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When Fox411.com interviewed her a couple weeks ago, she was gushing about being the new spokesmodel for Carl's Jr. hamburgers. Monday night, we found out she had even bigger fish to fry. Kate Upton has been given the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. Upton, 19, wears a tiny red-and-brown, sparkle-covered string bikini with a view of the waters of Australia behind her as she

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The explosion Monday of a device attached to an Israeli Embassy van in New Delhi and the discovery and safe detonation of another such device found on an embassy car in Tbilisi, Georgia, led quickly to a round of fingerpointing between Israel and Iran. Four people were wounded in the van explosion, which occurred near the Israeli mission in New Delhi, officials said. The other bomb, found on

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Hugh Hefner's oldest son Marston Hefner was arrested last night after he allegedly attacked his Playmate of the Year girlfriend Claire Sinclair, TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that cops were called to the home Marston shares with Sinclair in Pasadena, CA after one of Sinclair's family members called 911, claiming Marston had attacked her. Cops arrived at the scene and

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The Fair Labour Association has begun inspections at Foxconn's Shenzhen factory and will also assess the factory in Chengdu. At Apple's request, the FLA will inspect facilities, interview employees and inspect documentation to ensure that proper procedures are followed. Later this Spring, the FLA will audit factories run by Quanta and Pegatron. Apple says that when the full audit is completed,

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The Foundation Trust Network believes its 200 members are spending around £30 million on freedom of information (FOI) requests a year, with administrative staff being pulled off normal duties to help reply to them. At the moment public authorities like health trusts can only charge those making FOI requests if the cost of reply exceeds £450. The FTN wants this brought down, although it is not

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China is continuing to stress the need for Sino-American cooperation, as Vice President Xi Jinping heads to the United States next week. However, an official says Beijing will increasingly act in its own national interest, even if such moves anger other countries. Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai told reporters that despite current Sino-American disagreements about issues like Syria, Tibet and

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Florence Green, the world's last known veteran of World War I, has died at the age of 110, the care home where she lived said Tuesday. Briar House Care Home in King's Lynn, England, said Green died Saturday, two weeks before her 111th birthday. Born Florence Beatrice Patterson in London on Feb. 19, 1901, she joined the Women's Royal Air Force in September 1918 at the age of 17. She went to

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The death toll rose to 15 as rescue workers continued to look for victims Tuesday inside a factory that collapsed in Pakistan. A boiler explosion apparently caused the veterinary medicine factory to collapse Monday, said Muhammad Salim, a Lahore police official. In Pakistan, boilers are usually old and large, and building regulations in Pakistan are weak and often go unenforced, critics have

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Even bundled up in a purple jacket and light blue turtleneck sweater, warming herself in a thick canvas emergency tent heated by a stove, the young Ukrainian woman feels the bitter chill. "It is very cold," she said. "The frost is very strong. It's very slippery out there." But she is one of the lucky ones, taking refuge from the brutal winter pummeling eastern Europe in a temporary shelter

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OSLO, Norway -- The right-wing extremist who has admitted killing 77 people in the worst peacetime massacre that Norway has ever seen told a court Monday that he deserved a medal of honor for the bloodshed and demanded to be set free. Anders Behring Breivik smirked as he was led in to the Oslo district court, handcuffed and dressed in a dark suit, for his last scheduled detention hearing before

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The cameras, in the Walker House estate near London’s St Pancras, have been installed by Camden Council. An American voice warns users to leave, including residents and legitimate visitors. The pre-recorded message says: “Stop, this is a restricted area and your photograph is being taken. It will be sent for processing if you don't leave the area now." Nick Pickles, of pressure group Big

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U.S. presidential contender Mitt Romney decisively won Republican Party caucuses in the western state of Nevada Saturday, confirming his lead in the race to choose his party's nominee for the presidential election in November. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich placed second in the Nevada race, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul came in third.  The former senator from

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I have owned a Panasonic digital camera for some months and have taken some good photos and when enlarged, using HP Photosmart, they look excellent. The trouble is, that despite trying every variation of brightness, colour etc., the printout on my old Epson Stylus printer is always much darker than the original. Should I now invest in a new printer/scanner?Clinton Summers, by email Maybe, but

