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Anfield cat becomes Internet hit (Reuters)

elegant — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:43:16 +0000

Reuters – A cat that invaded the famous Anfield turf for three minutes during Liverpool’s 0-0 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Monday has become an internet celebrity.

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Anfield cat becomes Internet hit
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Earthquake Strikes Philippines: The Rapid Social Media Response [VIDEO]

elegant — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:33:04 +0000

Chaos struck the Philippines on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central island of Negros, causing fears of tidal waves and a tsunami.

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Scores injured in Peruvian earthquake

elegant — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:57:27 +0000

A powerful earthquake injured scores of people, buckled buildings and caused power outages in central Peru early Monday, with no immediate reports of fatalities, officials said.

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London’s Big Ben is leaning, parliament sinking: reports (Reuters)

elegant — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:14:00 +0000

Reuters – The landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain’s Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames, raising fears over its future.

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Earthquake shakes northern Dominican Republic

elegant — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:38:28 +0000

A moderate earthquake struck Monday in the northern Dominican Republic but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

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Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:58:10 +0000

Reuters – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday the country’s largest rebel group was increasingly selling its cattle to finance South America’s longest-running insurgency as income from trafficking cocaine drops.

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Colombia rebels selling cows as drug money drops: Santos
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Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers (Reuters)

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:48:39 +0000

Reuters – Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday.

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SA man found dead by road was bashed

creative — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:57:06 +0000

A MAN found dead in the Adelaide Hills had been attacked by a group of men on Monday, with his body lying undiscovered on the side of a road for a day and a half, police say.

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Investigators looking intohomemade bomb explosion

creative — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:58:39 +0000

FARMINGTON — A homemade explosive was detonated on a remote road Monday night, scaring a nearby resident and prompting an investigation by state and federal law enforcement officials, police said.

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Four killed in Afghan suicide bombing

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:03:49 +0000

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 3 (UPI) — At least four people were killed and more than a dozen, including children, were injured in a suicide bomb explosion in Afghanistan, officials said.

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