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U.S: Mitt Romney wins in Texas to clinch Republican nomination

news-hack — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:58:13 +0000

"Our party has come together with the goal of putting the failures of the last three and a half years behind us. I have no illusions about the difficulties of the task before us. But whatever challenges lie ahead, we will settle for nothing less than getting America back on the path to full employment and prosperity," he said.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses fight against extradition to Sweden

news-hack — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:50:45 +0000

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex offences.

Thai transgender wins political seat, probably a first for the ’3rd gender’

news-hack — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:05:50 +0000

Yollada Suanyot calls herself a woman by choice and instinct, but says her election as the country’s first transsexual member of a Provincial Administration Organisation has little to do with her outer appearance. On Sunday, the former beauty queen born as Krirkkong Suanyos scored a huge victory for the underdog when she defeated the former [...]

Collector pays $10,200 for iPad1 with broken touchscreen, prototype with two ‘dock’ ports

news-hack — Wed, 30 May 2012 00:39:16 +0000

It has long been rumored that Steve Jobs played with the idea of a dual-dock iPad, the main advantage to the concept was that you could use the iPad with accessories in the horizontal position - for example, when plugging a keyboard into the iPad.

Teenager with bad Acne gets huge response from make-up technique video

news-hack — Wed, 30 May 2012 00:14:03 +0000

She explained how she was bullied at school for her acne but she learnt how to conceal it by practising different make-up techniques. Her blemish-concealing make-up application became so expert that the teenager was able to become a model with her skin appearing flawless in her portfolio shots.

Katy Perry shows off her natural beauty, no makeup ‘with zits and normal’

news-hack — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:35:38 +0000

Katy said, 'I think it’s important to start breaking down the idea that to achieve your dream you always have to be perfect or flawless or live in some kind of fantasy world.'

United Nations to issue warning about ‘most powerful computer virus ever’

news-hack — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:10:05 +0000

The sophisticated spyware – said to be about 100 times the size of most malicious software – also hacked other machines in the Middle East, including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Egypt, but Iran appeared to be the primary target, according to a Russian Internet security firm.

Western powers expel Syrian diplomats in protest at massacre

news-hack — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:58:58 +0000

The United States, France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and Bulgaria gave Syria's envoys hours or days to leave their capitals in a coordinated move meant to isolate Assad further diplomatically.

Syrian massacre survivors tell of horror as regime forces and militiamen killed their families

news-hack — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:26:36 +0000

Survivors of the massacre in Syria's Houla region have spoken of their shock and fear as regime forces entered their homes and killed their families. Most claimed that the army and the feared shabiha militia carried out the atrocities, though the regime insisted "armed terrorists" were to blame.

British housewife arrested in Bali, allegedly caught with £1.6million of cocaine in luggage – video

news-hack — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:09:15 +0000

Cocaine smuggling on such a scale - police claim they caught her with 4.7kg of the Class A drug - is punishable by death by firing squad. 'This is a big international network'. The package was cut open with a knife during the press conference to reveal white powder.