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Braving bitter cold, Muscovites in favor of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and those convinced parliamentary election results were rigged took to the streets Saturday. The dueling rallies were held about six weeks after the last major anti-government demonstrations. Putin is seeking the presidency in the March elections and will represent his United Russia party. The move is the latest

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Ron Paul is a phenomenon many establishment politicians cannot understand. But as a leading Libertarian-conservative media personality, as well as the 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, I completely understand this phenomenon, and I hope to solve the mystery here today at FoxNews.com. Mitt Romney won Florida by a landslide (as I publicly predicted). On Saturday Romney will also win my

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Protesters in Egypt faced off with police in the capital, Cairo, and other cities for a third straight day Saturday in clashes that have left at least 12 people dead and 2,500 others wounded. The latest violence was sparked by anger at the failure of Egyptian security forces to prevent a melee and stampede after a football (soccer) match Wednesday in the city of Port Said that killed 74 people.

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A Florida woman facing DUI charges told arresting officers that her "big breasts" were responsible for her failing a sobriety test, according to a police report cited Friday by WTVJ-TV. Maureen Jane Raymond, from Port St. Lucie, about 110 miles north of Miami, was arrested in Jensen Beach on Jan. 29 after she was noticed traveling at speed and crossing the yellow double line before parking in

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Questions are being raised about the safety of a Pakistani doctor who might have played a vital, heroic -- and even unknowing -- role in the ultimate take-down of Usama bin Laden. Dr. Shikal Afridi may be in the custody of Pakistan's clandestine Inter-Services Intelligence agency after it discovered that he had participated in a fake Hepatitis B vaccination program that attempted to gain DNA

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A Tibetan activist group has released photos it says are from the sites of recent protests, showing Chinese riot police beating and dragging bloodied demonstrators. The group says the photos prove China is acting brutally toward unarmed, peaceful demonstrators. The photographs, released by the group Students for a Free Tibet, show Chinese riot police standing over and dragging protestors, one

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The college, which represents 34,000 GPs in England said the proposals threatened to damage patient care and jeopardised the NHS. RCGP chairwoman Dr Clare Gerada said: "This decision was not taken lightly, but it is clear that the college has been left with no alternative. "We have taken every opportunity to negotiate changes for the good of our patients and for the continued stability of the

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U.S. officials say Iran is increasingly active in backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's campaign of violence against his own people. As opposition attacks against the Syrian government grow, U.S. officials say Damascus increasingly seeks help from Iran to hold onto power. Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus told U.S. lawmakers Iran helps Syria because it is fighting to

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President Barack Obama linked his economic policies to his Christian faith, saying on Thursday that meeting the nation's challenges requires strong values as much as smart policies. Obama, making his third appearance as president at the National Prayer Breakfast, used his remarks to justify many of his actions, such as his call for the wealthy to pay more in taxes and his health care overhaul.

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Football fans across the United States are anxiously awaiting this Sunday’s Super Bowl championship game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots. For those attending the game in Indianapolis, Indiana, and participating in events in conjunction with the Super Bowl, major security efforts are being undertaken. It is important enough that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet

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Pakistan's Supreme Court has summoned Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to appear February 13 to be charged with contempt of court, his lawyer said Thursday. The move raises the stakes in a long-running battle over the court's demand that the prime minister investigate President Asif Ali Zardari, among others, for suspected corruption. Gilani has refused, saying the head of state is immune

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Amid mounting speculation that the company had delayed the year’s most hotly-awaited Google Android handset, the company released a statement saying that “Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012.The successor to the Galaxy SII smartphone will be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year

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An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he had hoped for, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan in the past few months -- including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws

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Drug makers have been criticised in the past for not doing enough to fight diseases of the poor as they concentrate instead on conditions more prevalent in rich nations, such as high cholesterol. But in the largest coordinated effort yet to fight diseases such as Guinea worm disease, leprosy and sleeping sickness, the group promised to give away 14 billion doses of medicines by the end of this

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The cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations. Officials called off both the start of operations to remove 500,000 gallons (1.8 million liters) of fuel and the search for people still missing Sunday after determining the Costa Concordia had moved four centimeters

