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- Heavy snow blocked hundreds of ambulances
- Why Some Think Facebook May Have to Go Public Soon
- 41 Mexican guards helped in massive prison break
- Hawaii's governor wants to reveal Obama birth info
- Ivory Coast: West African leaders give final ultimatum to incumbent President
- Annual ice festival in Germany
- In New York, heaviest snow in decades
- US: Airport delays expected for several days
- UK Xmas terror plot: LSE, Big Ben were potential targets
- Kremlin orders probe into Moscow airports logjam
- Israeli train catches fire, injuring 48
- US man jumps to death in Manila after drug arrest
- Indo-Pak 'pact' takes lassi to Harrods
- 'WikiLeaks' storms English lexicon
- In UK, people detox before the New Year
- He's run 52 marathons in 52 weeks
- Husband faces five years in jail 'for hacking wife's emails'
- Obama, in shorts, steps out for treat in Hawaii
| Heavy snow blocked hundreds of ambulances Posted: A woman with stroke symptoms in Midwood, Brooklyn, waited for an ambulance for six hours, finally arriving at the hospital with telltale signs of advanced brain damage. In Forest Hills, Queens, bystanders waited for three hours next to a man lying unconscious in the snow before they were able to flag down help. And in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, a mother in labor who started calling 911 at 8:30 a.m. on Monday did not get an ambulance until 6 p.m., too late to save the baby.
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| Why Some Think Facebook May Have to Go Public Soon Posted: Facebook likes big numbers — it now has more than 500 million users, each one of whom can have as many as 5,000 friends. Yet as a privately held company, its ownership base must remain small, or it will have to disclose publicly its financial results.
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| 41 Mexican guards helped in massive prison break Posted: More than 40 prison guards have been charged with helping 153 inmates escape from a prison in a northern Mexican border city. The federal Attorney General's office says in a statement that 41 guards have been accused of opening the gates of the prison in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. If convicted, the guards face up to 20 years in prison.
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| Hawaii's governor wants to reveal Obama birth info Posted: Democratic governor Neil Abercrombie wants to find a way to release more information about President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth and dispel conspiracy theories that he was born elsewhere.
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| Ivory Coast: West African leaders give final ultimatum to incumbent President Posted: West African leaders delivered a final ultimatum to Ivory Coast's incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo in person on Tuesday after threatening a military ouster if he doesn't accept an offer to go into exile in a neighbouring country a month after the disputed election.
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| Annual ice festival in Germany Posted: An enchanted forest, reindeers, flying swans, and even a fake fire made of ice are impressing crowds at an ice sculpting festival in Roevershagen, northern Germany. The festival, which has been held for the past eight years, opened on Christmas day.
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| In New York, heaviest snow in decades Posted: Hundreds of airline passengers were stranded for up to 10 hours on the tarmac at John F Kennedy Airport in New York on Tuesday, as ambulances struggled to get patients through unploughed streets and city buses sat abandoned in the snow.
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| US: Airport delays expected for several days Posted: Buried beneath white powder for more than 24 hours, New York area airports turned on Tuesday to the growing backlog of canceled flights, an accumulation that could take far longer to address than the snow itself.
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| UK Xmas terror plot: LSE, Big Ben were potential targets Posted: The nine people including one of Indian descent, who were arrested in the UK for plotting a Christmas bombing campaign, had planned to target the London Stock Exchange, Big Ben and Mayor Boris Johnson, almost identical to the Mumbai-serial bomb attacks in 1993, according to the prosecutor.
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| Kremlin orders probe into Moscow airports logjam Posted: Russia's president has ordered prosecutors to investigate a logjam at Moscow airports that has stranded thousands of passengers. The Kremlin said today that Dmitry Medvedev ordered a check of whether the transport law was being met and of the services offered to the stranded passengers.
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| Israeli train catches fire, injuring 48 Posted: An Israeli passenger train caught fire today, injuring almost 50 people, in an apparent accident north of Tel Aviv, emergency services said.
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| US man jumps to death in Manila after drug arrest Posted: Philippine officials say a U.S. Navy officer jumped to his death from a second-floor staircase at Manila's airport after he was arrested with a packet of suspected cocaine. But tests later showed the packet contained no illegal drugs.
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| Indo-Pak 'pact' takes lassi to Harrods Posted: Two young Asian entrepreneurs, including an Indian-origin man, have created history of sorts by bagging a deal to sell lip-smacking lassi in the luxury store of Harrods in central London.
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| 'WikiLeaks' storms English lexicon Posted: 'WikiLeaks' has stormed its way into the English lexicon after meeting every 'depth and breadth' of recorded usage of the language. According to Global language Monitor (GLM), the word has now been cited more than 300 million times, even with a quick Google search.
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| In UK, people detox before the New Year Posted: After the Christmas binging, it's detox time for men and women who want to look and feel their best for New Year celebrations when, no doubt, they'll overdo it all over again. Such a spa for women is based in the exclusive Knightsbridge area of London.
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| He's run 52 marathons in 52 weeks Posted: An Australian man, who ran one marathon a week across all seven continents, has completed 52 marathons in 52 weeks. Tristan Miller received a hero's welcome from supporters and entered the record books when he crossed the finish line at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne.
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| Husband faces five years in jail 'for hacking wife's emails' Posted: A 33-year-old man is facing up to five years in jail in the US for allegedly hacking his wife's e-mails, after he suspected her of cheating on him, a media report said.
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| Obama, in shorts, steps out for treat in Hawaii Posted: US President Barack Obama made the first public appearance of his vacation on Monday, stopping by one of his favourite local shops for a Hawaiian snow cone known as "shave ice."
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