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News Headlines March 22, 2014: Tensions with Russia Mount, Pro-Russia Rallies in Donetsk, Ebola in Guinea, Pirate Bay Founder Running for Euro MP Seat
Gunshots Heard As Russians Storm Ukrainian Airbase Germany Worries Russian Actions Tear Europe Apart Snowden Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Michelle Obama Tells Chinese Students Internet Freedom is a Human Right Guinea Confirms Ebola Epidemic China Has Located Potential MH370 Debris US President Obama to Meet Xi Jinping to Discuss Crimea […]
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Cease Fire Fails in the Ukraine, Fighting in Kiev Resumes As Protesters Seek End of the Yanukovych Regime
The domestic situation deteriorated further in the Ukrainian city of Kiev today as the truce between protesters and the government failed and fighting in the streets has resumed with increased intensity. Meanwhile, promised funds from the Russian Federation have not materialized, likely due to a lack of confidence in the Yanukovych government’s ability to maintain […]
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Breaking News: Train Crash in Spain Claims More Than 56 Lives
A train derailment in Spain has claimed more than 56 lives according to Agustin Hernandez Fernandez of the Galicia infrastructure ministry. The high-speed train had 218 passengers aboard and was traveling from Madrid to the town of Ferrol in northwest Spain when it derailed at 8:41 PM. Terrorism is not currently suspected. Our condolences to the […]
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Breaking News: Duchess of Cambridge Gives Birth to Baby Boy
Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, and husband Prince William on Monday welcomed their first child. The baby boy was born at 4:24 p.m., weighing 8 pounds 6 ounces. A name has not yet been announced for the child, who is now third in line to the throne. [BBC]
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Breaking News: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is in Labor, En Route to St. Mary’s Hospital to Give Birth According to the BBC
The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is in labor according to Kensington Palace. The world’s media eagerly awaits the birth of the first child of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a child that upon birth will be third in line to the throne of the United Kingdom. [BBC]
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13-Year Old UK X Box Gamer Slashes Friend’s Throat After Gears of War 3 Bout
A 13-year old boy in Clydebank, Scotland in the United Kingdom allegedly slashed his younger friend’s throat after playing a round of Gears of War 3. The two boys met over X Box Live and there was apparently no ill-will between them prior to the attack. The attack was allegedly provoked by an insult which […]
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Sisa: A Poor Man’s Cocaine with Athens in Its Grip
In the wake of the financial crisis that paralyzed the world economy in 2008 and which wrought financial chaos on the euro zone, no European nation is featured in the news as much as Greece, the beleaguered and heavily-indebted Mediterranean state that has watched its society collapse as the state’s ability to combat social ills […]
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News Headlines May 13, 2013
- May 13, 2013
- Bangladesh tragedy
- Benghazi
- Cancelled
- car bomb
- Comfort Women
- Czech President
- Drunk
- Edible Insects
- Egypt
- Europe
- factory safety
- Fentanyl
- Garment workers
- Islamist
- Japan
- Libya
- new street drug
- Osaka
- Personal Information Leak
- Polio Vaccine
- politics
- SATs
- South Korea
- Taliban
- Toru Hashimoto
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- UN
- United Nations
- WWII
The SATs Cancelled in South Korea in First-Ever Ban of Entire Nation Due to Cheating Concerns Czech President Reportedly Drunk During Ceremony Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto Says WWII-Era ‘Comfort Women’ Were Necessary The Taliban Ends Anti-Polio Vaccination Stance The United Nations Promotes Edible Insects Personal Information Leak Reported in Europe Are Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia […]
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Former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher Dies Aged 87
Former British Prime Minister, the Baroness Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 87. She reportedly passed peacefully after suffering a stroke at the Ritz in central London. Her passing was mourned by current Tory PM David Cameron as well as the Queen herself who said she was saddened to hear the news. Margaret Thatcher was […]
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The Return of Stalingrad
The Russian metropolis of Volgograd resumed its Soviet World War II-era name of Stalingrad on Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. The name change will be accompanied by concerts, military parades, and attended by President Vladimir Putin. The city was initially named Stalingrad in 1925 after the Soviet leader […]
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