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The Senegalese capital, Dakar, is relatively calm Sunday, after another night of protests in the city sparked by a court decision allowing President Abdoulaye Wade to stand for re-election.  Roads remain closed to stem the violence, and many Senegalese are saying enough is enough. An atmosphere of calm reigns over Dakar today as its population recovers from two days of protests that rocked the

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A spokesman for Bwin.Party, a firm created by the merger in March of Bwin Interactive and PartyGaming, said it had terminated its advertising contract with Megaupload.com "as soon as we heard" about its closure by court order last week. "We had no knowledge about any of the alleged activities undertaken by Megaupload," said John Shepherd, Bwin.Party's director of communications. The firm,

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While President Barack Obama spends the last year of his current term in office with many pressing issues, including trying to get re-elected, African analysts and advocates say policy toward sub-Saharan Africa ranks as a very low priority.  This has come as a disappointment to some as Obama's father was from Kenya. While walking onto the House floor to deliver his recent 2012 State of the

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Dakar is on red alert for another night of violence as the Constitutional Court considers the appeals of the rejected presidential candidates.  On Friday, Senegal's highest court ruled that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for re-election, but ruled some other candidates cannot. Dakar is recovering from violent protests that spread across the city Friday night as news spread that incumbent

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Four current and former employees of Britain's Sun newspaper were arrested by authorities investigating claims of inappropriate payments to police, News Corp. and police said Saturday. Police searched the men's homes as well as the East London offices of News International, the News Corp. subsidiary that publishes the Sun and other U.K. newspapers, London's Metropolitan Police Service said. A

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Sudan and South Sudan have failed to resolve a dispute over oil revenues, less than 24 hours before the south is due to halt crude production and close its pipeline to the sea.  Failure to settle the dispute could have grave implications for the economies of both countries. North-South Sudanese talks on sharing oil revenues started well Friday, when Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and South

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The recent bankruptcy of Kodak - America’s largest photographic film company - is expected to affect employees and photographers alike, especially those who rely on the film, paper and chemicals Kodak has produced since the 19th century.  Jim Megargee compares himself and others like him to dinosaurs on the brink of extinction.  He is a traditional photographer confronted by the threat that

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A woman convicted of killing her co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing shop in the Washington suburbs, then spinning an elaborate lie about being attacked by two masked men, was ordered Friday to spend the rest of her life behind bars. A judge sentenced Brittany Norwood, 29, to life in prison without parole, rejecting defense pleas that she deserved an eventual shot at rehabilitation and freedom

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A handful of surviving passengers of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship filed a lawsuit against the cruise line on Friday, the same day the company offered each of the hundreds who'd been aboard the vessel a lump sum of 11,000 euros ($14,400). Six individuals filed the complaint asking for a jury trial and seeking retribution from Costa Cruises, its parent company Carnival Cruise Lines and

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As Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz intensify, some energy experts are calling on Arab Gulf states to find alternative ways to export their petroleum. Experts differ, however, on whether proposed pipelines are economically feasible or whether Iran will follow through with its threats. Nearly 40 percent of seaborne traded oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the

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In an email reportedly sent to Apple's 60,000 or so employees, Tim Cook, the company's chief executive said that Apple "cares about every worker in its supply chain". The letter appears to be in response to a series of articles in the New York Times cataloguing the company's problems in China and divisions within Apple about how to handle the issues. The paper said more than half of the

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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and Finance Minister Evengelos Venizelos have resumed talks on debt writedown with international private lenders. Officials close to the talks told reporters that progress was made late Thursday during the talks, which they said focused on technical and legal issues.  Talks between the Greek officials and top bank negotiators, Charles Dallara and Jean

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The warning follows concerns that the system is failing to identify the extent of poor treatment in care homes. A group of experts, led by the head of the Care Quality Commission, has written to ministers asking them to ensure that hospitals always note the presence of bedsores, falls and infections when patients are admitted, and add the information to their electronic records. The letter

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South Sudan is shutting down its oil production to protest against high fees Sudan charges to transport the commodity through northern pipelines. The move threatens both countries' economies and is heightening tensions that have festered since the south declared independence in July. The government of South Sudan says it already has cut oil output in the country by more than half and plans to

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Hugo Chavez's daughter is sparking controversy after posting a photo of herself holding a wad of US dollars online. Rosines Chavez, 14, posted a photo of herself on her Instagram account peering over a handful of US dollars, which are tightly controlled in Venezuela under her father's regime, the Guardian reports. Critics were especially angered by the photo because US dollars, which the teen

