Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Miss World pageant returns to China

Miss World pageant returns to China

Miss World pageant returns to China

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A bevy of 120 beauties from around the globe will don their most alluring evening gowns and sexiest swimwear on Saturday for the Miss World pageant in the Chinese resort town of Sanya.


Bond's Aston Martin sells for 2.6 million pounds

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One of the world's most famous James Bond cars - the specially equipped silver Aston Martin first driven by Sean Connery in 'Goldfinger' _ was auctioned off Wednesday in London for 2.6 million pounds ($4.1 million.)


In icy tip of Afghanistan, rules don't apply

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As the pickup truck bounced toward a remote village deep in northeastern Afghanistan, the young woman was told by her companions that she could toss her burqa aside.


US: Pak-American arrested in terror sting

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A Pakistani-American has been arrested in the US after he fell for an elaborate bomb plot set up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a sting operation that lasted more than six months.


Clash between residents and police in Israeli Arab Town

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A march by a small group of Jewish extremists through an Israeli Arab town touched off clashes between residents and police on Wednesday. Residents of Umm el-Fahm called the 30-minute march - the second by extremists in the town in the past year and a half - a provocation.


Student filming football dies as tower topples

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A Notre Dame student died on Wednesday after the tower from which he was filming football practice fell over. Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior from Long Grove, Ill., was transported from the LaBar practice complex to a South Bend hospital, where he died.


US: Massive storm brings 2nd day of snow, rain, winds

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The rare, fast-moving storm that destroyed many homes has brought winds up to 81 mph, rain and tornadoes that started in the Midwest on Tuesday and continued Wednesday, moving into the southern and eastern US.


In ‘Daily Show’ visit, Obama defends record

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If you are president of the United States and you take your campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to a fake news program, do you get tweaked, or do you get a pass?


Mohammed is most popular boys' name in England

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Mohammed was the most popular name for newborn baby boys in England and Wales in 2009, according to official data released on Wednesday. But 12 different spellings of the name, each listed separately, meant that Oliver officially topped poll.


Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies

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Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner died Wednesday after suffering heart attacks, state television reported. The husband of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez succumbed heart trouble as the couple waited in their home in the Patagonian city of Calafate to be counted in the nation's census. Fernandez was at his side when he died, state television reported.


Topless protest against Putin's Ukraine visit

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Activists from Ukraine's women's rights group FEMEN went topless in Kiev on Wednesday in protest against visit by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "Ukraine knows why he visits, he wants to tear away pieces from Ukraine. We won't let him do this. The entire Ukraine will not allow that. And we simply reflect the opinion of the whole of Ukraine," one of the topless activists, Alexandra Shevchenko, said.


65 killed at Afghan wedding as roof collapses

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Police say 65 people have been killed including many women and children after a roof collapsed during a wedding celebration in northern Afghanistan. The spokesman for the provincial police says that 40 other people were wounded in Wednesday's disaster in Baghlan province. Jawad Bashart says that the house was overloaded and it was only made of mud bricks.


Osama warns France over Afghan war, veil ban

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Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for the US-led war in Afghanistan and a new law that will ban face-covering Muslim veils.


Lion cubs learn how to swim

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Before these four lion cubs were allowed to roam free in their den at the Washington zoo, they had to pass a swimming test.


Obama on Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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President Obama will make the fusion of politics and comedy official by becoming the first sitting president to appear on Comedy Central's "Daily Show" just days before crucial midterm elections that could reshape his presidency.


This Pakistan school runs in a graveyard

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Surprising as it may sound, a government primary school in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city is run at a graveyard. And the school shuts whenever a body is brought for burial. The school has no toilet and no facility for drinking water, the News International reported on Tuesday. So students go to neighbourhood houses if and when they feel thirsty.


US state executes murderer with foreign drug

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Arizona has executed Jeffrey Landrigan for a 1989 murder in the state's first execution since 2007. Landrigan died by injection at a state prison in Florence on Tuesday night after a stay issued by a federal judge was lifted by the US Supreme Court. That stay was based on questions about the effectiveness of the state's supply of an execution drug in short supply.


100 skeletons of war victims found in lake

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At least 100 skeletons, believed to belong to victims of 1992-95 war, have been discovered in lake Perucac, bordering Serbia and Bosnia, officials said.


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