New Moon vampires suck down Batman's Dark Knight record
Los Angeles - The Twilight vampires' newest film, New Moon, drank in a box office one-day record at weekend's begin, earning 72.7 million dollars from midnight Thursday to midnight Friday, E! Online reported. That intake soared way beyond the 67.2-mi...
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Parma stun Fiorentina after Inter Milan beat Bologna - Summary
Rome - Newcomers Parma late Saturday stunned Fiorentina 3-2 on home turf to leapfrog them and move to third place in the Italian Serie A. A brace from international Alberto Gilardino was not enough for the Florence side ...
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China coal mine explosion: 42 dead, 66 trapped - Summary
Beijing - The death toll following a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China that killed 42 workers and left 66 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to rise, local media reported. The explosion occurred at 2:30 am in the Xi...
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Rocket hits luxury hotel in Afghan capital - Summary
Kabul - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said. The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman said, but...
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Rocket hits luxury hotel in Afghan capital - Update
Kabul (dap) - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said. The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman sai...
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German Left leader doing well after cancer operation
Berlin - The co-leader of Germany's Left Party, Oskar Lafontaine, was doing well Saturday following an operation for prostate cancer, a party spokesman said. The procedure went successfully. In the circumstances, he's doing well, spokesman Hendrik ...
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Iraq parliament postpones vote on election law veto
Baghdad - Iraqi's parliament on Saturday postponed a vote on whether to overturn the vice president's veto of the country's new elections law, a member of the legislature said. Iraqi MPs did not reach a consensus during today's session over the issu...
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Large explosion near hotel in Afghan capital
Kabul (dap) - A large explosion rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday evening, police and witnesses said. The blast occurred in the vicinity of the city's only five-star hotel, the Serena Hotel. ...
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Afghan security chiefs unveil plan to boost force level
Kabul - Top Afghan security chiefs on Saturday unveiled a plan, drafted by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, to boost country's police and troop strength to 400,000, double the size of its previous goal. Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak ...
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Kunduz airstrike relatives to demand compensation - Summary
Berlin - Dozens of relatives of people killed in a controversial NATO airstrike in Afghanistan are to attempt to claim compensation from the German government, it emerged Saturday. Karim Popal, a lawyer, said in an interview with the Weser-Kurier new...
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