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Security officers dragged Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of a Canberra restaurant Thursday after an angry mob of protesters surrounded the building during a luncheon ceremony, police said. Gillard and federal opposition leader Tony Abbott were taken out of the building after a group of between 50 and 100 protesters from a nearby ceremony gathered around the building, bashing

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The best and worst experience of my adult life occurred over a six month period in San Diego, California. I had heard that the weather in San Diego is amazing and the people are friendly. As a visitor, it delivers as advertised. However, if you’re going through the world’s toughest military training, your opinion of San Diego will never be the same. San Diego is where I discovered what I am

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It's been nearly 30 years since British and Argentinian troops fought over the Falkland Islands, but politicians from both countries are ratcheting up their rhetoric over the British-controlled territory. The ideological battle comes as Prince William is scheduled to begin a Royal Air Force tour of duty there next month -- a move which has drawn more attention to islands at a time when

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By rejecting the Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Obama did more than just pander to environmentalists. He shredded attempts by his handlers to cast him as a pragmatic and reasonable man who can appeal to independent voters. Instead, he stands naked as an ideologue willing to sacrifice workers on the altar of special-interest politics. Thousands of jobs were cast aside with no more thought

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An experiment set up by Lewis Peckover, a 28-year-old web systems administrator, called attention to the problem last night. Peckover showed that O2 was providing websites with the mobile number of users who visited. The numbers were included as plain text in the header information sent by the phone to the website. As well as being a potential breach of the Data Protection Act, this raised the

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U.S. defense officials say an American woman and a Danish man who were kidnapped last October in Somalia are safe, after being rescued by U.S. commandos in a daring operation northwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Pentagon officials say American forces swept into an encampment in the vicinity of the town of Cadaado, northwest of Mogadishu, and pulled American Jessica Buchanan and Poul

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Henk, 47, fell in love with the woman, proposed to her and invited her to move into his home. Henk also whisked her off on a three-day holiday to Majorca during their five month affair in 2008, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard. But the woman believed Henk was seeing another psychiatric patient and the romance fizzled out. Henk then tried to bully her into keeping quiet about their

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A big landslide has ripped through a village in a remote area of Papua New Guinea, killing at least 40 people and leaving 20 others missing, authorities said Wednesday. The country's National Disaster Office said that 40 bodies had been recovered from the debris and search and rescue officers were at the site on Wednesday to assist with the recovery of others. The landslide happened Tuesday in

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Eastern members of the European Union are facing social and political turmoil due to the EU's austerity measures imposed on them. The EU and other institutions have insisted that member states enact sharp budgetary restrictions and carry out other policy changes in return for the many billions of dollars of financial assistance that have been committed to shore up eurozone finances. The

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Peter Loescher, chief executive, warned the "golden days are gone" as he admitted 2012 was likely to be a challenging for Germany's largest company by market capitalisation. The group, whose products range from trains and turbines to hearing aids and lightbulbs, saw net profits fall 17pc to €1.46bn (£1.2bn) in the final three months of 2011. New orders shrank for the first time since the

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The United Nations has opened a political office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after a 17-year absence. The U.N. special representative for Somalia, Ambassador Augustine Mahiga, arrived at the Mogadishu airport on Tuesday where he was greeted by Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali and other government and diplomatic officials. Mahiga expressed hope the opening of the U.N. political office

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The browser add-on, which only works for Firefox users, is called ‘Don’t be evil’ (a reference to one of Google’s early mottoes), and has been created in an attempt to stop the search giant from promoting its own social network, Google+, to the top of people’s web searches. Earlier this month, Google announced a search update called ‘Search Plus Your World’, which means users will see more

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Gun-wielding attackers aboard small vessels opened fire on a group of fishing boats in a restive area of the southern Philippines, killing 15 people in an apparent turf dispute between fishermen, the military authorities said Tuesday. The three fishing boats from the large island of Mindanao were near the tiny island of Sibago when they were attacked Monday morning by about six men on three

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The Hague-based International Criminal Court, or ICC, has ruled that four Kenyans accused of masterminding Kenya’s 2007-to-2008 post-election violence must stand trial, while charges against two other Kenyans were dropped due to insufficient evidence. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, former agriculture and higher education minister William Ruto, civil service head

