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 Plus de 1 500 coureurs issus des clubs d'athlétisme de Dakar, de l'université Cheikh Anta Diop, des écoles de formations professionnelles ont pris part au Briti Cross organisé par l'Ambassadeur d'Angleterre à Dakar, le |
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 Eccentric Mr Barker (pictured), the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, brings sausage dog Otto with him to his Whitehall office most days.--- |
Russian man gets caught in trash chute while trying to escape blazing row with girlfriend 18 May 2012, 01.56 Top News A rescue crew in southern Russia found a man wedged into a trash chute on the fifth floor of an apartment building. He claims was trying to flee his enraged lover.--- |
Terror experts called in after Turkish villagers mistake bird for Israeli spy 18 May 2012, 01.56 Top News Villagers became suspicious of the dead animal because it had a metal ring around its leg which was stamped 'Israel'.--- |
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Police 'used human shield of vehicles' to plug up road and stop stolen car speeding at 93mph 18 May 2012, 01.56 Top News Australian officers reportedly ordered several Hume Freeway drivers to stop and 'plug up' the road near Epping in a bid to halt the 19-year-old alleged thief.--- |
Mop of God: Argentine anger over Carlsberg beer ad that shows Diego Maradona scrubbing floors for England football fans 18 May 2012, 01.55 Top News Argentinians say they have been 'insulted' by Danish firm Carlsberg's 90-second promo video, which shows the back of their World Cup winning Hand of God legend with mop in hand.--- |
Woman, 56, and man, 28, arrested over brutal attack on OAP who was beaten as she slept 18 May 2012, 01.55 Top News Great-grandmother Emma Winnall was found unconscious and covered in blood when carers checked on her in Birmingham.--- |
World
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Confusion, fear, frustration -- emotions are running high among Greece's people, as they face the prospect of new elections next month and massive uncertainty over the country's economic future.
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France's new Socialist government is already causing ripples throughout a Europe struggling to balance government budgets without making ordinary people's lives miserable, but it has created a completely different problem in |
Health
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No good for your heart: Good cholesterol doesn't lower cardiac arrest risk 18 May 2012, 01.53 Health News Keeping Low-Density Lipoprotein or LDL (known as bad cholesterol) under check is good for your heart. But raising levels of good cholesterol may not have any impact on your heart disease risk, a new study says.--- |
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Breast cancer sufferer aged 23 becomes one of the UK's youngest patients to have a double mastectomy 18 May 2012, 01.52 Health News After being told there was a 38 per cent chance the cancer would return, Emma Neville, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, underwent a double mastectomy.--- |
Business
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A number of banks and building societies have axed the rate on fixed account deals in recent weeks in a blow to savers looking to lock up their cash to maximise interest.--- |
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Ukraine is not in the EU and those out for the tournament could end up with a shock bill costing 11 times more than a ticket to the final, if they call, text and surf the web as if they were at home.--- |
Odd News
 What a boob! St. Johns County deputies say Kelly Renee Saylor, 43, caused a disturbance on May 8th along a St. Augustine road when she began yelling at a woman before pulling down her own pants in public to expose her bare |
 Drunk? Driving around with an invalid license? Then it's probably not a good idea to pretend to be a cop and attempt to pullover a motorist using strobe lights. On Monday a detective saw a white GMC pick-up truck trying to |
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Ingo Walter and Jennifer Carpenter: Focus on changing the risk incentives of banks rather than the level of executive pay
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Closing arguments concluded Thursday afternoon in the corruption trial of John Edwards, after his defense team rested its case without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify.
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Sci/Tech
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Facebook buys ANOTHER photo app, Lightbox, just after spending bn on Instagram 18 May 2012, 01.54 Sci/Tech News Mark Zuckerberg’s firm has purchased London firm Lightbox, which makes a photo app for Android phones.
The move comes just hours before Facebook becomes a public company.--- |
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French firm offers free sex toys to women 'widowed' by fantasy PC game Diablo III this week 18 May 2012, 01.54 Sci/Tech News The game has been a huge hit - as has Absoloo's offer, where women get a free 'toy' for posting a picture of themselves with the game on the company's Facebook page.--- |
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Pinterest is an online scrapbook where users can 'pin' images and follow images by other people. It had less than one million users in May 2011 - but that jumped to about 20million by this April.--- |
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Entertainment
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife Mary Kennedy died yesterday as a result of asphyxiation by hanging -- this according to the Westchester County medical examiner.The medical examiner does NOT mention the word "suicide"
Sports
London 2012 Olympics: Edinson Cavani will fight club to play for Uruguay 18 May 2012, 01.55 SPORTS News
Napoli striker Edinson Cavani is ready to battle his club for the right to play in the Olympics, in a stance that could deter potential bidders Manchester City.---
