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Former pupil claims monks at closed boys' school Fort Augustus Abbey committed 'systematic, brutal, awful torture'Police are investigating allegations of abuse at a Catholic boarding school in the Scottish Highlands, following complaints of a brutal regime in which boys were physically beaten, psychologically tortured and sexually...(more)
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Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's comments come as Assad's forces and Hezbollah intensify campaign for town of QusairThe leader of Hezbollah has warned that the fall of the Syrian regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period", and vowed that his...(more)
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Seven injured as goods trains collide at rail intersection, resulting in derailment and damage to overpass sectionTwo freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural southeastern Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and...(more)
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Director claims the pill has 'chased away the romance in our lives' as he brings new film Venus in Fur to CannesYou might not suppose Roman Polanski and the 87-year-old Jerry Lewis had a great deal in common, but today the director followed Lewis' suggestion that...(more)
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Coalition to propose tough emissions goal for 2030 as sop to green campaignersThe government will oppose attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of...(more)
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Staying visible on a bike at night has never been so fun. Crank your bike up to 11.
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Bill would have made Nevada the first state to legalize driving between cars for bikers.
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An Army sergeant recently was charged with secretly photographing women at the academy.
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BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period."...(more)
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A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces.
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CONAKRY (Reuters) - At least five people were killed on Saturday when security forces in Guinea opened fire on protesters in opposition strongholds in the capital, medical sources and witnesses said. The violence brings to 11 the number of people killed since Thursday in unrest that...(more)
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid....
