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Teenager kills uncle for shutting down her internet

A Taiwan teenager allegedly stabbed her uncle to death on Wednesday because he shut down her internet to stop her from staying online late into
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Saudi Arabia is to build a women-only city

Saudi Arabia is to build a women-only city as it struggles to combine Sharia law with career-minded females. The new city will be exclusively for women...
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Apple Pays $60 Million for iPad Name in China

More than $60 million and two years later, Apple finally owns the rights to the name iPad in China. Apple and Proview International had been embroiled...
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The Global Note: Mexico’s President…Iran Feels The Pinch…South Africa Chimp Attack…Viva Espana!

-EL PRESIDENTE…The party that ruled Mexico for 70 years – and was thrown out in 2000 in a ballot-box revolution against a dictatorship – has...
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North Korea's New Image Shaped by Platform Shoes, Earrings and Cell Phones

Attempting to forge a new image for himself and his country, North Korea's youthful supreme leader Kim Jong Un is allowing women to wear pants,...
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Talks on Global Arms Treaty Set to Begin in New York

A month of UN-hosted talks are due to kick off in New York, aiming to establish a treaty controlling arms sales around the world.   Over the...
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Disabled girl, 16, found starved down to 23 pounds by her mother

A 16-year-old girl with cerebral palsy weighed only 23lbs and could not walk or talk when she was removed from her family home after being...
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United States in "game" with Syria

Fifteen months into the crisis in Syria, and the Obama administration is, as one U.S. official describes it, in "a holding pattern," waiting for Russia...
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A dad's decision from hell: Choosing between saving wife, son

A father was forced into a hellishly cruel Catch-22 when a car carrying his wife and son hurtled into a river.Just minutes after his wife's...
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Seal and Heidi introduce their new arrival

Heidi Klum has debuted new daughter Lou to the world, and just like her supermodel mother, the camera already loves her.The Victoria's Secret star and...
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Review: 'Fela on Broadway!'

Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St.Tickets: $27-$122; (212) 239-6200Not every Broadway musical set in Africa comes with perky puppets and syrupy ballads.Just like Fela...
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Bear attacks man who climbed into zoo enclosure

This is the chilling moment a bear clamped a man in his jaws after he climbed into the enclosure at a Swiss zoo.The mentally handicapped...
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Car crash victim trapped in 'coma' for 23 years was conscious

'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear': Man trapped in 23-year 'coma' reveals horror of being unable to tell doctors he was consciousFor 23...
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'Holiday brides': Men marrying, bedding and abandoning women

There’s a new trend in the U.K.: British men are marrying Indian women, treating them like "prostitutes" and abandoning them."There are 15,000 to 20,000 abandoned...
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Wife poses as schoolgirl to catch a pedophile - her husband

When you're visiting chat rooms for Internet sex, the last person you want to bump into is a family member. But that's exactly what happened...
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American jaied in Thailand for alleged king insult

Thai authorities said Friday they arrested an American citizen on charges he insulted the country's monarchy, in part by posting a link on his blog...
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Obama Administration Won't Endorse Calls For Immediate Resignation Of President Mubabrak

The Obama administration is urging Egyptian leaders to include more people in a national dialogue on reform but won't endorse demands from protesters for the...
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Flash! Truce After 12 Years Of Afghanistan War? US To Begin Talks With Taliban In New Office Opened By Group In Qatar

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul,...

98-Yr-Old Charged With Unlawful Execution, Torture

A 98-year-old who features on Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center's wanted list with war crimes, saying he had helped to deport Jews to Auschwitz in World...

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sues Forbes after it says he’s only worth $20 bn -report

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has sued Forbes magazine for libel in a British court, alleging that its valuation of his wealth at 20...

US Valedictorian rips up speech, recites lord's prayer

Roy Costner IV ended his high school career with a bang. As valedictorian, Costner had the honor of giving a speech in front of the...

