Remarkable images of a man free-falling from the edge of space have set new records, not just for daredevil stunts but for live online viewing, as more than 8m people watched the Red Bull Stratos
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Papal pardon ‘likely’ as butler sentenced
October 7, 2012 Comment Off 59 ViewsTHE Pope's former butler is likely to be pardoned after a Vatican court sentenced him to 18 months' jail for leaking confidential documents. Father Federico Lombardi, a spokesman for the Pope,
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Romney dominates presidential debate
October 4, 2012 Comment Off 58 ViewsAn energetic and aggressive Mitt Romney challenged Barack Obama for “not getting the job done in government”, dominating the president for large parts of their first televised debate of
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Producer of anti-Islam film arrested, ordered held without bail
September 28, 2012 Comment Off 33 ViewsNakoula Basseley Nakoula is led out of his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, California, September 15. "He engaged in a likely pattern of deception," a judge says of
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Breivik verdict: Norwegians react
August 24, 2012 Comment Off 77 Views24 August 2012 Last updated at 10:39 ET A Norwegian court has found that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail. Breivik admitted killing 77 people and
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Panetta: US prepared to implement "other options" to prevent nuclear Iran
August 1, 2012 Comment Off 46 ViewsJERUSALEM, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta hinted on Wednesday that the United States is prepared to implement "other options" if Iran continues to work toward
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Bashar al-Assad orders air strikes on Aleppo in battle for Syria’s ‘destiny’
August 1, 2012 Comment Off 17 ViewsAssad made his first speech on Wedne3sday since a July 18 bomb attack in Damascus that killed his brother-in-law, Major General Assef Shawkat and other senior military offcials. “The army is
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Denver Shooting Suspect Refuses To Co-Operate
July 23, 2012 Comment Off 33 ViewsThe man arrested after the shooting spree which killed 12 people in a Colorado cinema is refusing to co-operate with law enforcement officers ahead of his first court appearance, police sources
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South African wins top AU job
July 16, 2012 Comment Off 88 ViewsThe African Union has elected the first female head of its commission, a veteran South African minister who analysts say must now heal the rifts caused by a protracted leadership battle and
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New quake rattles Italy after earlier tremor kills 7 – CNN International
May 21, 2012 Comment Off 163 ViewsAn aftershock with a magnitude of 3.2 causes buildings to shake Up to 11,000 people are displaced, with survivors huddling in tents and cars
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