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China's 'eight babies' scandal throws light on underground industry helping parents flout one-child ruleTwo years after giving away the baby boy she'd carried for nine months, Gao cries less. His new mum treats him well, and she finds comfort in the smiling family photos uploaded online....(more)
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If Iran cannot save Assad, its aim is to ensure his successor remains closely allied and does not defect to the western campThe prospect of direct western military or "humanitarian" intervention, overt and covert, to speed regime change in Syria appears to be strengthening after last...(more)
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Online coupon company will hold its first earnings call since going public last November in the biggest IPO since GoogleThe past two years have been a wild ride for Groupon, and on Wednesday's earnings call the online disount company faces its biggest test to date as...(more)
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O' Capoclan song and video could land Italian neo-melodic music star on charges of inciting criminal activityA Neapolitan singer who sang the praises of the mafia and featured real mobsters in a video is being investigated by Naples magistrates for inciting criminal activity.O' Capoclan, Nello Liberti's...(more)
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Europe can achieve growth and employment with an industrial policy that encourages investment. We are done with bowing to the financial sectorEurope is debilitated by the effects of two years of desperate crisis management. The prescribed treatment resembles the old practice of bloodletting on ailing patients....(more)
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One of the world's richest women has bought into the Australian media. Will she use this to push her views on tax and mining?Outside her native Australia, Gina Rinehart's name is likely to be met with quizzical looks – but all that could be about to...(more)
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Judge Reinhardt's ruling on Proposition 8 is carefully crafted to win the casting vote of supreme court Justice Anthony KennedyThe ninth circuit court of appeal's ruling in Perry v Brown (pdf) that California's infamous Proposition 8 unconstitutional is certainly good news. The court's finding that the...(more)
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Live coverage of the aftermath of Rick Santorum's big win in the latest round of voting in the GOP presidential nomination race1.20pm: Before we all get carried away with the prospect of President Santorum – try saying that out loud – and tied conventions, sensible person...(more)
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Can an empty wallet lead to a cheating heart? Cash-strapped men may feel a strong biological urge to seek out new sex partners, according to University of Kansas researchers.
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Seven people died and 58 were injured after a stage collapsed Aug. 13 before a concert at the Indiana State Fair.
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AP - There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's...(more)
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AP - A lawyer for five Cuban agents convicted of espionage and sentenced to long jail terms in the U.S. says there could be a political solution linking his clients' fate with that of an American contractor imprisoned in Cuba.
