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Airline sorry for Bin Laden boarding pass image

The company said Thursday that the image of the fake boarding pass appeared in LHR News, a biweekly publication for British Airways employees at …
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Nokia launches bike-powered handset

The world’s largest mobile phone maker on Thursday launched four low-priced handsets and a recharger that can be connected to a bicycle’s dynamo which …
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Former ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ Miss Ellie dies at 17

The Mountain Press reported Thursday that Ellie starred in shows at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge. She also appeared on The Animal Planet cable show …
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British climber dies after reaching Everest summit

Peter Kinloch reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on the afternoon of May 25 but died early the next morning, according to SummitClimb, …
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U.S. billboard attracts with charcoal, pepper scent

The billboard on N.C. 150 in central North Carolina emits the smell of black pepper and charcoal to promote a new line of beef available at the Bloom …
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Funeral home steps in to stop the ‘grim eater’

Harbour City Funeral Home director Danny Langstraat told local newspaper The Dominion Post that the "grim eater" appeared at up to four funerals a …
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Update: Heavyweight French daily Le Monde set to be sold

In a letter to readers on the front page on Thursday, the newspaper’s head Eric Fottorino said the group, which is controlled by a company owned by …
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Timeline: Twelve dead in major shooting incident in Britain

Here is a snapshot timeline of some of the worst mass shooting incidents around the world since 1982:April 1982 – SOUTH KOREA – Police officer Woo …
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Afghan elders debate an opening to Taliban

President Hamid Karzai, who launched the traditional "peace jirga" of tribal elders on Wednesday amid the gunfire is hoping to get national support …
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Gunman kills 12 in British Lake District rampage

Terrified locals and walkers were told to stay indoors as 52-year-old taxi driver Derrick Bird opened fire on people in towns across the rural, …
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Iran accuses nuclear agency of false reporting

Ali Ashgar Soltanieh declined a direct answer when asked if he was blaming the agency for a mistake or if he was suggesting another reason for the …
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Nearly 5 million downloaded Skype iPhone 3G app

Before the launch of the application for use on high-speed third generation (3G) networks on May 30, consumers could only use Skype on their iPhone …
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Former Florida Republican chief charged with fraud

Former state party chairman Jim Greer was arrested at his central Florida home on six felony counts and booked into the Seminole County Jail, the …
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Toshiba invention brings quantum computing closer

Scientists at Toshiba Corp’sresearch centre in Cambridge, England, said on Wednesday their Entangled Light Emitting Diode (ELED) opened a path to …
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United Nations expert: ‘Targeted killings’ may be war crimes

Philip Alston, the independent U.N. investigator on extrajudicial killings, called on countries to lay out the rules and safeguards they use when …
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Two killed in flooding in Eastern Europe

Railroad services have been suspended in several parts of northeastern Hungary, the region most affected by the flooding. In Slovakia, where hundreds …
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Coast Guard: British Petroleum robots hit snag while sawing pipe

BP’s undersea robots succeeded in making a sheer cut to the riser pipe, but the robot’s sawblade became stuck inside the pipe while attempting to …
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Pakistan consumes less wheat because of poverty

Wolfgang Herbinger, country director for the World Food Programme in Pakistan, said declining wheat consumption was a cause of major …
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