Category: News
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Benji Madden: 'I Should Run America'
Good Charlotte rocker Benji Madden is convinced he could run America more successfully than the “idiots” currently in charge under President George W. Bush’s leadership. The guitarist, who’s dating socialite Paris Hilton, is appalled at many of the decisions made by U.S. politicians, who he accuses of lacking the intelligence required for such a high-powered…
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In their own words: why young men carry knives
My dad was stabbed to death when I was three years old. That is one of the reasons that I now carry a knife. It’s for protection. You never know who else will have one. This way, if someone is going to stab me, I will stab them first. It does not matter how tough…
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FARC Computer Files Are Authentic, Interpol Probe Finds – washingtonpost.com
The files contain e-mails and other documents that show how Venezuela’s populist leader had formed such a tight bond with guerrilla commanders that his key lieutenants had offered help in obtaining sophisticated weaponry such as surface-to-air missiles while delivering lighter arms. The files also document links between the FARC and Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, a…
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One dead gorilla is news – a guerrilla war is not
It was one of the most arresting images of last year. A majestic male mountain gorilla, his body flecked with blood, splayed out lifeless on a stretcher that 15 park rangers were struggling to bear through the jungle of eastern Congo. The massacre of the silverback Senkekwe, along with five other rare apes, made the…
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'My daughter deserved to die for falling in love' | The Observer
Two weeks ago, The Observer revealed how 17-year-old student Rand Abdel-Qader was beaten to death by her father after becoming infatuated with a British soldier in Basra. In this remarkable interview, Abdel-Qader Ali explains why he is unrepentant – and how police backed his actions. Afif Sarhan in Basra and Caroline Davies report Check it…
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Photographer to serve 10 days in jail
A Cedar City photographer was sentenced Tuesday to serve 10 days in jail and pay more than $5,500 in restitution for shooting out the windows of a rival’s studio last fall. Kurtis Leo Leany, 52, must also pay a $1,000 fine, write a letter of apology to the victim and complete an anger-management class as…
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Mexican Drug Cartels Making Audacious Pitch for Recruits
The job offer was tempting. It was printed on a 16-foot-wide banner and strung above one of the busiest roads here, calling out to any “soldier or ex-soldier.” “We’re offering you a good salary, food and medical care for your families,” it said in block letters. But there was a catch: The employer was Los…
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Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels
Almost eight years after al-Qaeda nearly sank the USS Cole with an explosives-stuffed motorboat, killing 17 sailors, all the defendants convicted in the attack have escaped from prison or been freed by Yemeni officials. Check it out here.
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SATANIC IMPOSTOR
Man who poses as pastor to rob churches in police net By Vincent Ukpong Kalu Check it out here.
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Confession of a mermaid – Woman initiated into demonic circle by her lesbian lover
“We had convenant. We caused evil wherever we go. I had four powers.There were hidden in my hand, heart, vagina and legs. I used to do evil. If I come to your house and cross my hands, something bad will happen. I used my heart for negative thoughts. Any evil thing I wish for comes…
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There are many villains to blame for Zimbabwe's decade of horror
Chris McGreal has reported from Zimbabwe for the past 20 years and watched its slow slide into despair. But who is at fault? Here, he blames British ministers, white farmers and the country’s opposition for misunderstanding the Mugabe regime – and for the complacency that laid the ground for his brutal dictatorship Check it out…
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If It's Any Consolation, I Am Going To Shoot Myself After I Kill All Of You | The Onion – America's Finest News Source
I want all of you to know that I totally empathize with everything you’ll soon be going through. Nobody likes to learn that their lives are about to be snuffed out for no reason save that of random, irrational violence. It’s a terrifying proposition, I know. But everyone’s going to have to sacrifice a little…
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Man arrested with 3 human skulls
On where he got the human skulls, he claimed he got them from a cemetery, adding: “I did not kill anyone. I just got them from a burial ground. I swear, I did not kill them.” Check it out here.
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Artist Vanishes During a Berlin Walk
An artist who was put on trial for her role in a controversial exhibition titled “Caution, Religion!” has disappeared in Berlin, where she had been living since November, German police said. Anna Mikhalchuk, 52, left her home in the Charlottenburg district of the German capital on March 21 and has not been seen since, Berlin…
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Mexico Declares War On Emo – Exclaim News
Chances are if you aren’t emo, you hate emo. But you likely don’t hate this straight-haired, massacre-lined subculture as much as the Mexicans do. In recent weeks, a wave of emo bashings has swept across Mexico, several news agencies have reported, fuelled by punks, rockabillies, goths, metalheads and basically anyone who’s not emo. According to…
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India's Survivors of Partition Begin to Break Long Silence – washingtonpost.com
At the time, sectarian riots were raging over the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, and the men of Singh’s family decided it was better to kill the women than have them fall into the hands of Muslim mobs. “None of the women protested, nobody wept,” Singh, 78, recalled as he stroked his…
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How a tiny West African country became the world's first narco state | World news | The Observer
It is the world’s fifth poorest nation with no prisons and few police. Now this small west African failed state has been targeted by Colombian drug cartels, turning it into a transit hub for the cocaine trade out of Latin America and into Europe. Grant Ferrett and Ed Vulliamy tell the remarkable story of how…
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Shrine of the Mall Ninja LonelyMachines
Although I use four rotating routes to drive to and from work, I am still vulnerable during the walk to and from my car. This is the time that I load up on the trauma plates because I DO NOT WANT TO BE SHOT DEAD!Also, someone said that my Tac Team doesn’t get training. Not…
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A Bloody Stalemate In Afghanistan – Korengal Valley – New York Times
Photo by Lynsey Addario for The New York Times As I went to get some hot chocolate in the dining tent, the peaceful night was shattered by mortars, rockets and machine-gun fire banging and bursting around us. It was a coordinated attack on all the fire bases. It didn’t take long to understand why so…
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Jasmina Tešanović: State of Emergency – Boing Boing
Close to my home, the hooligans are in some pitched conflict with the police. Should I remove my name from my own door? No; when things really get bad in Serbia, the police arrive in company with the hooligans. The American embassy is attacked right now, 7 00pm, no police around there; the reporter sounds…