Myanmar refugees face grim future in Bangladesh

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and is fast running out of hope.

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8 youths die in attack on party in western Mexico

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

Gunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday.

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Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 7

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

A suicide attacker struck a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring 26.

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Anti-government protesters head for Bangkok

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

Thousands of red-shirted, anti-government demonstrators converged on the Thai capital from the north and northeast Saturday, vowing to oust the government in a mass, do-or-die display of muscle.

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New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester’s release

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends.

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Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 13th, 2010

Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job where he later abused children.

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Gaga Loves Synergy, News Station for Sale on eBay

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Lady Gaga's hotly anticipated 'Telephone' video with ...

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Brazilian judge awards $1M in Air France suit

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay the equivalent of more than $1 million in damages to the family of one of the victims of last year's crash that killed more than 200 people, officials said Friday.

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British Researchers Claim They Can Read Minds Using Brain Scans

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

According to an AFP report on Yahoo! News, a team of British scientists claim they can read our memories and thoughts by simply studying patterns in brain scans. Eleanor Maguire, who led the research at University College London, told AFP that her team could differentiate between memories and thoughts by using ...

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Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care

Posted by David in Politics News Headlines on March 12th, 2010

President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care legislation after a year of contentious debate.

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