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Pakistan's military has formally rejected the findings of a U.S. inquiry into last year's NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border. The military said Monday that it does not agree with several portions of the investigation report, calling them factually incorrect. U.S. defense officials blamed inadequate coordination by both Pakistani and U.S.-led forces for the

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Egypt's military rulers said they handed legislative powers to the country's lower house of parliament on Monday -- the first day the parliament convened since former President Hosni Mubarak's ouster last year. It is the first parliament in the country's history to be dominated by Islamists. Two Islamist parties won about 70% of the seats in elections for the lower house of parliament,

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A fluid and surprise-laden Republican presidential nominating contest remains wide open after former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich won Saturday’s primary election in South Carolina, dealing a blow to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Both candidates already have their sights set on Florida, which votes at the end of the month. After finishing fourth in both Iowa and New Hampshire,

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The call follows the damaging scandal over faulty breast implants given to more than 40,000 women in the UK and the subsequent row over who should foot the bill for their replacement. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), which represents the top plastic surgeons, is urging ministers to impose the advertising ban as part of a crackdown on the multi-million pound

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Georgia's down-home diva Paula Deen was this week treated to an unhealthy serving of self-satisfied condescension after she admitted she has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. But nowhere was the response more unsavory than on the New York food scene with its resident lothario Anthony Bourdain leading the assault. Bourdain, himself a distinguished chef and travel writer, launched a searing

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America's special envoy to the region talked peace and reconciliation with Hamid Karzai in Kabul Saturday, while the Afghan president made it clear that Afghans should be in the driver's seat. To that end, Karzai, in an address to the Afghan parliament, said the government and its peace council were making every effort to bring an end to the bloodshed. "The Afghan nation is the owner of the

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The Italian cruise captain accused of abandoning ship when the Costa Concordia struck rocks, causing the deaths of at least 11 people, admitted to his bosses that he "messed up," Sky News reported Saturday, citing sources. Captain Francesco Schettino, who was jailed after he left the ship, is under house arrest near Naples. He faces charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship after he allegedly

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In perhaps the most tumultuous day of his presidential bid, Republican contender Newt Gingrich faced chart-spanning highs and lows Thursday with a coveted endorsement from a former rival and accusations from his ex-wife that he sought permission to keep a mistress on the side. As a string of new polls showed him in striking distance of Mitt Romney in South Carolina two days before that state's

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A British lawmaker said Thursday that he and 17 others have been awarded payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World newspaper, in settlements totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. News International, the parent company of the now defunct News of the World newspaper, issued a statement confirming that a subsidiary had agreed to settlements, but did not provide details. A number of

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Accelerating technological developments have undoubtedly made communicating and accessing content the quickest and most efficient it has ever been. However, most would probably argue that some aspects of our lives don’t need further technological interference - like, say, visiting a restaurant. But this is where Inamo, an Asian fusion restaurant with outposts in Soho and in Regent Street in

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The English version of Wikipedia was inaccessible worldwide for 24 hours after 5AM on Wednesday. The protest aimed to highlight the threat its staff, volunteer editors and users perceive from Sopa (the Stop Online Piracy Act) and Pipa (the Protect Intellectual Property Act). On Twitter, Mr Wales said the page explaining the blackout and urging Americans to contact their congressmen had been

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Iran says the United States should make it clear that it is ready to hold talks without conditions, and urged other countries in the Middle East to not put themselves in a "dangerous position." Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi made the comments Thursday during a visit to Turkey. They come a day after the United States said it is open to resuming negotiations with Iran about its

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The World Bank has scaled back its growth forecast for the global economy in 2012, as a result of Europe's ongoing debt problems. Although the world lending institution says the eurozone crisis appears to be under control, it is warning developing countries to brace for an economic slowdown and the possibility of a deepening economic crisis. The world's economy is expected to grow more slowly

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Sunday evening youth mass in Saint-Germain-des-Pres is overflowing with parishioners. People stand in aisles or sit cross-legged in corners of the cavernous, sixth century Paris church. Father Benoist de Sinety, parish priest at Saint Germain for the past three years, says he has always had the good fortune of seeing crowds of young people seeking their bearings or rediscovering faith. But he

