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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

publisher — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:23:34 +0000

(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was a report on the USGS website of the quake centered in the Pacific Ocean being felt in Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia. The quake struck at 12:05 p.m. local time, the …

Close shave for Britain’s eBay athlete (Reuters)

elegant — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:46:00 +0000

Reuters – A shaving company has come to the rescue of a British athlete who put himself up for auction on eBay to secure sponsorship for the London Olympics only to find the winning bidder was a hoax.

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Priests, farmers, lesbian truckers tweet for Sweden (Reuters)

elegant — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:08:37 +0000

Reuters – Sweden is tweeting to the world, and this week she is Hanna, “just your average lesbian truck driver.”

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Amy Winehouse found dead in London home

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:10:40 +0000

In July troubled British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her flat in north London.

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British sprinter raises 2012 sponsorship on eBay (Reuters)

publisher — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:30:24 +0000

Reuters – A top British sprinter desperate to run in his home London Olympics next year has raised 32,550 pounds ($50,500) in sponsorship by auctioning himself on eBay.

"Whatever" deemed most annoying word: poll (Reuters)

publisher — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:20:25 +0000

Reuters – Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying “whatever.”

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Hundreds mourn woman killed in Alberta package bomb explosion

publisher — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:31:50 +0000

Clad in winter boots and a pink dress, 7-year-old Destiny Shachtay, the daughter of a wheelchair-bound woman killed in a bomb blast last week, attended a memorial service for her mother at an Innisfail church Saturday.

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Bomb explosion outside British embassy in Bahrain

publisher — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:21:14 +0000

According to Bahrain’s interior ministry, the blast came from a bus parked near the British embassy in the capital, Manama. read more

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Bomb explosion outside British embassy in Bahrain

Cornwall earthquake shakes homes

publisher — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:48:36 +0000

An earthquake hit the Bodmin area in Cornwall in the early hours of Sunday, according to the British Geological Survey.

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Blast near UK embassy in Bahrain

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:31:12 +0000

Bahrain’s interior ministry says a bomb explosion has occurred near the British diplomatic compound in the country’s capital Manama.

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