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Paramore's latest video exposes past conflict

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:32:00 +0000

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Just when you thought rock outfit Paramore couldn't release yet another single off last fall's "Brand New Eyes," the band does just that -- and makes a telling music video to...

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Shell Q3 jumps on higher oil prices

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc beat all analyst forecasts by reporting an 18 percent jump in third-quarter profits thanks to higher oil and gas prices, setting a trend for the...

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Search for mining execs' plane missing over Africa

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:31:00 +0000

YAOUNDE — Rescuers hunting for a plane carrying 11 foreigners including mining executives that went missing between Cameroon and Congo called off the search for the night Sunday, officials...

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Russia faces cosmonaut shortage: official

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:03:00 +0000

MOSCOW — Russia faces a shortage of candidates to be cosmonauts as fewer Russians than before are showing an interest in going to space, the head of its space training centre said on...

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Hamas urges Egypt to stop building Gaza wall

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:54:00 +0000

BEIRUT — Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group has said would further choke the impoverished...

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Hunters kill 20 wolves in first Swedish hunt in 45 years

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:26:00 +0000

STOCKHOLM — Hunters shot dead 20 wolves in Sweden on Saturday on the first day of the country's first authorised wolf hunt in 45 years, according to a toll issued by Swiss media. The Swedish...

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UN: Ugandan rebel attacks may have been war crimes

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:38:00 +0000

GENEVA — The U.N. on Monday accused the Ugandan-based Lord's Resistance Army of killing, mutilating and raping villagers in Sudan and Congo in what may have been crimes against humanity. The...

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Israel responsible for delay in freeing Shalit: Hamas chief

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:30:00 +0000

TEHRAN — Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for the delay in releasing an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip for more than three years. Meshaal also insisted...

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5 top publishers plan rival to Kindle format

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:46:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES — Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines are teaming up to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own technology that would...

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Ousted Honduran leader is trapped with few options

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:47:00 +0000

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Where does Manuel Zelaya go now? Congress slammed the door on restoring the ousted Honduran leader to power, ignoring intense international pressure to reverse Central...

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Filipino who lost wife in massacre files candidacy

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:44:00 +0000

AMPATUAN, Philippines — A politician whose wife and relatives were among 57 people massacred in the southern Philippines in an apparent bid to stop him from running for governor filed his candidacy...

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UN climate chief holds out hope for global pact

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:37:00 +0000

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed. Yvo De Boer, the U.N. official who is shepherding the talks,...

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Shoppers and retailers prepare for a tough holiday shopping season

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:08:00 +0000

TORONTO — Shopping malls across the country are decked with sales as the holiday season gets underway, but even with plenty of fanfare, both retailers and shoppers seem to be reining in their...

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Obama urges all nations to fight climate change

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:46:00 +0000

TOKYO — President Barack Obama is calling on all nations to accept responsibility for fighting climate change. But he says he's not expecting that it will be easy to reach an agreement at a climate...

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Massive Brazil blackout triggers crime alert

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0000

SAO PAULO — A massive blackout across the southern half of Brazil has plunged tens of millions of people into darkness and prompted a major police mobilization amid fears of an opportunistic crime...

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Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan forces

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:37:00 +0000

KABUL — U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American paratroopers...

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Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:31:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and want to...

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Philippines: No ransom for kidnapped Irish priest

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:45:00 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government rejected a $2 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers of an ailing Irish priest in the country's volatile south and said Sunday that efforts would...

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Short-term deal reached with Greyhound

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:50:00 +0000

A short-term deal between Greyhound Canada and the Manitoba government has been reached that will keep buses running along rural routes in the province and northwestern Ontario. But a future...

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Inquiry into police shooting hears cops, other witnesses treated differently

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:51:00 +0000

MONTREAL — The public inquiry into a fatal police shooting heard Monday that the cops involved in the incident received different treatment from investigators than civilian witnesses. After Fredy...

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Interim gov't says Honduras talks broken off

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:35:00 +0000

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Negotiators trying to resolve the Honduran political crisis said Friday that talks have broken off, the third such announcement in the past week. The interim government...

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Privacy office raps police in Cornwall, Ont., for drug-search lawn signs

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:00 +0000

TORONTO — Police in eastern Ontario who posted signs outside homes that had been searched for illegal drugs violated privacy laws, the province's privacy commission says in a report that orders the...

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Maldives leader turns stuntman

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:49:00 +0000

MALE — Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, who staged the world's first underwater cabinet meeting at the weekend, is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change. Nasheed,...

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Five guilty over extremist plot: Australian court

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:40:00 +0000

SYDNEY — Five Muslim men were Friday found guilty of plotting a violent jihadist attack in Australia using guns and explosives after the country's longest extremist trial. The men, who are facing...

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Two primary schools in Quebec go up in flames over holiday weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:07:00 +0000

MONTREAL — A town in eastern Quebec is cleaning up after fires were set in two elementary schools. The fires left the school commission scrambling for a new building to house the students, and a...

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