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Jan 19, 2011

WORLD News, Jan 19, 2011

Big quake shakes Pakistan; no casualties, minor damage
Reuters
By Saeed Ali Achakzai QUETTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region. ...
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Dozens of Iraqis die in bombing in Tikrit
Washington Post
By Liz Sly BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed at least 60 people lining up for jobs in the police force Tuesday in the northern city of Tikrit, underscoring the security challenges that confront Iraq's new government as it ...
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Ireland: Backing for Cowen
New York Times
By JOHN F. BURNS The Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, won a confidence vote among lawmakers for the governing Fianna Fail party on Tuesday, virtually assuring that he will lead the party into a general election that is expected to take place by the ...
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Israeli tank fire kills teen in Gaza
Tehran Times
Israeli forces have pounded the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya, killing a teenager and wounding another two. The attack occurred on Tuesday when Israeli tanks opened fire on eastern Jabaliya, Press TV reported. Earlier on the day, several Israeli ...
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Gay couple speak on B&B victory
BBC News
The owners of a hotel who refused to allow a gay couple a double room acted unlawfully, a judge has ruled. Peter and Hazelmary Bull, of the Chymorvah Hotel, near Penzance, said as Christians they did not believe unmarried couples should share a room. ...
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Southern Sudan Referendum voter turnout in Omaha extremely high
Lincoln Journal Star
After a long night of tallying expatriates' votes for or against the secession of southern Sudan, Atem Da'Hajhock, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, joyfully hugs a friend at Juba Restaurant on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. The total votes from the Omaha ...
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Mexican police captures drug cartel founder
Financial Times
By Adam Thomson in Mexico City Mexican authorities have captured a founding member of the powerful “Zetas” drugs cartel and one of the country's most wanted men, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Flavio Méndez was arrested by federal police in ...
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ECOWAS divided over Cote d'Ivoire
Nigerian Tribune
Facts have emerged that there is a division among the countries that make up the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), over Ghana's refusal to contribute troops to the ECOWAS standby force for the Cote d'Ivoire military operation. ...
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Pirate kidnappings 'record high'
BBC News
Pirates took a record 1181 hostages in 2010, despite increased patrolling of the seas, a maritime watchdog has said. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said 53 ships were hijacked worldwide - 49 of them off Somalia's coast - and eight sailors were ...
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Bomb Explosion Leaves One Dead, 15 Injured In North-West Pakistan
RTT News
(RTTNews) - At least one person has been killed and more than 15 others injured when a bomb planted in a horse-drawn cart exploded near a school in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar on Wednesday morning, according to local news reports. ...
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CALIFORNIA SUPERSTORM | Weekly World News
By Frank Lake
2011 will be the biggest and the deadliest year for a Superstorm – in the history of the world. The Obama Administration is planning on issuing a warning to all California residents to prepare for the worst. ...
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Could the TDU be Lance Armstrong's last race? | Bike World News
By Al Fresco
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MKU Results 2010 | Currnet World News
Currnet World News. Currnet World News. Currnet World News. Home · About. jump to navigation. MKU Results 2010 January 18, 2011. Posted by in : News , trackback · Madurai Kamaraj University, established in 1966, has 18 Schools ...
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Arabs push settlement resolution | 24 World News
By admin
19 January 2011 Last updated at 00:46 The Israelis accuse.
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William World News » Watch out JDLand, here comes Stephen ...
By WFY
The Post checked in on Stephen Strasburg again and the good news is that he is “ in the best shape” of his life which I was not expecting until the start of spring training. Except for his elbow of course. ...
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 America's Best High Schools 2010 - US News Education
Americas Best High Schools rankings from U.S. News & World Report rated high schools across the U.S to determine the top 100 high schools in America.
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