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In India, Internet giants such as Google and Facebook are fighting a lawsuit after the government authorized their prosecution for online content on their sites deemed to be offensive. The case has put the spotlight on free speech in the world’s largest democracy. The criminal lawsuit filed by the editor of New Delhi-based Urdu weekly Akbari accuses 21 Internet companies of violating Indian law

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Jordan's King Abdullah met Tuesday with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict in Syria, which borders Jordan. The two leaders told reporters after their White House talks that they would continue working together to bring about a resumption of Middle East peace talks, with King Abdullah citing the need to "keep our fingers crossed" for progress

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It seems it is always snowing when Wisconsin melts down into a big partisan battle, and that was the case Tuesday as workers with the liberal group United Wisconsin submitted boxes and boxes of petitions calling for a recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker. The Dairy State is again deep in the throes of winter as the group's workers -- furious at the budget deal reached last year that

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The debate on social care so far has quite rightly been centred on how we fund care in the years to come, faced with an aging population and greater life expectancy. This was the main thrust of the Dilnot Commission’s report, and will be at the heart of the Government’s upcoming White Paper on the future of social care. However, it is worth stepping back from the language of systems, models and

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Passengers flying over the Atlantic were terrified when it was announced twice that their plane could be about to crash. British Airways (BA) Flight 206 was at 35,000 feet, halfway from Miami to London's Heathrow Airport, when the taped message was played by accident. Screams rang out as it was repeated straightaway. An Edinburgh man said, "It was about 3:00am. An alarm sounded, and we were

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The five remaining candidates seeking the U.S. Republican party’s nomination for president met Monday evening in the eastern coastal state of South Carolina, just days before voters there participate in the next primary election. Although the debate touched on a wide range of issues from the U.S. economy, unemployment and foreign policy, several of the candidates used the stage to focus their

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The European Commission warned Hungary Tuesday it faces legal action over controversial reforms introduced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the move reflects its determination to see that EU law is fully respected. "We hoped that the Hungarian authorities would make the changes necessary to guarantee respect of EU law

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As the U.S. automotive industry emerges from one of its worst sales periods on record, factories continue to retool in an effort to make and market vehicles that reflect new customer demands.  This strategy is creating jobs in the so-called “green car” industry, but eliminating others. After 15 years on the assembly line, Detroit autoworker Nicole Current is about to become unemployed. “I make

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The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to allow more time to prepare the vehicle, the spacecraft's builder announced Monday, Jan. 16. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by the California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), was scheduled to launch toward the space station on Feb. 7, but the company has

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An international rights group is raising concerns about Uganda’s first trial of a former leader of the rebel group known as the Lord’s Resistance Army. In a report released Monday, Human Rights Watch says that legal and organizational problems threaten to jeopardize the pursuit of justice in the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo. The defendant was taken into custody in 2009 after fighting for the LRA.

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A team of four British engineers recently returned from a 10-day trip to a desolate, windswept plain in Antarctica, setting the stage for a project that could uncover previously unknown life that has been cut off from the world for millennia. Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey are seeking to drill through the continent's thick covering of ice to a giant, hidden lake, cut off since

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More than a fifth of children are now overweight or obese by the time they start school, according to official figures. Studies indicate that children who are fat at five are highly likely to continue being overweight into adolscence, and possibly beyond. Consequently, the School Food Trust has launched a new guide telling nursery staff what to feed children in their care and how much to give

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Protesters seeking the ouster of Romanian President Traian Basescu and early elections gathered for a fourth straight day Sunday in a main square of Bucharest, the capital, and 18 other cities in the Eastern European nation. The demonstrations, which included clashes between police and protesters Saturday in University Square that injured 17 people, are the most serious since Basescu's election

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Saying it's time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared for Congress' return to Washington this week with a warning to Republicans to leave Tea Party "extremism" behind and "learn what legislation is all about." "I would hope that they understand that everything doesn't have to be a fight. Legislation is an art of working

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Nigeria's labor unions say a nationwide strike will resume Monday if no deal concerning fuel prices is reached through negotiations with the government. Union representatives of the Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress Union also announced Sunday they have backed off an earlier threat to stop oil production. In the first of two meetings Saturday, union leaders held talks with

