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It’s a timely reality check that expressing love doesn’t always come smoothly, even for great poets immersed in a great passion. The pre-marriage love letters of 19th-century poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett have long been admired for their literary quality and how they reveal the slow build of the relationship. But while their contents have been published repeatedly, the actual

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Qantas aborts take-off twice before being cleared to leave at London's Heathrow Airport. Picture: Getty Images / file Source: Getty Images Qantas pilots notice steering problem before take-off Take-off abandoned a second time; checked Four hours later, the flight is cleared and leaves safely STEERING problems have

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This past week, the White House changed its requirements that faith-based employers include contraceptives in their health insurance plans, after Republicans and some Democrats opposed the policy on religious grounds. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson and Barbara Bradley Hagerty. Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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Many municipalities and villages have been without electricity for days, but authorities say they are doing everything they can. By Drazen Remikovic for Southeast European Times in Sarajevo -- 11/02/12 Frozen lakes -- like Jablanicko Lake near Konjic -- are stymieing BiH's hydroelectric power plants. [Reuters] The extreme winter weather that has blasted into the region in the

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Chileans sang their national anthem and together with Islanders displayed the three flags The flight operates every Saturday out of Santiago and once a month stops in Rio Gallegos in Argentina which allows Argentine passport holders to visit the Falklands. The group met, appropriately on Victory Green in Stanley, on

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SLUMDOG Millionaire star Dev Patel was back on the red carpet for the UK premiere of his latest film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The film stars a host of acting royalty including Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy, as well as newcomer Tena Desae. Stars of the film walked the red carpet for the film’s premiere at the Curzon Cinema in Mayfair, Central London. The film tells

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The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime’s siege of the restive city of Homs.Russia, a close ally of Syria, and the West are pushing down starkly different paths in trying to deal with Syria’s

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Ajax's bid to appoint Louis van Gaal as their new chief executive was today blocked by an appeal court in Amsterdam.The lawsuit was brought by Johan Cruyff against four fellow members of the club's supervisory board in a bid to prevent Van Gaal from taking up such an influential position. Former Ajax and Holland playmaker Cruyff argued the appointments of Van Gaal and director Martin Sturkenboom

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Image: Ryan Reid Concussion, the most common among traumatic brain injuries, which occurs 1.7 million times a year in the U.S., represents a major public-health problem. It occurs when there is a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head, a process depicted here in this animation. A blow can produce a brief loss of consciousness, headaches and impaired cognition, among

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With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on cyber security.But as they do so, the gulf between them and China and Russia – blamed for many recent hacks and with a very different and much more authoritarian view over the future of the Internet – grows ever

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Police try to crackdown on a crime that is "ingrained" in Greek culture. By Andy Dabilis for Southeast European Times in Athens -- 04/02/12 The EU is one of the lenders that wants the country to crack down on tax evaders.[Reuters] As part of a crackdown on tax evaders, Greek police arrested a 42-year-old man identified only as a chief executive officer of an unnamed company, on

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Nelson Mandela’s growing clan of grandchildren and great-grandchildren looked happy and relaxed as they gathered in a suburb of Johannesburg this week to celebrate his longtime personal chef, who was launching a cookbook of his favourite recipes. But while many family members joined the gathering, one grandson was conspicuous by his absence: Mr. Mandela’s chosen heir, Mandla Mandela, who is

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At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities announced Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 114. Those stranded live in some 6,500 homes in remote areas that cannot be reach due to icy, snow-clogged roads, emergency police official Predrag Maric said. Emergency crews were

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Media reports say Afghans are braced for a return of the Taliban once NATO forces leave the country. A classified NATO report was leaked to the BBC and The Times of London which further documents what has been said for a long time: Pakistan is actively supporting the Taliban insurgency. Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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Scientists at Goldwater Memorial Hospital and elsewhere tested thousands of drugs during World War II. Particularly important were antimalarial drugs. Nobel Prize winner Julius Axelrod (left) was part of the Goldwater team. Also pictured is Robert Bowman (inventor of the practical spectrophotofluorometer), who joined the Goldwater team following World War II. Image: Courtesy of

