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Pirates Attack Maersk Alabama, Again
U.S.-Flagged Cargo Ship Repels Second Attack in Seven Months
Large Hadron Collider to be started up after fault forced year-long closure
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be started up tomorrow for the first time since a catastrophic fault forced it to be shut down for more than a year.
Ukraine to remake ‘Yes, Minster’ as democracy s downside becomes clear
First Ukraine imported liberal democracy from the West. Now it has turned to Britain for a satire on the political opportunism and backroom manipulation that go with it.
German spy’s wife exposes his gay affair
A German spy has gone on trial in Munich accused of betraying state secrets after his wife discovered he was having a gay affair.
We’re going to miss Guantanamo deadline, Obama admits
President Obama has admitted for the first time that the deadline he set two days into his Administration for closing the Guantanamo Bay detainee camp in Cuba will be missed.
Iraq VP Vetoes Parts of Election Law
Move by Tariq al-Hashemi Likely Delays U.S. Troop Withdrawal, 2010 Election
Computer games fan ‘planned school massacre’
A 13-year-old computer games enthusiast is facing charges of attempted murder after police said that they had thwarted a plan to shoot dead his teachers for giving him poor marks.
Hamid Karzai: Afghan forces to take over from foreign troops in five years
President Hamid Karzai inauguration speech aimed at placating his impatient Western allies.
How Lincoln put the school bullies in their place
Whom it May Concern so began the letter written by Abraham Lincoln shortly after his inauguration in 1861. It was an odd introduction for an official communication from the leader of the United States; penned, in all likelihood, at his desk in the Oval Office.
Large Hadron Collider ready to restart this weekend
‘Big Bang’ machine had developed faults nine days after launch.
Will Ferrell tops Forbes list of ‘overpaid’ Hollywood stars
Will Ferrell Ewan McGregor Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy have been declared among Hollywood’s most ‘overpaid’ stars.
Sixteen dead in Peshawar bomb attack
At least 16 people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a court building in the latest wave of militant attacks in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
EU President: Q&A on the tough selection process
Attempts to choose a President and a High Representative for the EU after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty have not been going smoothly.
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