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Thousands of people gathered on the main boulevard in Tunis on Saturday to commemorate the first anniversary of a demonstration that toppled the president and set in motion a string of revolts across the Arab world. What came to be known as the Arab Spring saw presidents removed from power in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen and sparked protests from Algeria to Iran and Iraq. Demonstrations continue in

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Taiwan's incumbent president, Nationalist Ma Ying-jeou, easily won a second term in elections on Saturday, giving him four more years to improve relations with China. Ma beat opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen by more than five percent. His victory is seen as a mandate to keep peace with Beijing while managing wealth-distribution issues at home. The president, who was first elected in 2008 on

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A man suspected in a series of buttock slashings in Fairfax, Virginia, has been captured in Peru, authorities said. Johnny D. Guillen, known as the "Corta Nalgas" -- or "butt cutter" -- was captured Friday in Lima, according to Jair Quedas, system operator for Interpol Peru. Authorities in the United States were looking for Guillen for allegedly cutting the buttocks of 13 young women,

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Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of the luxury cruise liner Costa Concordia, 36 hours after it ran aground while carrying more than 4,200 people. Spokesman Luca Cari told The Associated Press that rescuers had spoken to the person inside the ship, an Italian working in cabin service. Late Saturday a South Korean couple on

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Kenya’s deputy chief justice was suspended Friday following allegations of misconduct, stemming from a confrontation with a mall security guard on New Year's Eve. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga told reporters in Nairobi that his deputy, Nancy Baraza, will undergo further investigations, as recommended by the Judicial Service Commission, or JSC. “After lengthy deliberation, evaluation of witness

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The mere rumor of a downgrade by the major ratings agencies is enough to send world markets into a tailspin, wiping billions off the values of global stocks. So what do ratings agencies do, and why are they so important? Who are the credit ratings agencies? The "Big Three" are Standard's & Poor's, Moody's Investor Services and Fitch Ratings. All originated in the United States, although Fitch

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is coming under fire from his opponents for his business record while head of Bain Capital, a private equity firm. Such attacks appear likely to continue, whether prosecuted by his Republican competitors, or by the Democrats lying in wait, should Romney emerge victorious post-primary. As seen on TV and reported in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal Texas

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A Syrian opposition group demanding the end of President Bashar al-Assad's reign announced Friday that it has begun coordinating with the rebel Free Syria Army and anti-government protesters took to the streets to support the breakaway force. At least 16 civilians, including three children, died Friday in clashes with security forces, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria --

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Made famous by Dr McCoy in the Star Trek series, the handheld tricorder could help detect diseases. To win the new prize, equivalent to £6.5m and sponsored by Qualcomm, a device must be presented that weighs less than 2.2kg but can measure "key health metrics and diagnosing a set of 15 diseases". If the prize is won in the next two hundred years, mankind will be boldly going beyond Star Trek,

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Cover your kids' eyes and ears! One of the most popular shows on TV is preparing to an air an episode in which a two-and-a-half year old toddler drops the F-bomb. Steve Levitan, the executive producer of the ABC hit "Modern Family," revealed during a Television Critics Association winter press tour panel on Tuesday that the show's 2 1/2 year old character, Lily, uses the profanity, much to the

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U.N. Human Rights chief Navi Pillay has called on Nigerian political and religious leaders to join together in efforts to halt sectarian violence in the country. In a statement Thursday, Pillay said it is especially important for Muslim and Christian leaders to "condemn all violence," including retaliatory attacks.  She said those efforts could help stop a dangerous situation from "spiraling out

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Microsoft is investigating a report that workers at a Chinese plant that manufactures its Xbox game systems have threatened mass suicide in a pay dispute, according to a statement by the company's Hong Kong office. "Microsoft takes working conditions in the factories that manufacture its products very seriously, and we are currently investigating this issue," the statement said. CNN has not

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Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy. Despite the growing public outcry, the government has shown no sign of reversing its decision to cut the popular subsidy, which it said would bankrupt the

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A militant attack on a government vehicle in Yemen's business capital, Aden, Wednesday, killed a political security officer and injured seven others, three senior security officials said. The incident happened as the intelligence officers were heading to work. The injured were taken to a government hospital. Eyewitnesses told CNN that heavy artillery was used in the attack. Security officials

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