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Daily Archives: May 5, 2012

Ed Kennedy defied the military censors to report the Nazi surrender on the night of 7 May 1945 in France

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The Associated Press has apologized for sacking Ed Kennedy, a war reporter who broke the news that World War II had ended one day before...
Opinion polls show that two-thirds of Russians think the Soviet Union could have defeated Hitler without the Allies' help, and half think the West underestimates the Soviet contribution

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Sixty-seven years ago, in May 1945, the Nazi regime collapsed being squeezed ever more tightly between two fronts - the Soviet Union on one...
Kim Kardashian tweeted photographs of herself as a blonde back in 2009

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Kim Kardashian decided to tweet past sexy photos of herself when she was a blonde. Kim Kardashian, 31, wrote on her Twitter page: “I'm bored....
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst found that by the young age the babies were already discriminating against those of different races in their ability to recognize faces and emotional expressions

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According to a study in facial recognition, white babies aged just nine-months-old show signs of racial bias. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst...
In a statement published across all of its 19 international editions on Thursday, Vogue’s editors promised not to picture models under the age of 16 or those who they believe have an eating disorder

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Vogue magazine has been the world’s fashion bible for decades, its pages adorned with beautiful clothes – all too often modeled by painfully thin...
Research on more than 300,000 babies found those born using Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) had a significantly higher risk of developing abnormalities than those conceived naturally

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A new Australian study has found that fertility treatment used to help infertile men become fathers can raise the risk of birth defects in...
Supermoon, the nickname for a perigee full moon, closer to the Earth than usual, could cause tides to rise around the world

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Supermoon - the nickname for a perigee full moon, closer to the Earth than usual - could cause tides to rise around the world...
Violet D'Mello said she survived by "playing dead" at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa last weekend

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Violet D'Mello, a British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs, has told of how the animals then turned...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other four men are accused of planning and executing the terror attacks of 11 September 2001, which left a total of 2,976 people dead

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9/11 "mastermind" Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men accused of plotting the 2001 attacks are appearing before a US military tribunal at Guantanamo...
The third reactor at the Tomari plant, in Hokkaido prefecture, is shutting down for routine maintenance

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Japan has decided to switch off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a...
During their 10-year stay in Pakistan Osama Bin Laden and his family travelled all across the country, had access to medical and maternity services, and were in constant communication with the outside world

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Osama Bin Laden’s documents released on Thursday provide an insight into the workings of the mind of the slain al-Qaeda chief, but they reveal...
Karrine Steffans describes a confrontation between Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's toy boy beau Ray J back in 2006

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One of the more bizarre anecdotes about Whitney Houston’s life is recounted by Karrine Steffans, a former girlfriend of singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown. Karrine Steffans...
Vanity Fair article has shed new light on Whitney Houston's personal life and last days in Los Angeles

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Whitney Houston’s premature death at 48 in Beverly Hilton Hotel triggered a slew of media speculation and rumors about her alleged drug use and...
Princess Charlene, the wife of Prince Albert of Monaco, has become “depressed” at her failure to provide her husband with a legitimate heir

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Princess Charlene, the wife of Prince Albert of Monaco, has become “depressed” at her failure to provide her husband with a legitimate heir, it...
Adam Yauch, the star of Beastie Boys band, has died at 47 after being diagnosed with salivary gland cancer in 2009

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Rapper Adam Yauch, the star of Beastie Boys band, has died at the age of 47, his publicist has confirmed. The musician, director and Tibet...