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Loading wood chips in the port of Montevideo, Nueva Palmira? Chile is by far the biggest exporter, accounting for two-thirds of the total shipments from the continent, while Brazil and Uruguay both account for about 16% each. In 2011, Chile was the world’s second largest supplier of hardwood chips after Vietnam. Latin

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Enlarge David Duprey/AP Eastman Kodak Co. headquarters is shown in Rochester, N.Y. Kodak once employed 60,000 people there, but recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid foreign competition. David Duprey/AP

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Germany is proposing that Greece should temporarily cede sovereignty over tax and spending decisions to a powerful eurozone budget commissioner before it can secure further bailouts, an official in Berlin said Saturday. The idea was quickly rejected by the European Union's executive body and the government in Athens, with the EU Commission in Brussels insisting that “executive tasks must remain

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"TIP OF THE ICEBERG": NeuroSky, Inc.'s brain-computer interface shown here just scratches the surface of what is possible thanks to advances in mobile electroencephalographic (EEG) brain-wave detection technology, says University of California, San Diego's Scott Makeig. Image: Courtesy of Neurosky, Inc. A fighter pilot heads back to base after a long mission, feeling spent. A

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Image: © istockphoto/patrickheagney Children living near DuPont’s plant in West Virginia are exposed to much higher concentrations of an industrial chemical than their mothers, according to a newly published study. Children under 5, who are exposed from drinking water as well as their mothers’ breast milk, had 44 percent more of the chemical in their blood than their moms.

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A State of the Union speech with re-election bid in mind The speech saw a renewed call for higher taxes on the wealthy, something Republicans strongly oppose. The US economy is on the mend, but unemployment remains high at 8.5%. The annual State of the Union address - one of the most keenly watched events in US

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The country's building boom coincides with the municipalities' developing and managing land. By Aleksandar Pavlevski for Southeast European Times in Skopje -- 24/01/12 Foreign investors in Macedonian municipalities such as Petrovec, where Euroitalia is building a university, are among the drivers of economic development. [Aleksandar Pavlevski/SETimes] Cities in Macedonia are

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Syria on Monday rejected the Arab League's wide-ranging new plan to end the country's 10-month crisis, saying the League's call for a national unity government in two months is a clear violation of Syrian sovereignty.Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people poured into the streets in a suburb outside the capital, Damascus, to mourn 11 residents who were either shot dead by security forces or killed

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IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: With both Jupiter and Uranus strong on your birthday this year you will be attracted to issues and interests that are in some way out of the ordinary. The one thing you won’t do is what everyone else does. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Spend time with your friends during the early part of the week, because something one of them tells you could have a big impact on your

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Enlarge Getty Images Existing home sales rose at the end of 2011, but the total for the year was well below healthy levels. Getty Images Existing home sales rose at the end of 2011, but the total

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Torbay-based Suttons Seeds has been nominated for two prestigious awards, one of which is for its group-grown, multi-headed sunflower. 'Sunflower Waooh!' by Suttons Seeds The group's iconic 'Sunflower Waooh!' plant has earned the business a nomination for Grower of the Year 2012. The species features a multi-headed display of golden flowers with large, dark centres. With its dwarf habits, the

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A failure by government institutions to publish official documents in the country's Official Journal in a timely fashion impedes the government's work and initiatives. By Ben Andoni for Southeast European Times in Tirana -- 19/01/12 Albania's Council of Ministers in a session. [Ben Andoni/SETimes] Government delays in publishing laws and regulations in Albania's Official Journal

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Enlarge Eric Thayer/Reuters/Landov Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is seen on a TV screen at a restaurant in Florence, S.C., on Sunday. Eric Thayer/Reuters/Landov Republican

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A German man who claimed to be a member of the Rockefeller family told FBI agents after he was arrested in 2008 that he was a “pathetic nothing.”Christian Gerhartsreiter, who went by the name Clark Rockefeller, had been arrested several days after kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter when FBI agents asked why he had lied about his past to charm his way into influential social circles in New

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Jon Huntsman staked his presidential campaign on New Hampshire and his bid to become a legitimate competitor on distinguishing himself from front-runner Mitt Romney. But less than a week after a disappointing third-place finish in the Granite State's GOP primary, Huntsman decided to quit the race and back Romney. Huntsman will endorse Romney, officials said Sunday, because he

