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Nicki Minaj is apparently unafraid of leaving her 11 million plus followers disappointed to express her outrage. The "Super Bass" raptress deleted her Twitter account on Sunday, April 15, shortly after blocking fan site NickiDaily.com for posting songs from "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" ahead of its April 3 release in the United States. Prior to pulling the plug,

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Gracing the cover of the latest Time magazine and trumpeting his nation's security achievements, President Juan Manuel Santos had hoped the Summit of the Americas would showcase the modern face of Colombia. Yet global media coverage from this weekend's gathering of more than 30 heads of state has focused instead on a scandal after members of U.S. President Barack Obama's security detail were

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Support for Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy fell sharply in April after his government announced deep spending cuts and health and education reforms to fight the sovereign debt crisis, an opinion poll showed on Sunday. The Metroscopia poll published monthly in left-leaning newspaper El Pais reflects for the first time a negative sentiment of the Spaniards towards the centre-right

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Pope Benedict marks two milestones this week and while his health appears stable, signs of frailty have again prompted speculation over whether he will be the first pontiff in seven centuries to resign. Benedict, one of the oldest popes in history, turns 85 on Monday, and on Thursday he marks the seventh anniversary of his election as successor to the immensely popular John Paul II. Speaking

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Iran and six world powers claimed on Saturday that they had made significant progress in talks in Istanbul on the Iranian nuclear programme and said they would start talking about concrete steps towards a negotiated solution to the crisis at the next meeting, in Baghdad on 23 May. Speaking on behalf of the six-nation group, Catherine Ashton, the European Union foreign policy chief, said the

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Regulations have been proposed by the Government of Canada that would put fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy duty vehicles in line with those in the USA. Proposals would cut emissions from on-road heavy duty vehicles and engines, such as large pick-up trucks and short/long-haul tractors; as well as garbage and cement trucks, buses and more; for the 2014

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The convicted Lockerbie bomber is fighting for his life after receiving a blood transfusion in hospital, his family has said. Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi's health is said to have deteriorated quickly. Al-Megrahi's son, Khaled, said his father was taken to hospital for the second time in two days. "My dad's health is very bad and has been worsening,"

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News is surfacing that extremely high demand is somehow causing Japanese domestic deliveries of the Subaru BRZ to be delayed until January, 2013. It isn’t totally clear how something being well received and in-demand would make it harder to deliver, if anything the opposite would make sense, but according to FT86Club that’s exactly what’s going on. You’re probably wondering what that means

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The internet naming company Icann has admitted that rival bidders for highly valuable new internet domains could have seen each others' secret bids because of flaws in its registration software. The company took the system offline on Thursday afternoon, just hours before applications were due to close after being open for more than three months. In a dramatic announcement at about 0200 on

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The upcoming Avengers movie based on the classic marvel comics will feature super heros, super villains, crazy explosions and of course hot cars. Acura supplied the automotive eye candy in the form of the TL, MDX and the new NSX, showing the cars off at the movie’s red carpet debut. The Avengers hollywood premiere saw the whole fleet of Avengers designed Acura cars ferrying the stars to the

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The North Korean rocket launch that threw its neighbors in the Asian region into high alert was greeted with relief on Friday as previously jittery stock markets gained ground and bans on activities in its projected flight path were relaxed. Meanwhile, China state media labeled Japanese missile defense plans against the launch as a "pretext" to contain Beijing. South Korea and

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Four men went on trial in Denmark on Friday accused of plotting a "Mumbai-style" attack on the offices of a Danish newspaper whose publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in 2005 outraged many Muslims. The three Swedish citizens and one Tunisian pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and three of the four pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of weapons. Prosecutors

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The governing body of the Formula One motor racing series has said that the Bahrain Grand Prix is to go ahead as planned, despite ongoing political instability and threats from some groups to disrupt the event. In a statement issued early on Friday, the FIA said: "Based on the current information the FIA has at this stage, it is satisfied that all the proper security measures are in place

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Senior London police staff linked to the News Corp phone hacking scandal showed poor judgment, took bad decisions and got too close to journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's newspapers, an independent watchdog said on Thursday. While the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)rejected allegations of corruption involving two of the top personnel at the Metropolitan Police (MPS), it

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Pakistan's parliament set out new guidelines for its relations with the United States, as it agreed to re-engage with Washington after months of tension over deadly airstrikes on a Pakistani border post by NATO forces and other issues. A list of recommendations approved by lawmakers includes a call for an immediate end to U.S. drone attacks and no further use of Pakistan as a transportation

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The Peugeot 508 RXH is the top-of-the-range model of the 508 SW. Using a version of the diesel-electric hybrid powertrain from the 3008 Hybrid4, it gives you everything from zero-emission electric-powered motoring to full-time four-wheel drive. That is thanks to its combination of a 2.0-litre diesel engine that drives the front wheels with an electric motor that drives the rear wheels. These

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Ford is employing an army of robots with laser eyes and suction cup hands to build the 2013 Escape crossover. First put to work in Ford’s European facilities, the laser- and camera-aided robots are intended to increase quality on U.S.-assembled Escape models at Ford’s Louisville, Ky. Plant. The robots use an array of lasers and cameras as eyes, which help them install parts on the vehicle

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TOKYO - Faced with mounting losses, Sony Corp. said Thursday it will slash 10,000 jobs, or about 6 per cent of its global workforce, and try to turn around its money-losing TV business over the next two years. New CEO and President Kazuo Hirai outlined his business strategy at a big press conference where he pledged to revive the electronics and entertainment company. Sony earlier this week more

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DOVER, Del. -- During a meeting with 18 Delaware Tea Party leaders here on Wednesday, Newt Gingrich lambasted The Fox News Channel, accusing the cable news network that employed him as recently as last year of having been in the tank for Mitt Romney from the beginning of the Republican presidential fight and singling out former colleagues for attacking him out of what he characterized as

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Mark Lewis, the lawyer who has been at the forefront of efforts to expose the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, is poised to bring the battle for legal redress across the Atlantic and to the doorstep of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. Lewis will arrive in the US on Saturday and next week will begin legal discussions in New York, just a stone's throw away from News Corporation's global

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As the World Bank interviews Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as a candidate for its next president, academics, human rights organizations and regional bodies across Africa are supporting Okonjo-Iweala, with some calling her "Africa's candidate." At the same time, Africans across the continent are calling on the United States to step aside. In the 68 years since the

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The US government has accused Apple and five book publishers of colluding to fix the prices of ebooks. A lawsuit filed in New York on Wednesday said Apple had conspired with publishers in response to Amazon's success in selling ebooks for just under $10. It said the alleged price-fixing came as Apple prepared to launched the iPad and was guaranteed a 30% commission on each ebook sold. The

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The Audi R8 e-tron is going to be heard, even though its four electric engines run silently. Audi has spent three years developing the right sound for its newest all electric vehicle, and they have released a video showcasing the process behind assigning a sound to the R8 e-tron. In the video we are introduced to composer Rudolph Halbmeir in the studio, working with his digital audio work

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Sudan said on Wednesday it would use "all legitimate ways and means" to oppose what it said was South Sudan's assault on an oil-producing border region disputed between the two countries and long marred by clashes. The two former civil war foes have accused each other of provoking the clashes in the disputed area around Sudan's South Kordofan border state. South Sudan, which declared

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(CBS/AP) TEHRAN, Iran - International envoy Kofi Annan has appealed to Syria's key ally Iran to support his plan to end the violence wracking the Arab country, saying that "any further militarization of the conflict would be disastrous." Annan spoke to reporters after talks on Tuesday with Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. The U.N.-Arab League envoy has been pushing Damascus to

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