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 Myanmar's Suu Kyi to address British parliament in June
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be given the rare honour of addressing both houses of Britain's parliament when she makes her first tr... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) The Star
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 Sri Lanka to probe civil war abuses on its own
| Sri Lanka says it will conduct its own investigation into rights abuses during the final months of the island nation's civil war when thousands of civilians reportedly ... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) Jakarta Post
Human Rights Photos Sri Lanka War Wikipedia: Sri Lankan Civil War |
 Champions League final 2012: Chelsea keeper Petr Cech does his homework to cope with penalty-shootout
Even though Petr Cech is convinced Chelsea will win Saturday night’s Champions League Final in normal time, the prospect of extra-time and penalties looms large for... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi) The Daily Telegraph
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 Will Being on the Stock Market Change Facebook?
After the IPO, users may see changes to the site | Facebook began trading on the Nasdaq today, priced at $38 a share. This puts the total value of the company at $104 bil... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma) US News
Facebook Market NASDAQ Photos Stock Wikipedia: History of Facebook |
 US: 'Barack Obama was born in Kenya'
London: A promotional pamphlet edited from publishing imprint Acton and Dystel claimed that Barack Obama, then president of the Harvard Law Review, was “born in Kenyaâ€... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Zeenews
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 If Romney likes Clinton's approach, then ...
| Also in Opinion Subscribe to The Dispatch | Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. | Already a subscriber? | Enroll... (photo: Creative Commons / Terence Burlij/PBS NewsHour) The Columbus Dispatch
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 Film Notes: MTV Movie Awards will include 'Perks,' Wiz
| If you've been dying to get a look at anything from "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," a trailer will run during the pre-show for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards on June... (photo: WN) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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 Frontier cancels twice-daily flights to Milwaukee
| Here today, gone tomorrow. | That just about summarizes how long Frontier Airlines' new service between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee will last. | The airline that laun... (photo: Creative Commons / Jelson25) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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 Rivals ready to let slip the dogs of war
| The battleships are coming. And we’re not talking about the movie. | The White House race is on the verge of going nuclear — the only question is who will s... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) Boston Herald
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 Obama caught up in pastor smear campaign
| Barack Obama ... a "metrosexual black Abe Lincoln". Photo: AP | The Wrap | It is not often you get to see inside a political smear campaign before it is... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC) Canberra Times
Government Obama Photos Politics Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 Obamas praise Summer, voice sorrow over her death
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are expressing sadness over the death of Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco who succumbed to canc... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) The Guardian
Obama Photos President Washington Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
 Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro
| Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court) The Independent
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 G8 summit: The hunger game
| One of the worst hit is the African country of Niger where the lives of six million children are in the balance, the British charity Save the Children has warned. Serio... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) The Independent
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 Mechanical milking may be more trouble than triumph
Milking time: A scene in the daily round of a dairy farmer's life. - Otago Witness, 15.5.1912. | The indictment which is brought against milking machines constitutes an i... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Otago Daily Times
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 Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
| Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
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 Neumann's assets could be as high as $16.38 million
| In his financial disclosure form filed with the Senate Ethics Committee, former congressman Mark Neumann lists a salary of $68,000 as vice president and director of Neu... (photo: AP / Andy Manis) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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 David Cameron: it is 'make or break' for the euro
David Cameron has warned eurozone leaders it is now “make or break” for the single currency as the financial turmoil threatens to cause another global meltdow... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) The Daily Telegraph
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 Facebook: is it really worth $100bn?
Facebook has 70 per cent of the world’s internet users signed up, but can it justify such a high flotation? | Because he’s worth it: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph
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 Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered
| Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Huffington Post
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 Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Strawberry Festival, Mark Gold Seafood Demo, EggFest, Chocolate Lecture, Beer and Brunch Bike Ride, Hudson Block Party + Smog City Beer Dinner
| California Strawberry Festival | California Strawberry Festival | Strawberry shortcake? Boring. How about strawberry pizza, nachos or kabobs, along with strawberry beer... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) LA Weekly
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