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The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, maintained since 1947 by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago. The closer the clock is to midnight, the closer the world is estimated to be to global disaster. Image: Flickr/Bilal Lashari In a sign of pessimism about humanity's future, scientists today set the hands of the

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The Vetevendosje movement clashes with police in a protest aimed at blockading two border crossings with Serbia. By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 14/01/12 Albanian supporters of the Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) Movement board buses in Tirana on Saturday (January 14th). They travelled to Kosovo's border with Serbia to help block the flow of Serb goods

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The head of the Arab League warned Friday that Syria may be sliding toward civil war, as security forces fired on thousands of people who poured into the streets in support of army defectors who switched sides to try to topple President Bashar Assad.Over the course of the 10-month-old uprising, much of the violence has been from security forces firing on unarmed protesters. But in recent months

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Pakistan’s president left the country Thursday for what was described as a one-day private visit to Dubai, officials said. during a deepening crisis between the government and the powerful military.Early last month, President Asif Ali Zardari traveled to Dubai for medical treatment, triggering rumours that he was either being pushed out by the army or was fleeing a potential coup. He returned

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Three days before Taiwan goes to the polls to hold the country’s fifth-ever presidential and parliamentary elections, there’s the most unexpected sound coming from the other side of the Taiwan Strait: silence. The elections in Taiwan – as usual – are very much about China. How close does this island of 23 million people want to get to their giant cousin next door? Do Taiwanese want independence

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Rider battles thick smog in Beijing on January 10, 2012. Picture: AP Source: AP MORE than 150 flights to and from Beijing have been cancelled or delayed as a thick cloud of acrid smog shrouded the city, with US figures saying the pollution was so bad it was off the scale. The national meteorological centre said the Chinese capital had been

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BOUNCY BRAIN: Old brains preserved in gelatinous celloidin promise new insights into mental illness. But first scientists must figure out how to extract their DNA. Image: University of Indiana/Indiana Medical History Museum Among the bloodletting boxes, ether inhalers, kangaroo-tendon sutures and other artifacts stored at the Indiana Medical History Museum in Indianapolis are

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Uruguay ended 2011 with 6.8% inflation, above the target range of 4% to 6%, which nevertheless completes a seven year period below two digits, the longest since stats started back in 1939. However Uruguayan economists are divided as to the future approach: some believe it’s not so important the actual percentage increase but the fact that the acceleration of prices

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A Kenyan military spokesman says at least 60 militants were killed in airstrikes on a base of an al-Qaida-linked group Kenyan troops are pursuing in Somalia. Col. Cyrus Oguna said Saturday the airstrikes on Garbaharey town on Friday were prompted by a tip that al-Shabab militants had gathered in the area to refuel their vehicles. Oguna says the death toll

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Five police officers charged with beating a Toronto man to death in Grenada have been granted bail.The five appeared in court in the town of St. David's.The officers are charged with manslaughter in the death of 39-year-old Oscar Bartholomew.Relatives say he was beaten into a coma on Boxing Day after he hugged a plainclothes policewoman he'd mistaken for a friend. He died a day later in

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An abdominal injury has forced top seed Sabine Lisicki has been forced to pull out of the Auckland Classic.The world No.15 was trailing 6-4 4-3 to fellow German Angelique Kerber in the quarter-finals when she decided to call it a day. Lisicki, who also had issues with cramp during her second round victory over Mona Barthel, sought medical attention after losing the first set and continued to have

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Image: Stuart Bradford This past June renowned clinical psychologist Marsha M. Linehan of the University of Washington made a striking admission. Known for her pioneering work on borderline personality disorder (BPD), a severe and intractable psychiatric condition, 68-year-old Linehan announced that as an adolescent, she had been hospitalized for BPD. Suicidal and

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Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola still hasn't decided whether to extend his trophy-laden stay at the Catalan club.“I have not taken any decision,” Guardiola said Tuesday. “If I had, the president would already know about it.”Guardiola has won 13 of a possible 15 trophies since taking charge of Barcelona in 2008, including two Champions League titles and three straight Spanish league titles.The 40-

