FBI: Hate crimes rising in US
Washington - The number of hate crimes in the United States climbed slightly in 2008, while anti-gay or religion-motivated attacks surged markedly, according to new government data Monday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tallied 7,783 crime...
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Report: Microsoft and News Corp in search pact talks
San Francisco - Microsoft and News Corp are in advanced negotiations that would see the media conglomerate's content removed from Google's search index and appear exclusively via Microsoft's Bing search engine, the Financial Times reported Monday. Ne...
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Tehran daily banned for printing Baha'i temple picture
Tehran - The Iranian press watchdog on Monday banned the Tehran daily Hamshahri after it published a photograph of a Baha'i temple in Iran, the official news agency IRNA reported. Hamshahri, which belongs to the Tehran municipality and has the highes...
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Lightning strikes twice as Soderling beats Nadal again - Update
London - Lightning struck twice this season as Robin Soderling defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 Monday in a Group B upset at the ATP World Tour Finals, his second win over the Spaniard in 2009. The hard-hitting Swede humbled Spain's world number two in...
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Study: Climate change to have irreversible consequences by 2050
Berlin - A lack of determined action on climate change means that by 2050 global warming of more than the targeted 2 degrees celsius will have taken place, a study released in Berlin Monday said. In its Tipping Points report, environmental advocacy...
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Wigan players to repay fans after nine-goal humiliation
London - Wigan Athletic's players pledged on Monday to refund fans who travelled to London to see their 9-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. Sunday's defeat was the worst in Wigan's 31-year history, and only the second time any team has scored nine goals...
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Charles de Menezes family accept compensation from British police
London - The family of a Brazilian man shot dead by British police who mistook him for a terrorist agreed Monday to a compensation deal which they said would draw a final line under the tragic affair. Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes have been lo...
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Five dead as Italian military plane crashes - Summary
Pisa, Italy - Five people were killed Monday when an Italian military transport airplane crashed near Pisa in central Italy, officials said. The Lockheed C130J was on a training flight when it crashed, Italy's Defence Minister Ingazio La Russa said i...
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Iraqi parliament sends elections law back to presidency - 2nd Update
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended version of the country's elections law and sent it back to the Iraqi presidency for approval. The decision followed Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's November 19 veto of the law because he wante...
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US home sales surge to highest level since 2007
Washington - Existing home sales surged more than 10 per cent in the United States in October to their highest level since February 2007, according to figures released Monday. The monthly data by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) beat expect...
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