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When it comes to the elections, at least there’s something else to talk about, other than Bristol Palin’s baby, baby’s father and baby’s gift basket from Jamie Lynn Spears. The new headlines regarding Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are still not about politics, but they do have a rather legal aspect to them: the unapproved use of a song to make things less tensed for the Republicans. Ann and Nancy Wilson, also known as the singing duo Heart, found themselves caught in something they say doesn’t reflect their political beliefs. Their ‘70s classic "Barracuda" was used, without their...
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Tokyo - In high-tech Japan, not only programmers provide protection from viruses and other computer bugs, but also the gods.
At Tokyo's Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine, the faithful can bring their computer and have the priests use centuries-old ceremonies to ask the gods for help and protection for their computer, a shrine spokesman said Friday.
The shrine is located near the Akihabara quarter, Tokyo's technology hub and popular destination for geeks and lovers of the latest electronic gadgets.
Kanda-Myojin's religious protection services have proven popular among...
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Moscow - A reporter critical of Islam was shot and mortally wounded in Russia's restive Dagestan province, the Interfax new agency reported Wednesday.
An unknown person or persons fired at least two bullets into Abdullah Alishaev, a local television journalist, as he was driving through the Dagestan provincial capital Malachkala Tuesday evening.
The bullets struck him in the head and shoulder. Doctors at the city hospital treated the injuries, but Alishaev died from his wounds.
Alishaev, sometimes going by the name Telman Alishaev, was a well- known media personality in...
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St Paul, Minnesota - Republicans celebrating their national convention have hammered Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama for his "celebrity" tour of Europe this summer - while Europe's conservatives were in attendance to proclaim their admiration for Republican Party candidate John McCain.
Republican speakers at this week's presidential nominating pageant have delighted in ridiculing Europe as a pro-Obama home of stifling welfare states.
Obama visited the Middle East and Europe in July, meeting with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany and holding a rousing...
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London - The crash landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 in London in January was probably caused by ice blocking its fuel system, a report by Britain's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said Thursday.
Investigators believe that a restriction in the fuel flow caused the plane's engines to lose power less than a minute before touchdown at London's Heathrow airport on January 17.
But they said they are still "uncertain" as to how the ice could have formed.
The AAIB called on airlines to introduce measures to cut the risk of ice causing fuel blockages.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in Berlin, defying...
For the sixth consecutive day Buddhist monks marched barefooted through the streets of Myanmar’s...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai attended a high-level meeting at the United Nations headquarters on...
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Pakistani security forces arrested more than 20 members and high-ranked officials of the All...
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon revealed that the organization’s role in Iraq will be...
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