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Naomi Campbell Charged In London Airport Incident: Yahoo
Naomi Campbell has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an alleged luggage rage incident at Heathrow Airport, her lawyer and prosecutors said Thursday.
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World Bank offers $1.2bn food aid: BBC
The World Bank is to offer immediate financial help to countries worst hit by sharp rises in food prices as part of a $1.2bn (£608m) assistance package.
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Canucks’ Luc Bourdon Killed in Motorcycle Crash: Washington Post
SHIPPAGAN, New Brunswick — Luc Bourdon, a promising rookie defenseman with the Vancouver Canucks, was killed Thursday when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer in a crash near his hometown. He was 21.
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Texas High Court: Sect Children Can Return to Families: ABC News
Texas Supreme Court Denies State’s Appeal, Finds Removal of Children Unwarranted.
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Myanmar Okays Aid Worker Visas: News24
Yangon – Myanmar’s isolationist regime has approved all pending visas for UN relief workers to enter the country, the United Nations said on Thursday, nearly a month after a cyclone left more than two million people in need of aid.
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Iceland Shaken By Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake: Yahoo
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – A strong earthquake shook southern Iceland on Thursday, causing more than a dozen injuries as it rocked buildings in the capital, touched off landslides and forced evacuations in outlying towns, officials and local media said.
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Dior Drops Sharon Stone From Chinese Ads for ‘Karma’ Remarks; Actress Apologizes: FOXNews
LOS ANGELES - French fashion house Christian Dior said Thursday it has dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from the actress apologizing for saying China’s earthquake may have been bad karma for its treatment of Tibet.
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NY To Recognize Same-Sex Marriage: BBC
New York is set to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other parts of the United States.
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Army Suicides at 20-Year High: Time
WASHINGTON – Pentagon officials say there were fewer Army suicides last year than they had feared. But it was still the highest number in almost two decades.
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White House Responds To Scott McClellan’s Accusations: The Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — In a shocking turnabout, the press secretary most known for defending President Bush on Iraq, Katrina and a host of other controversial issues produced a memoir damning of his old boss on nearly every level _ from too much secrecy to a less-than-honest selling of the war to a lack of personal candor and an unwillingness to admit mistakes.
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Madonna Given Final Approval To Adopt Malawian Child: Times Online
Madonna won approval to permanently adopt Malawian two-year-old David Banda today.
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Calif.: Same-sex Marriages OK Beginning June 17: Yahoo
SAN FRANCISCO – Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday.
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100,000 Colombians Homeless In Weeks Of Rain: CNN
BOGOTA, Colombia – Flooding in central Colombia has left at least 14 people dead, 100 injured and 100,000 homeless over the past week, officials said Wednesday.
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Tata Set For $1.7bn Rights Issue: BBC
Tata Motors plans to raise $1.7bn (858mn) in three separate rights issues, in a bid to help it buy the Jaguar and Rover brands from Ford.
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Tennis Notes: Novak Djokovic Enters French Open With Chance At True Grand Slam: The Canadian Press
PARIS – The only man with a chance to win a calendar year Grand Slam was the first to reach the third round at the French Open.
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‘Andy Griffith’ Composer Earle Hagen Dies at 88: FOXNews
LOS ANGELES — Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic “Harlem Nocturne” and composed memorable themes for “The Andy Griffith Show,” “I Spy,” “The Mod Squad” and other TV shows, has died. He was 88.
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French Serial Killer And Wife Get Life Sentences: Reuters
CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES, France – Self-confessed killer and rapist Michel Fourniret and his wife Monique Olivier were sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday in one of France’s grimmest serial murder cases.
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Mystery Man Jolts R Kelly Trial: BBC
Dramatic claims of a potential new defence witness have interrupted the trial of US R&B singer R Kelly on child sex charges.
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Chinese Premier Debuts On Facebook: CNN
BEIJING, China – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, whose swift appearance at disaster sites has made him one of the nation’s most popular figures and earned him the nickname Grandpa Wen, now has a profile on Facebook.
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Microsoft Demos Future Windows With Touch-Screen: Mercury News
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
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One-time R. Kelly Aide IDs Singer On Sex Tape: Yahoo
CHICAGO – A former personal assistant to R. Kelly became the latest person to take the stand and say she believes the R&B superstar appeared in a sex tape at the center of his child pornography trial.
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Inter and Mancini Remain Silent Over Sacking Claims: Reuters
MILAN – Inter Milan and Roberto Mancini continued to remain silent on Wednesday despite widespread media reports the coach had been sacked.
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‘Top militant killed’ in Kashmir: BBC
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say security forces have killed a top militant involved in a series of explosions across the country.
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In Ex-Spokesman’s Book, Harsh Words for Bush: NY Times
PHOENIX – President Bush “convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment,” and has engaged in “self-deception” to justify his political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing.
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Kids in Katrina Trailers May Face Lifelong Ailments: Associated Press
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISS. – The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun.
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Sharon Stone Movies Banned After ‘Bad Karma’ Comment: NZ Herald
Sharon Stone’s “karma” is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.
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