Police officers assaulted in Dargaville

Published: 9:54PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: ONE News Two police officers have been assaulted in Dargaville. The officers, one male and one female, were "knocked around...

Libyan troops fire rockets into Tunisia

Published: 10:09PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: Reuters A rebel holds his ears as a bomb launched by a Libyan air force jet loyal to Libya's...

Her royal hotness Pippa Middleton pondering French relocation

Published: 10:15PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Source: BANG Showbiz Related Pippa Middleton wants to move abroad following her split from Alex Loudon. The 27-year-old beauty - the...

Bankrupt property developer takes Australia holiday

updated 23:20 Published: 8:02PM Tuesday June 14, 2011 Source: ONE News Bankrupt Auckland property developer David Stewart Henderson is on holiday in Australia, his lawyer says. Daniel Grove told...

Italian PM Berlusconi faces fresh blow in referendums

Italians turned out in large numbers to vote in referendums that looked set to deliver another blow to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi following last month's...

Joy Reid: The emotional toll is huge

Aftershocks are now part of normal life in Christchurch, writes ONE News reporter Joy Reid. ...

Christchurch aftershocks: Live updates

Liquefaction rises in the suburb of Brookhaven - Source: Twitter user Andrew Groom Watch Video View Photos Related Christchurch has been hit by two strong aftershocks this afternoon. GNS Science...

Shaken Christchurch facing a long night without power

A house on the edge of cliffs in Sumner - Source: Twitter user: Tim Kelleher Watch Video View Photos Related There have been reports of widespread damage in Christchurch after...

Tough questions expected at CTV inquest

updated 07:11 Published: 5:43AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: ONE News The CTV building in Christchurch is flattened after the February 22 earthquake. - Source: ONE News Watch...

GOLF: Italian Open final scoreboard

Published: 7:07AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: Reuters Leading final-round scores from the Italian Open 267 Robert Rock (Britain) ...

Prisoners cause another stand-off in Hawke's Bay prison

Published: 7:12AM Monday June 13, 2011 Source: ONE News There has been another disturbance involving prisoners at Hawke's Bay prison. An eight hour stand-off took place between prisoners...

Basketball: Barea could be key to Mavericks winning title

The Dallas Mavericks' smallest player, Jose Juan Barea, who once this season had to talk his way into the arena past a suspicious security guard,...

Market outlook: Uneven meets ugly on Wall St

Source: Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sure has it right: the US economic recovery has been, is currently and will continue to be "uneven". For...

Hugh Hefner: Monogamy unnatural

Published: 7:41AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Hugh Hefner (84) with Crystal Harris (24) - Source: BANG Showbiz Related Hugh Hefner doesn't believe monogamy is "natural". The...

Kuwait arrests man over Twitter post

Published: 7:45AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters Social networking website Twitter - Source: ONE News Related Kuwait has arrested a Kuwaiti Shi'ite Muslim man for publishing criticism of...

Rugby: Bulls beat Stormers 19-16 to extend winning streak

Published: 7:45AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters The Bulls chalked up a sixth straight victory after beating the Stormers 19-16 in an all-South African Super rugby...

Investigative journalist shot dead in Mumbai

Published: 7:53AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: Reuters Source: Thinkstock Related Four gunmen shot dead a senior investigative journalist specialising in organised crime in the Indian city of...

Lily Allen, married, pregnant

Published: 8:05AM Sunday June 12, 2011 Source: BANG Showbiz Lily Allen and new husband Sam Cooper - Source: BANG Related Lily Allen's new husband Sam Cooper announced that...

Nintendo president puzzled by investor reaction to Wii U

Published: 8:57PM Friday June 10, 2011 Source: Reuters Nintendo Wii U - Source: Reuters Related Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said he was surprised at the tumble in the...

Nicole Scherzinger hasn't spoken to fired Cheryl

Published: 9:50PM Friday June 10, 2011 Source: BangShowbiz Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger - Source: BANG Showbiz Related Nicole Scherzinger has not spoken to Cheryl Cole since she...