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France’s immigration minister vowed Thursday to tear down tent camps housing hundreds of illegal migrants outside Calais to prevent them from trying to cross the English Channel to Britain.
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A suicide car bomber killed four security forces and wounded passing schoolchildren Tuesday in Pakistan’s volatile northwest, where the government is under...
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AP, Seoul
North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news...
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AP, Peshawar
A senior police official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least four paramilitary security forces in northwestern Pakistan.
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people. Two girls survived after the...
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AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico announced a return to “normalcy” on Monday, preparing to reopen businesses and schools even as the virus sickened more than 1,200 people in 20...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Ankara
Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 44 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls...
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AP, Sao Paulo
The Southern Hemisphere has been mostly spared in the swine flu epidemic. That could change soon as winter sets in with no vaccine in place, leaving half the planet out...
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AP, Ankara
Turkey’s NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast.
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AP, Jakarta
The chief of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his...
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AP, Mexico City
Mexico’s president says universities will reopen Thursday and all other classes will resume nationwide next week, citing an ebb in the swine flu outbreak.
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AP, Ankara
Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations...
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AP, United Nations
Russia has invited Security Council ministers to a meeting next week to give “new impetus” to the Middle East peace process.
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AP, Ankara
Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country.
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AP, Baghdad
Iraq’s government Monday ruled out allowing U.S. combat troops to remain in Iraqi cities after the June 30 deadline for their withdrawal, despite concern that...
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AP, Kabul
President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in...
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AP, Jerusalem
Israel dispatched top officials to the U.S. and Europe on Monday in a diplomatic offensive aimed at softening the hawkish image of Prime Minister Benjamin...
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AP, Paris
The French are living up to their image as lovers of food and can add a new love to the mix, sleep, according to a survey released Monday. In fact, the French excel at...
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AP, Calais
French police raided tent camps for a mass identity check Tuesday and detained nearly 200 people found without residency papers around Calais, an English Channel port...
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AP, Paris
French fishermen allowed sea traffic to resume at two English Channel ports but continued to block a third Thursday to push for higher European fishing quotas, regional...
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AP, Paris
French fishermen blockaded three major ports on the English Channel for a second day Wednesday, cutting European distribution routes, stranding travelers and costing...
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AP, London
The people of Sark, a quirky little bastion of feudalism in the English Channel, cast ballots Wednesday to choose their first democratically elected legislature.
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His name is Yves Rossy and he’s a Swiss airline pilot by day and adventurer by night. The 22-mile flight took him only 10 minutes and he had hoped to reach 125 MPH....
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AP, London
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy will try to cross the English Channel using his homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, a day after the thrill-seeking pilot canceled his...
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AP, Dover
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy postponed plans Thursday to cross the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing after clouds rolled in over the white cliffs...
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AP, Paris
A fire broke out Thursday on a train shuttling trucks under the English Channel between England and France, injuring six people and suspending traffic in the undersea...
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AP, Paris
Officials say a fire broke out in the tunnel under the English Channel and caused undersea traffic to be suspended, but all passengers have been evacuated safely.
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s actually a guy in a jet suit...huh?
Well, Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, a.k.a. FusionMan is now going to attempt...
made popular Aug 25 2008
AP, London
Police in London charged an unemployed 33-year-old man Wednesday in the stabbing murders of two French students _ a frenzied killing that shocked people on both sides...
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Crossing the English Channel is one of the more prestigious sporting exploits known to man and a Frenchman named Stephane Rousson will attempt to achieve the feat later...
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AP, London
Two media magnate brothers went to court Wednesday in an effort to move a tiny, car-free island in the English Channel further away from its feudal past.Sark, 25 miles...
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AP, Paris
English Channel tunnel operator Groupe Eurotunnel SA on Tuesday reported profits of $1.57 million for 2007, its first annual net profit, less than a year after the...
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Our planet seems to have witnessed phenomenal happenings in its ancient times - be it gigantic volcanic eruption, a world devastating earthquake, or even large floods....
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If you want to go out for a long distance walks in Britain, you can march along The South Downs Way, which is a well-defined route, with spectacular views of the sea...
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Fiat Panda Terramare to Swim Across the English Channel...if you have read this then you need no briefing on it. yes, the car did succeed in its mission and are we not...
made popular Jul 28 2006
After navigating on the famous Italian lakes, The Panda Terramare 4 will attempt its greatest test today at around 8.30am attempting to swim the English Channel. The...
made popular Jul 21 2006
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