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US Threatens To Sanction Nigeria

2014-01-22T13:59:00.001-08:00

The united states has threatened to sanction Nigeria after Nigeria's government banned gay marriage and made other anti-gay laws.

Eid Mubarak

2013-10-15T06:49:00.002-07:00

Eid Mubarak is the greeting for the muslim celebration, Eid-il-Fitri happening today.

Başbağlar20Yıldır AdaletBekliyor

2013-07-05T05:00:00.001-07:00

Başbağlar20Yıldır AdaletBekliyor is Turkish for "Waiting for Justice Başbağlar 20 years" The Başbağlar massacre (Turkish: Başbağlar Katliamı) is the name given to the event in which militants from the PKK, killed 33 Sunni Turkey civilians and burnt down the village of Başbağlar near Erzincan on July 5, 1993.

The incident took place at the village of Başbağlar, near Kemaliye in Erzincan Province, when approximately 100 heavily armed militants rampaged through the village, dragging all the civilians to the village square and burning their homes and property. After an hour of propaganda session dozens of men from the village were killed in front of their families.

The militants then moved onto setting the whole village on fire. 214 homes, the school, the mosque and the community center were burnt down. 20 people were arrested in relation to this massacre, 18 of which were released while 2 were imprisoned. The 2 PKK militants were later sentence to life imprisonment.

#ZaynMalikYouArePerfect

2013-07-05T04:27:00.000-07:00

Zayn Malik's fans are telling him he's perfect after rumours that he died.

Zayn is a member of boy band, One Direction.

#RIPZaynMalik

2013-07-05T04:22:00.002-07:00

RIP Zayn Malik is trending on twitter after rumours that the One Direction member died.

Zain "Zayn" Jawadd Malik (born January 12, 1993), is a member of One Direction along with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan. Zayn was born in West Lane, Baildon, Bradford, England. He is of English and Pakistani descent. He was born to British-Pakistani father Yaser Malik and English mother Patricia. He has one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. He and his family are Muslim[2] Zayn grew up in East Bowling, located south of the Bradford city centre. He was a student at Lower Fields Primary School in East Bowling and went to Tong High School, a state comprehensive school.

Tour de France

2013-07-05T04:18:00.001-07:00

The 2013 Tour De France has begun and is in its sixth stage.

The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto; it is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation.

The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except for when it was stopped for the two World Wars. As the Tour gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe.

Participation expanded from a primarily French field, as riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year. The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI ProTeams, with the exception of the teams that the organizers invite

ДТП

2013-07-05T04:00:00.003-07:00

ДТП means Accident in Russian. A russian court found the dead Olga Alexandrina culprit accident on Leninsky Prospekt an auto vice president of "Lukoil" Anatoly Barkov. She commited a traffic violation and killed two peoople. Olga Alexandrina has been involved as an accused in the case of an accident on Leninsky at the end of April 2012. The victims were found Sidelnikova, and the company "Lukoil". Source: Lenta

Tom Ford

2013-07-05T03:35:00.001-07:00

Tom Ford is a track on Jay Z's new album - Magna Carta Holy Grail.

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Happy Independence Day

2013-07-05T03:29:00.001-07:00

It's July 4th in the phillipines and some parts of the US. It's independence day in both countries.

Margaret Thatcher

2013-04-08T11:08:00.000-07:00

Margaret Thatcher, a former British Prime minister passed on today. She is remembered for being strict and turning the UK economy around.

G.O.O.D Music

2013-04-02T15:07:00.000-07:00

Rapper Kid Cudi has announced that he has left Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music label

Kid Cudi

2013-04-02T15:04:00.000-07:00

Kid Cud has announced that he has left Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music label.

#unpacked

2013-03-14T16:51:00.001-07:00

The headline for the unveiling of Samsung's Galaxy S4.

#TheNextGalaxy

2013-03-14T16:50:00.001-07:00

Hashtag for Samsung's Galaxy S4 event. It packs 2GB of RAM.

#GalaxyS4

2013-03-14T16:48:00.001-07:00

Samsung is announcing its Galaxy S4 smartphone in new york. These are updates about the event

Schalke 04 Galatasaray 3,5

2013-02-20T15:20:00.001-08:00

The Schalke 04 and Galatasaray match in the UEFA champions league ended 3 - 5 in favour of Galatasaray.

We Want 1D To Rock Panama

2013-02-20T15:13:00.001-08:00

One Direction fans in Panama are asking the boy band to visit their country.

#BritAwards2013

2013-02-20T14:51:00.001-08:00

This hashtag is related to tweets about the 2013 brit awards.

#OneDirectionAreOurWinners

2013-02-20T14:48:00.000-08:00

One direction fans are tweeting this. One Direction has won awards at the Brit awards

Believe Acoustic

2013-01-29T09:15:00.001-08:00

Believe Acoustic is the Acoustic version of "Believe" by Justin Bieber. The song is currently #1 on over 50 country charts.

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Vote for Directioners For Favorite

2013-01-29T08:19:00.001-08:00

One Direction fans are asking to be voted in the #fanbase awards. It's an award for fanbases of groups or solo artistes.

#fanbase

2013-01-29T08:18:00.001-08:00

Hashtag for the fanbase award. People are meant to vote for favorite fanbases of artists.

#MentionADateYoullNeverForget

2013-01-29T08:17:00.001-08:00

Tweeps are using this hashtags to say dates that are memorable in their lives.

Dell

2013-01-22T10:54:00.001-08:00

Reports have emerged that Microsoft might invest $3billion in Dell Corporation.

#TwitPicYourLookAlike

2013-01-22T10:51:00.002-08:00

People are using this hashtag to post pictures of their look alikes