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Say so long to one member from the Toronto Maple Leafs last-place penalty kill. The Leafs placed centre Philippe Dupuis on waivers on Monday afternoon with the intention of sending him to the minors, likely ending his time with the team. Dupuis, signed in the off-season after spending last year with the Colorado Avalanche, played 30 games with the Leafs and didn’t record a point. In fact, he

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Tom Brady is the third quarterback in NFL history to surpass 5,000 yards passing in a season. Brady hit the milestone with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez in the second quarter of Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills. That gave him 107 for the day, and 5,004 for the year. Miami's Dan Marino set the record with 5,084 yards in 1984. That mark was broken last week by Drew Brees. The

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View of the village on the coast of Amalfi. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied Inside Amalfi on the Italian Riviera. Picture: Readers Escape Source: Supplied THE PURE magic of Italy's normally exclusive and extravagant Amalfi coast will now leave you with change in your pocket, writes Mike Smithson. I'm

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Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill will battle with Manchester City counterpart Roberto Mancini insisting he is not jealous of the Italian's spending power.The 59-year-old Irishman will welcome Mancini to the Stadium of Light on New Year's Day hoping to put a further dent in City's Barclays Premier League title ambitions following their 0-0 Boxing Day draw at West Brom. O'Neill, who had a brief - and

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Image: Flickr/gavinzac Since physical abilities decline as people age, many people think the elderly are also less able to perform mental jumping jacks as they age. New research indicates this might not be true with all brain-powered tasks: In some ways the elderly are fit to compete with their younger counterparts. Both young and old brains take longer to reach decisions in

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Chileans queuing on voting day Chile’s Electoral Service predicts the change will see 4.7 million new voters added to its electoral registry in time for the 2012 municipal election next October, a change sure to affect both local and national politics alike. Nearly 75% of Chile’s new voters will be under the age of 30

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The Brazilian O Estado de Sao Paulo spared no words to criticize the law The newspaper was referring to “anti-terrorism” legislation recently passed by the government of Cristina Fernandez intimidating the press and limiting access to newsprint. “The Argentine government is making the exercise of freedom of the press

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The bellicose attempts by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to challenge the Island’s sovereignty, and to engage in efforts to disrupt shipping links to the Islands, are without justification. British Prime Minister David Cameron is right to reject such challenges, and to reiterate the UK firm commitment to the Islands’ prosperity and security.  

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A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday just after a funeral in northern Afghanistan, killing 19 people, including a member of the national parliament, the Interior Ministry said.The attack came as mourners were leaving at the end of the funeral of a village elder in the town of Talaqan in northern Takhar province, a statement said, killing 19 and wounding 40. Among the dead was parliament member

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Image: USGS Supplemental Material Overview The World's Top 10 Worst Pollution Problems Large numbers of infants and toddlers have died from lead poisoning in Nigerian villages where their parents process gold ore inside their family

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A new web portal aims to ease communication between citizens and government, to make government more responsive and efficient in real time. By Klaudija Lutovska for Southeast European Times in Skopjе -- 23/12/11 Journalist Petranka Taleska, 30, participates in e-democracy. [Klaudija Lutovska/SETimes] Macedonia's Ministry for Information Society and Administration announced last

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Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, was named by John Paul II to appease the influence of the new theory Accused of Marxist ideology for having proposed God’s option for the poor and needy, nevertheless it was also praised for having helped renew the Church’s message. The book “The Liberation Theology, prospects”

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Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset and Barton Grange Garden Centre in Preston, Lancashire to receive accolades at the GCA annual conference in Oxfordshire in January. GCA chief executive Gillie Westwood, said: "Our congratulations go to Castle Gardens for coming first in the garden centre category and to Barton Grange Garden Centre for topping the destination garden centre group. "The garden

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John Lewis has posted its highest-ever weekly sales figure for the week to Saturday, December 17, despite gloomy reports from other retailers on the high street. The department store chain broke thought the £130m sales barrier, with revenue soaring 10.6% to £133.1m for the week compared to the same period last year, an uplift of 7.8% on last week's record figure of £123.5m. Christmas shoppers

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Rising interest from would-be buyers is leaving U.S. homebuilders less pessimistic about the housing market. But tighter lending standards are still keeping many potential buyers from purchasing new homes. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index rose two points to 21 in December. That's the highest level since May 2010. It's just the

