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Archive for August, 2009

Sex scandal rocks Australian PM’s Labour party (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009
Reuters - A sex scandal rocked on Tuesday Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's scandal-plagued Labour Party in the state of New South Wales -- vital to Rudd's re-election hopes.

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Table tennis star finally old enough for a girlfriend at 25 (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009
Reuters - China's 25-year-old world number one Wang Hao has finally been deemed old enough to have a girlfriend by Chinese table tennis officials, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Hoarding energy-guzzling bulbs ahead of EU ban (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009

An employee shows a traditional light bulb (R) and two low-energy consumption bulbs at the Osram factory in Molsheim, eastern France December 11, 2008. REUTERS/Vincent KesslerReuters - Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said.


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Grandson sues to clear Stalin over killings (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009

A man holding a portrait of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin walks at a rally marking Stalin's 128th birth anniversary in his hometown of Gori, some 80 km (50 miles) west of Tbilisi, December 21, 2007. REUTERS/David MdzinarishviliReuters - Josef Stalin was in the dock on Monday when a Russian court held a preliminary hearing in a libel case brought by his grandson over a newspaper story which said the tyrant had ordered the killings of Soviet citizens.


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Probing election data release via Twitter (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009
Reuters - German election officials said on Monday they were investigating whether exit poll data were made public on Twitter before polls closed Sunday and there might be an appeal against the result if laws had been broken.

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Germans hoard energy-guzzling bulbs ahead of EU ban (Reuters)

August 31st, 2009
Reuters - Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said.

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Mariachis set world record in Mexican city (AP)

August 30th, 2009
AP - Ay, ay, ay, ay! Guadalajara finally boasts the world's biggest mariachi band.

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Did Mexico beat it? Fans go for ‘Thriller’ record (AP)

August 29th, 2009

Michael Jackson“s impersonator Hector Jackson performs with thousands of people at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City, during an attempt break the Guinness World record of people dancing Michael Jackson's Thriller, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. The event was organized as a tribute to Michael Jackson on his birthday. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - They say they beat it.


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Brazen Fla. burglar grabs TV in double-steal (AP)

August 29th, 2009
AP - Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man's valuables returned to the home later and snatched what he couldn't carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV.

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Fla. officials: Hundreds of animals found in filth (AP)

August 29th, 2009
AP - Authorities say they've taken more than 400 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks and even four endangered turtles, from a filthy central Florida home.

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