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Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record
A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine ...
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US report says discrimination against Jews Muslims on rise across globe
Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to a new report in the US. The annual US Department of State report for 2012 has revealed an increase in anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe and Asia. The report also said there was growing anti-Semitism, especially in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. According to the BBC, the International Religious Freedom Report ...
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Indo- Swiss bilateral meet held at Geneva
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of Health Switzerland Alain Berset held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of World Health Assembly at Geneva with the aim of giving further impetus to cooperation in the field of healthcare. Speaking on the occasion, Azad said that friendship between India and Switzerland goes as back as Independence of India, ...
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World Bank UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region
The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday. The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace agreement and to push for economic development in the troubled region. "The visit will draw attention to the plight of fragile and conflict-affected countries ...
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Journalists shouldnt be prosecuted for doing their jobs Obama
President Barack Obama does not want journalists prosecuted for doing their jobs, his spokesman said Tuesday, amid a furore over a Fox News reporter caught up in a Justice Department leak ...
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Britains gay marriage bill passes major hurdle
British Prime Minister David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion after the opposition Labour Party helped him see off a "wrecking amendment" which had threatened his gay marriage ...
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After deadly day new attacks in Iraq kill 13 people and wound dozens officials say
An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the body of Mohammed Adnan, 22, at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ ...
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UK coalition to last despite rifts infighting Deputy PM
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg attend the State Opening of Parliament, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London May 8, ...
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Five agencies win Cricket World Cup work
can reveal. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup whittled down the 30-plus expressions of interest (EOI) they received for the three different disciplines to five successful firms. OMD is one of those five having been awarded the media buying duties. CHE Proximity, which was widely rumoured to be on the shortlist along with Ogilvy and GPY&R Melbourne, has ...
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Watch Families Search for Wedding Photos Other Belongings
And there are so many other families poring over the fragments of their lives tonight. Abc's cecilia vega spent the day with them. Reporter: Good evening. They have been out here all day trying ...
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New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad
May 21, 2013 7:43pm The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman. The official said that, according to the Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Iranian fighters have been helping the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad in Qusayr, ...
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Watch Family Survives Direct Tornado Hit in Oklahoma
I have another behind the picture image tonight. In fact, you showed us the iconic scene, the mother and father walking. She's bloodied. They're walking a from briar elementary school which took a direct hit. They are the cobb family la donna and steve. She has a badly bruised eye and face, but she'll be fine. Earlier I spoke to them about what they did. I just tried to be the ...
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Citizenship Pathway Survives in Bill
The "pathway to citizenship," a key provision of the immigration reform bill designed to bring 11 million undocumented immigrants out of the shadows, came under fire today during the Senate markup of the bill. President Barack Obama and the bipartisan Senate "Gang of Eight" that wrote the bill under review by the Senate Judiciary Committee both say the pathway must survive ...
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Suri Cruises Rainy Day Fun
posted a photo that seems to be of their son , Benjamin, playing with Brady’s son from his relationship with Bridget Moynihan: ';A beautiful day with my loves,'; she ...
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Toronto mayor avoids questions about crack video
Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto, waves the pan american flag during the Closing Ceremony of the XVI Pan American Games at the Omnilife Stadium on October 30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Dennis Grombkowski, Getty ...
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Fifteen Divers On USA World Championship Roster
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 21. THREE of the American divers who won Olympic medals last summer in London look to repeat or improve on their Olympic performances this summer at the FINA world championships in Barcelona.David Boudia, the lone gold medalist among the Americans last year, will face strong competition in the platform event, as he did last summer to win gold. In addition to the gold ...
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AGPMPN warms up for World Doctors’ Day
The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, an affiliate of the World Organisation of Family Doctors, is set to mark the 2013 World Doctor Day with a public ...
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Third Time Wasn’t The Charm John Kerry Returns To The Middle East For A Fourth Go-Round
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , embarking on yet another trip to the Middle East, where he has already been three times since assuming office at the end of ...
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Members of International Sex Trafficking Ring Indicted
WASHINGTON-Arturo Rojas-Coyotl, Odilon Martinez-Rojas, and Severiano Martinez-Rojas, all of Tenancingo in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico, have been indicted on charges of sex trafficking and alien harboring, announced the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. A fourth man, Daniel Garcia-Tepal, also of Tlaxcala, ...
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US court rules Osama death photos can stay secret
A US appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government is not required to release photos that were taken of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by special ...
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Oklahoma dog crawls out of tornado rubble on live TV
(CBS) Barbara Garcia's home was destroyed Monday by a massive tornado that left at least 24 people in her community dead, but the elderly Oklahoma resident has at least one reason to celebrate -- and it was captured on camera for the world to witness.During a live TV interview, Garcia explained to a CBS reporter that she had been taking shelter in a bathroom with her dog when the twister ...
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Spains former PM Aznar suggests may challenge Rajoy
Spain's centre-right People's Party (Partido Popular) leader Mariano Rajoy ( R ) and Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar talk before a national executive committee in Madrid November 21, ...
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As U.S. struggles with Syria policy Senate panel backs arming rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the ...
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Discovery of alleged Russian plot points to growing jitters
OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO, Russia (Reuters) - As Russia congratulated its forces for foiling an alleged Islamist plot on Moscow, the discovery of the plan also pointed to the growing security threat before the 2014 Winter ...
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Anti-Gay Attacks Reported in NYC
Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said Tuesday. In one, a 45-year-old man was attacked late Monday in the East Village by a drinking companion who yelled an anti-gay slur and knocked him ...
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