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When the temperature drops and the cold-weather gear comes out, a slate of seasonal ills, from scaly skin to frizzy locks, follows on their heels. Protect your head from the elements – and counter a bad hair day – by throwing on a cute, colourful wool tuque. Choose one topped with a pom-pom to stand out during that first snowball fight of the year. From left to right: Steve Madden, $32 at the

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In an exclusive interview with SETimes, EULEX chief Xavier de Marnhac underlines the need for co-operation and rule of law. By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 17/12/11 EULEX chief Xavier de Marnhac. [EU] EULEX is not able to move freely in northern Kosovo due to the opposition of the local Serbs who accuse the mission of siding with Pristina officials.

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Two months after the coup Pinochet received funds from Brazil The telegrams were retrieved by the Brazilian Embassy in Santiago after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff passed a government transparency law and opened a national truth commission earlier this month. The cables span from 1973 to 1976 and reveal

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Footfall on UK high streets fell by 2.6% year-on-year last week, according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall Monitor. For the week commencing December 5, footfall in shopping centres fell by 1.9%, and declined 0.2% in out-of-town locations. Compared with the previous week, footfall fell 2.2% on high streets and 1.4% for out-of-town, while shopping centres saw numbers rise by 1.3%.

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Enlarge Joe Raedle/Getty Images U.S. Army Lt. Adam Wilson from Ontario, California, shakes hands with Sheik Mahmood Al-Ghizzi, possibly for the last time, on December 5, in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The two men met for a final lunch as the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq after a nearly nine-year presence.

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A spirited fight is on in Iowa for the evangelical vote in the Republican race for president. So far, Christian conservatives have not coalesced behind one candidate, the way they did four years ago for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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London's mayor says residents should ignore naysayers warning of transport gridlock during the Summer Olympics next year.Mayor Boris Johnson says the chaos predicted will fail to materialize. He says those who fear trouble are merely “gloomadon poppers,” a term defined by his office as people who habitually put out negative news.Known for his colorful language, Johnson lashed out at transport

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he's hoping a human growth hormone testing program can be implemented “sooner rather than later.”Goodell spoke with reporters after hosting a fan forum at Ford Field before Sunday's game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. The latest collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and union includes a provision to begin testing players for HGH —

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December 9th was to be an historic date. Instead, it failed to produce the expected green light from the EU. By Bojana Milovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade – 10/12/11 The EU decision is a boost for parties that do not want Serbia to join the EU, according to President Boris Tadic. [Reuters] Meeting in Brussels on Friday (December 9th), the European Commission (EC)

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Long after he vanished in Iran, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson reappeared in a video and a series of photographs sent to his family over the past year, transforming a mysterious disappearance into a hostage standoff with an unknown kidnapper, The Associated Press has learned.In the video emailed to his family in November 2010, Mr. Levinson pleaded with the U.S. government to meet the demands

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Sauber have said they are to follow the lead of Ferrari and world champions Red Bull by pulling out of the Formula One Teams' Association.It is thought that Toro Rosso will follow suit. The Italian team who, like Red Bull Racing, are owned by the energy drinks company, did not attend a FOTA meeting in London last week. "Last week the Sauber F1 Team has declared its departure from the Formula One

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The Spanish group needs the funds to counter European operations In a filing to the Spanish stock market regulator, Santander said the sale values its operations in Colombia, which is not seen as a core market, at 1.225 billion dollars; Santander will fetch Euro 615 million in capital gains. The operation will be

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The rise in corruption is largely due to the country's political regression. By Katica Djurovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade -- 06/12/11 Corruption is spreading due to political regression in the country. [SETimes illustration] The latest 2011 Transparency International study shows that Serbia has fallen behind in the fight against corruption. The study singles out

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President Piñera will be hosting the next CELAC summit and Cuba in 2013 According to the text, CELAC instructed the pro-tempore presidency, now in the hands of Chile’s Sebastian Piñera to petition UN Bank Ki-moon to renew his efforts for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the UK referred to the

