammed Over Parkinsons Lyric
Kanye West has been branded "stupid" by Parkinson's charities for making light of the disease on a new song. The rapper's track On Sight features the lyrics: "A monster about to come alive again / Soon as I pull up and park the Benz / We get this ***** shaking like Parkinson's." The reference to involuntary shaking, which is among the main symptoms of the ...
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Jimmy Hoffa Detroit FBI Calls Off Field Dig
A search of a field north of Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former union boss Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI has said. Robert Foley, head of the FBI in Detroit, said on Wednesday the dig was being called off a few hours into its third day. Mr Foley said: "We did not uncover any evidence relevant to the investigation on James Hoffa As of this point, we'll be closing down ...
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Serena Williams Sorry Over Rape Case Comments
Tennis star Serena Williams has moved to clarify remarks she made about a rape case in the US town of Steubenville. The world number one issued a statement on her website saying she is deeply sorry for the way her comments were reported in Rolling Stone magazine. The case involved two teenage football players who were jailed for raping a 16-year-old girl at an alcohol-fuelled party in east ...
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Vitamins Not such a good thing
>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...
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Watch Rare twin birth for gorilla in Dutch zoo
A mother gorilla gave birth to twins in the Dutch Burgers' Zoo, in Arnhem, Netherlands, a rare occurrence among gorillas - especially for those in ...
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Fed says it will continue $85B in bond purchases
Federal Reserve says it will maintain the pace of its program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows, but offered a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. The brighter outlook could be a hint that the Fed is moving closer to reducing its stimulus. But the statement gave no indication of when that might happen. In a statement after its meeting, the Fed says ...
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Gyula Horn former Hungarian prime minister dies
BUDAPEST, Hungary -; Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of ...
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What Afghanistan United States Taliban Seek From Doha Talks
It's possible that they won't all sit at the same negotiation table, but the Afghan government, the United States, and the Taliban all have their own wish list for peace negotiations. We look at some of the various expectations, demands, and sticking points among the three main players in the Afghan ...
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Yaalon Iran should be forced to choose between nuclear weapons or survival
Defense minister calls on international community to increase pressure on Iran; says Israel examining new developments in Tehran in light of presidential election results; adds that Syria's war is "nearing our ...
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Entrepreneurs launch initiate for Palestinian future
RAMALLAH - Young Palestinians who are fed up with the existing leaders' attempts to establish an independent Palestinian state launched their own initiative designed to give the young people a voice in determining the Palestinian future.Several Palestinian entrepreneurs launched NEWpal, a youth group based in this city, which got started this week by hosting a full day "Future ...
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Dementia will be bigger world plague than AIDS
AIDS, which affects millions of patients around the world, is a relatively minor plague compared to the epidemic of dementia -- especially Alzheimer's disease -- that will occur around the world in the coming decades, Prof. Richard Frackowiak, the director of the department of clinical neuroscience and head of the neurology service at CHUV University Hospital in Lausanne and co-director of ...
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U.N. Compound in Somalia Is Attacked
MOGADISHU, Somalia ...
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Syria wont be another Iraq
David Cameron insisted he had "learned the lessons of Iraq" as world leaders at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland set out an agreed blueprint for the future of Syria. But the British Prime Minister was again warned not to consider arming the Syrian rebels by President Vladimir Putin, who compared them to the killers of Drummer Lee Rigby. Cameron and President Barack Obama persuaded Putin to ...
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First US strike at News Corp
The British former stunt double of Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is the first of six people to formally launch legal proceedings against Rupert Murdoch's media empire in America over alleged phone hacking. Eunice Huthart, a star of the Gladiators television show who went on to become a stunt specialist in the US, lodged a damages claim in California. Previous hacking civil actions have been ...
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History weighs on Berlin speech
Five years and 50 years. As US President Barack Obama revisited Berlin last night, he could not escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons of history and personal achievement. His 26-hour whirlwind visit to the German capital marks his return to a place where he once summoned a throng of 200,000 to share his ambitious vision for American leadership. That was 2008, when Obama was ...
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Karzai US row over Taliban talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said last night that he has suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest against the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taleban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US on what troops will remain in the country after 2014. He says he did this "in view of the ...
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Jill Meaghers rapist and killer gets life
Adrian Bayley murdered Jill Meagher after raping her so as to avoid a lengthy jail term, he told police. Sentenced yesterday to life for "a crime among the worst kinds conceivable", he will be 76 before he becomes eligible for parole. For some, even that sentence - stipulating a non-parole period of 35 years - did not adequately reflect the brutality of a crime which shocked ...
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Bill targets power of food giants
Australia's two major supermarket chains are coming under increasing fire over their market dominance and allegations of "unconscionable" bullying of suppliers. Already the subject of an inquiry by corporate watchdog the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Coles and Woolworths are now being targeted by a federal bill introduced by north Queensland independent MP Bob Katter. Katter's ...
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Royal love child seeks DNA proof
Delphine Boeul's art says it all: a neon sculpture spells out the words "Love Child" alongside a crown askew on a red heart. Another text work in colourful crepe appears to be a blunter message to King Albert II, the Belgian monarch she claims is her father: "F*** You I Exist. "Now the artist has launched a court battle to obtain DNA from the sovereign and his family in a bid to prove her claim. ...
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Singapore chokes in smoke from Indonesian blazes
Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. Singapore's main measurement of air quality has hovered in the "unhealthy" classification as smoke from roaring blazes on ...
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Phoenix is water wise but planning is key
Phoenix is an insatiably thirty city, needing around 150 million gallons of water every day for agricultural, residential and commercial uses while the city with its population of over 4.5 million is also leading the charge in finding ways to live sustainably in a region of the world that is vast and largely arid.
Phoenix is often referred to as a ‘desert city’, because it is built in and has grown up in the desert. The Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun, is located in the northeast of the Sonoran Destert and has one of the hottest climates of any other city in the country. Read more
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