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Israel toughened its campaign against Gaza Sunday, warning Palestinians in the north to flee after marines mounted a ground attack, and diplomatic efforts to halt the bloodshed intensified. |
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As world powers prepare to meet over spiralling bloodshed, Palestinian death toll from punishing Israeli air campaign hits 166. |
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Sia Furler rose to fame as one of the voices fronting the chilled hits of British group Zero 7. Her solo hit, “Breathe Me” was used in the epic closing scene of the final episode of “Six Feet Under.” When her last album, 2010’s “We Are Born” was released her level of fame rose substantially. |
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Authorities say existing structures are enough for the country's Christian minority |
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KHARTOUM The Sudanese Minister of Guidance and Religious Endowments has announced that the government will not issue permits anymore for the building of new churches in the country. Sudanese Christian leaders have criticised the statement. Minister Shalil Abdallah told the Khartoum-based El Jareeda.... |
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Dan Davies's In Plain Sight is the astonishing account of how Jimmy Savile established himself at the heart of British life. How did we fail to detect the monster in our midst? Dan Davies has a lot to get off his chest. I ask one question and the words come flooding out. But then, there are so many words to come out. |
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Phoenix is rising from the ashes! The island of Montserrat — which suffered from the Soufrière Hills volcano eruptions of the 1990s — has mapped out a redevelopment plan to bring a new capital, new port and a resurgence of tourism to the once-popular British territory. |
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Southern California's Morongo Basin has long been a hotbed for UFO activity, whether real or imagined. Ever since George Van Tassel, a former flight inspector-turned-ufologist, leased an abandoned airstrip adjacent a seven-story boulder in Landers in 1947, built an inn and began hosting.... |
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ISRAEL has stepped up bombing strikes and deployed ground troops inside Gaza for the first time to raid a rocket launching site. |
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Sudan has prohibited the construction of any new church in the country which has been under an Islamic regime since 1989. |