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25.05.2012 18:39
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Japanese tsunami victim remains to wash up on US coastsNorth American beach-goers could soon be finding human bones washed up in the wake of the March 2011 Japanese tsunami, experts say. For some in Japan, these could be the only traces they ever find of their missing relatives. Earthquake in Japan |
24.05.2012 21:38
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Cesium-137 contamination: Fukushima amounts to four ChernobylsTEPCO’s new estimates suggest that its Fukushima reactor has released more than quadruple the amount of radioactive cesium-137 leaked during the Chernobyl disaster. But the method used to measure the damage may undervalue the hazard even further. Fukushima nuclear disaster |
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24.05.2012 20:44
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Good Will Hunting: Smith kisser confessesStealing is a sin, even pinching “innocent” kisses. Stealing kisses from buff Hollywood film stars while they’re smiling on camera is either plain evil or crazy. |
24.05.2012 20:00
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Crisis-led suicide epidemic: Greek mother & son jump to deathA 60-year-old Greek musician and his 91-year-old mother jumped to their deaths from their 5th floor apartment, driven to despair by financial woes. This double death is the latest in a rising epidemic of crisis-induced suicides in Greece. Eurozone crisis |
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24.05.2012 15:12
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Iran ‘gives guidance’ to US ship in pirate distressIran’s navy was the first to respond to a distress call from an American vessel attacked by pirates – despite the two countries tottering on the brink of war. The US flag vessel Maersk Texas was assailed northeast of the Arab Emirates. |
24.05.2012 13:43
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Russians bikers in Iraq jail: We were beaten, threatened with death penaltyFour Russian bikers arrested in Iraq for alleged visa violations four days ago say they were beaten in jail and threatened with the death penalty. Iraq’s president told the Russian ambassador the men would be released soon, but no dates were given. |
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24.05.2012 10:52
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US nuclear sub ablaze in Portsmouth shipyard (PHOTOS)Six fire crew members were injured while trying to quell a massive blaze that engulfed the nuclear-powered submarine USS Miami. The sub was being serviced at a shipyard in New Hampshire, just next to the city of Portsmouth. |
Russian military jet catches fire while landingAt least six people have been injured as a Russian army plane skidded off the runway and caught fire while landing at a military airport at Caslav, east of the Czech capital. |
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23.05.2012 17:15
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Missing girl was abducted for Vatican sex parties - priestA teenage girl was kidnapped for Vatican sex parties by a gang involving Vatican police and foreign diplomats 30 years ago, says the Catholic Church's leading exorcist priest, who damned Harry Potter as the “work of the Devil”. |
20.05.2012 18:21
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Russian director beat up at CannesRussian actor and director Artyom Semakin has fallen victim to an unknown assailant, who beat up the filmmaker on his way to the hotel from the Palais des Festivals. |
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19.05.2012 14:07
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Will Smith slaps smoochy journo: 'He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him' (VIDEO, PHOTOS)Will Smith slapped an overzealous male reporter at the Men in Black 3 premiere in Moscow. Hollywood’s friendliest star had to defend himself after a well-known prankster pounced on him, trying to kiss him on the lips. |
18.05.2012 23:32
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Donna Summer died from 9/11 cancer?The music world was shocked on Thursday by the loss of disco legend Donna Summer to lung cancer. The singer largely avoided publicizing her battle with the illness, but said in 2008 that she thought the disease developed because of the 9/11 attacks. 9/11 tragedy |
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17.05.2012 22:39
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Bahraini police fire tear-gas at peaceful crowd (PHOTOS, VIDEO)Bahraini security forces have once again used tear-gas on peaceful protesters in the country’s capital, Manama. While the mainstream media remains silent, Bahrain’s government has been suppressing anti-regime demonstrations for over a year now. |
17.05.2012 19:29
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NASA report: 4,700 asteroids pose impact hazard to EarthAbout 4,700 asteroids of 100 meters diameter and larger represent significant threat to Earth in case of orbit intersection, a recent NASA report suggests. And only 30 per cent of them have been located so far, while the rest remain under the radar. |
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Soldier killed saving others receives posthumous awardA young army sergeant who was killed shielding his fellow soldiers from an exploding grenade during a shoot-out in Dagestan has posthumously been made a Hero of Russia. |
16.05.2012 19:07
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Polish vandals scare two giraffes to deathTwo female giraffes have died of heart attack and stress caused by a night rampage by a group of vandals in a Polish zoo. The zoo is now struggling to find a mate for the only survivor, six-year-old Tofik from the endangered Rothschild subspecies. |
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Medical blunder costs breakdance champ his legRussian breakdance champion, Evgeny Smirnov, won’t be able to impress the audience with his moves again as the young man has lost his leg due to the negligence of medics in Krasnodar Region. |
Russia rolls out 112 as single emergency numberRussia is merging all its emergency numbers into a single hotline. |
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15.05.2012 14:17
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Italy calls in army amid fears of elections violenceItaly is stepping up security and calling in army battalions ahead of local elections on Sunday amid fears of an increase in what the country’s interior minister describes as “political violence”. |
Nightclub owner jailed over deadly Lame Horse blazeA co-owner of the Lame Horse nightclub in Perm will spend six and a half years in jail. |



















