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Missing girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished while on a family vacation in Portugal five years ago, may be alive, U.K. police said Wednesday as they announced new efforts to solve the case.
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Ratings agency Standard and Poor's warns that India's worsening deficits and diminishing growth prospects can lead to a downgrade of its economy.
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A County Down woman who nearly died after having a heart attack on the street wants defibrillators to be installed in public places.
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Mindfulness meditation was once a tool of the counter-culture. But now it's transforming the minds of conservative America"A quiet revolution is happening in America." So says Tim Ryan, Ohio congressman and author of A Mindful Nation, which documents the spread of mindfulness meditation across the US,...(more)
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Unite's strike mandate has been extended to allow members to vote on new set of peace proposalsThe Unite trade union and fuel distributors have raised hopes of an end to their industrial dispute after thrashing out a new set of peace proposals on Tuesday night.Unite's strike...(more)
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Activist accuses police of racism after they injured two teenagers in stolen car that mounted pavement and hit two womenCivil liberties groups have called for an independent inquiry into the shooting of two Aboriginal teenagers in Sydney's busy Kings Cross nightlife area at the weekend.Police shot...(more)
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Swedish telecoms network builder Ericsson says profits rose in the latest quarter despite weak demand for new network capacity.
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Two of South Korea's biggest retailers halt sales of US beef after the discovery of a case of "mad cow" disease in California.
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A POLICE STING nabbed a Brooklyn bodega worker for selling booze to a minor — even though a security video shows the clerk refusing to do so, the Daily News has learned. Before he realized the video would acquit him, Ismael Duran pleaded guilty to avoid...(more)
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The US president describes US Secret Service agents caught up in the Colombia sex scandal as "knuckleheads", saying that most do an "incredible" job.
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He says he'll give up the post after his inauguration in May, and indicates that outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev should serve as both prime minister and party leader.MOSCOW — President-elect Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that he would resign as chairman of the United Russia party after...(more)
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A police sting nabbed a Brooklyn bodega worker for selling booze to a minor — even though a security video shows the clerk refusing to do so, the Daily News has learned.