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Zynga Inc. will brave difficult market conditions and resume its delayed initial public offering this month, seeking a market valuation of up to $7-billion (U.S.).The maker of CityVille and FarmVille for mobile devices and social networks such as Facebook will seek to raise up to $1-billion by selling 100 million shares in a projected range of $8.50 to $10 a share. The sale will match other

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European leaders meet in Brussels next week with an urgent mission: Agree on a plan that to keep debt-ridden countries like Greece and Spain from default and save the euro. NPR's Eric Westervelt has the latest on efforts by European leaders. Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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Juan Martin Del Potro insists the mental scars suffered by Argentina in their 2008 Davis Cup final defeat to Spain have healed.Argentina wasted arguably their greatest chance to land the sport's biggest team prize as Spain emerged victorious when the title match was played on an indoor court in Mar del Plata three years ago. They meet again in Seville, starting on Friday, and world number 11 Del

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Croatian voters will cast their votes in parliamentary elections on December 4th. By Natasa Radic for Southeast European Times in Zagreb -- 01/12/11 Croatians face another government change. [Petar Kos/SETimes] For the seventh time since independence, Croatian voters will go to the polls to choose leaders for the next four years. "I still don't know if I will vote on Sunday. I

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a young boy more than 100 times after meeting him through the charity he founded, then threatened the boy's family to keep him quiet about the encounters, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.The lawsuit identifies the plaintiff, an adult, only as John Doe. It claims Sandusky abused the boy at the coach's State College

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Minister Jeremy Browne said Pernambuco is one of the fastest growing states in Brazil The move is part of a wider ‘network shift’ announced by the Foreign Secretary in May this year, where he signalled the FCO intention to reinvigorate the diplomatic network to make it ready for the twenty-first century. The increased

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Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria are among those voting in Monday's first stage of parliamentary elections. These are the first elections since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Two other stages are scheduled for December and January. Source: NPR : National Public Radio

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Vladimir Putin accepted his ruling party’s nomination on Sunday to return to Russia’s presidency, while accusing foreigners of funding his political opponents in a reminder of the anti-Western rhetoric that characterized his years in power.Mr. Putin, president from 2000-2008 and now prime minister, is expected to easily recapture the presidency in an election in March. But opinion polls indicate

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This is part of the Globe's in-depth series on the agonizing decisions surrounding end-of-life care in the 21st century. For the complete series, click here Rheo Eybel was singing Brown Eyed Girl, gazing at his own brown-eyed partner on the dance floor. He was trying to ignore the karaoke singer on stage belting out the Van Morrison song – he’d gulped down enough liquid courage to get up and

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The European Commission presented a package of new measures that would, inter alia, allow it to monitor the eurozone countries' finances more closely. By Svetla Dimitrova for Southeast European Times -- 25/11/11 A homeless woman begs on an Athens street. The EC's two new regulations aim to resolve financial difficulties in eurozone countries. [Reuters] The European Commission (EC

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Three-time Norris Trophy winner, four-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the greatest offensive defenceman to ever lace up a pair of (two sizes too small) skates, Paul Coffey makes an appearance on the Globe Hockey Roundtable. — 2011 Getty Images Play audio Paul Coffey podcast Download (.mp3) Source: The Globe and Mail

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Patriota and Almagro in Brasilia during the official announcement This is the first explicit public statement from a Brazilian official and from the region in reference to the issue. Over the weekend Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that his peer Dilma Rousseff had expressed support for the Uruguayan stance. Two

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A BIRMINGHAM Magistrate has been sent to prison for his part in the death of a two-year-old girl. Rashpal Chana, 49, was jailed for four and a half years at Nottingham Crown Court over the death of Kristiana Logina who died in February 2010 from septicaemia brought on by untreated burns. The toddler’s mother, Eva Logina, was jailed for six years. The duo, both from Smethwick, were found guilty

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An international team of scientists in Italy studying the same neutrino particles colleagues say appear to have travelled faster than light rejected the startling finding this weekend, saying their tests had shown it must be wrong.The September announcement of the finding, backed up last week after new studies, caused a furore in the scientific world as it seemed to suggest Albert Einstein’s

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“My husband is a cave man,” says my guide, Maria Lezcano, who is leading me through the deeply cut 1,500-metre Guayadeque Ravine. She points to a cave house dotting the hillside and explains that her husband was born in one just like it. The ravine's natural cavities are connected by pathways lined with potted plants and views overlooking the lush green chasm leading to the sea. These are

