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US Homeland Security chief faces questions from Congress on Secret Service sex scandal
( 25-Apr-2012 )

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is facing questions Wednesday from a Senate panel on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president's visit to a Latin American summit. The Secret Service says two more of t ....
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Norwegian killer's trial raises questions about giving mass murderers public platform
( 25-Apr-2012 )

WARSAW, Poland _ As Anders Behring Breivik has given shocking and remorseless accounts to a Norwegian court of how he massacred 77 people, his testimony has revived a debate about how much of a public platform mass-murderers should be given in trials. Such atrocities, after all, are often waged f ....
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Rupert Murdoch, before British judge, defends 50 years at the top of English speaking media
( 25-Apr-2012 )

LONDON _ News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch defended his globe-spanning, half-a-century long media career Wednesday, telling an official inquiry into U.K. media ethics that he never gave his editors orders on who to back or used his political sway for financial gain. Speaking softly, deliberately ....
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Egypt denies 8 US nonprofits license to operate, including Carter Center
( 24-Apr-2012 )

CAIRO, Egypt _ Egyptian authorities have denied permission to eight American non-profit groups to operate locally, including a centre headed by former President Jimmy Carter that monitors elections, a ministry official says. The move to deny permission to The Carter Center and others comes only a ....
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Venezuela's justice minister accuses former judge of being paid off by drug traffickers
( 24-Apr-2012 )

CARACAS, Venezuela _ Venezuela's justice minister on Monday accused a former Supreme Court magistrate of receiving money from drug traffickers. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami made the accusation against ex-Magistrate Eladio Aponte, who charged in a television interview shown last week tha ....
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Syrian forces kill dozens in rebellious city a day after it welcomes UN observers
( 24-Apr-2012 )

BEIRUT _ Two days ago, crowds in the Syrian city of Hama welcomed a U.N. team sent in to observe a shaky truce. On Monday, government troops opened fire on the same streets, killing dozens, activists said, raising fears the regime is targeting opponents emboldened to protest by the U.N. monitors. ....
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Asian stock markets fall amid political and economic turmoil in Europe
( 24-Apr-2012 )

BANGKOK, Thailand _ Unsettling news about Europe's debt crisis and disappointing U.S. corporate earnings weighed on Asian stock markets Tuesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4 per cent to 9,506.82 and South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.2 per cent to 1,969.66. Still, the losses were mute ....
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Australian PM dismisses claim she is soft on sexual harassment through support of speaker
( 24-Apr-2012 )

CANBERRA, Australia _ Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed as ``disgraceful'' an opposition claim that she is making light of sexual harassment by allowing the parliamentary speaker to hold his job while facing allegations that he pressured a staffer for gay sex. House of Representa ....
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Principal, Swiss banker among 48 charged in Singapore with paying for sex with 17 year old
( 19-Apr-2012 )

SINGAPORE _ A Swiss banker and a school principal are among 48 men charged in Singapore with paying for sex with a minor. Court documents released late Wednesday show 40-year-old Swiss national Juerg Buergin was charged with paying for sex with a girl local media say was 17. Buergin was Swiss ban ....
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James Corden makes a hysterical return to Broadway in 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
( 19-Apr-2012 )

NEW YORK _ A gentle warning to anyone planning to see James Corden's return to Broadway: Get to his show on time or risk being part of it. ``Someone came in late yesterday _ like about 15 minutes late _ and that's fine, you just carry on. But he came in late and he was moving bags and swi ....
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