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The Laval Rouge et Or will get a chance to defend their Vanier Cup title after defeating the Calgary Dinos 41-10 in the Mitchell Bowl on Friday. Quarterback Bruno Prud'homme tossed touchdown passes to Julian Feoli-Gudino and Guillaume Rioux, while Sebastien Levesque ran for another as the Rouge et Or broke the game open in the second quarter with 24 points. Jeremie Chretien also recovered a

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THE WIFE of Ali Jawaid – the delivery driver killed by robbers in Coventry last week – has spoken of the devastating impact his death has had on their young family. Father-of-two Mr Jawaid died in hospital earlier this week following a vicious attack outside a mobile phone shop in Sewall Highway on the evening of Wednesday November 9 in which he was struck over the head with a metal bar. Speaking

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Mujica satisfied with the results of his visit to Mexico Zoom Image “As our strategic partner in Mercosur we must strengthen and expand our association with Uruguay, the only member of the block with which Mexico has a free trade agreement”, said Felipe Calderon during his meeting Wednesday with his visiting peer

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BOLLYWOOD stars Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra are looking to end the year with a bang with the release of the highly-anticipated Don 2. Both reprise their roles with Om Puri, Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor making up a supporting cast. The film comes five years after they both hit the screen in Don: The Chase Begins. The 2006 film was a remake of the famous 1978 Amitabh Bachchan film of the same

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Hackers attacking Canadian organizations are determined to make money in targeted campaigns while government insiders stole more data than ever before, a security study released on Tuesday showed.The number of breaches in Canada and the cost of dealing with them have spiked since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a joint study from telecom company Telus and the University of Toronto's

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More funding and higher salaries are just some of the Union's demands. By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina – 14/11/11 This school year in Kosovo started without teacher protests, but with many demands from the Education Trade Union. [Reuters] One of the main issues for Kosovo education remains school infrastructure. While authorities promised to do more,

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A DRUG dealer faces having £120,000 seized by police after he was jailed for six years for drug offences. Hemant Patel, from Handsworth, was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of five counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one count of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply. There will now be Proceeds of Crime (POCA) hearing to deal with over £120,000 worth

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LEADERS of nine faiths have launched a pin badge created to celebrate London 2012’s six strands of diversity during a special tour of the Olympic Park. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Indarjit Singh, Director, Network of Sikh Organisations and Dr Nathubhai Shah, President of the Jain Academy UK were amongst the faith leaders and representatives who toured the Olympic Park and visited the

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This week thousands of women gathered in Portland, Ore., for the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest technical conference for women and computing. High-tech companies are hiring, but there aren't nearly enough women to meet the demand. Kate Schmalzried, a graduate student at Stanford, recalls one of her very first classes at the university — Computer Science 106A.

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After days of backroom negotiations, Greek politicians have finally settled on a new leader: Lucas Papademos, former deputy head of the European Central Bank.The soft-spoken financier agreed to serve as prime minister in a transitional government that will bring together the two main political parties in Greece to push through a highly unpopular bailout deal and save the country from bankruptcy.

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Andy Murray breezed past France's Jeremy Chardy in the Paris Masters to secure his 17th victory in a row.The 24-year-old Scot's winning streak - which takes in titles in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai - was never in doubt at the Palais Omnisports. He broke Chardy's serve in the first game of the match and little resistence was offered in the first set, which Murray took 6-2. Murray had won all three

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Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon believes his side can cope with the absence of Antonio Cassano and Giuseppe Rossi.The Azzurri will be without the two strikers for the upcoming international friendlies at Poland and against Uruguay. AC Milan's Cassano, who scored six goals in qualifying for next year's European Championship, has been ruled out indefinitely after undergoing a cardiac procedure to

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A PROLIFIC burglar is behind bars – and he can thank his fingerprints for putting him there! Detectives were able to place Gurnam Singh at the scene of one burglary in Manchester after he left his fingerprints all over a copy of a local newspaper. Singh, who was linked to two other burglaries through witness descriptions, pleaded guilty and was jailed for two years and nine months at Minshull

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