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Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy becomes subject of a course at American University

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E.L. James bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey took the world by storm, selling more than 3.2 million copies up to now. Now, the novel is...
Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti is to lead a coalition of centre parties going into Italy's parliamentary election in February

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Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti is to lead a coalition of centre parties going into Italy's parliamentary election in February. Speaking to reporters after four hours of...
A study of 2012's most read Wikipedia articles reveals striking differences in what proved popular across the different language versions of the online encyclopaedia

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A study of 2012's most read Wikipedia articles reveals striking differences in what proved popular across the different language versions of the online encyclopaedia. “Facebook”...
China has decided to tighten its rules on internet usage and to enforce a previous requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers

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China has decided to tighten its rules on internet usage and to enforce a previous requirement that users fully identify themselves to service providers. The...
Rehman Malik, Pakistan's interior minister, says he will restore access to video-sharing website YouTube in the coming hours, months after it was blocked

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Rehman Malik, Pakistan's interior minister, says he will restore access to video-sharing website YouTube in the coming hours, months after it was blocked. Rehman Malik...
President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans

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President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a ban on Americans adopting Russian orphans. The law is a reaction to the US Magnitsky Act, which...
Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36 million euros a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario

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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to pay 36 million euros ($48 million) a year to his ex-wife Veronica Lario, reports say. Silvio...
The female student who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi has taken a turn for the worse at a Singapore hospital

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The female student who was gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has "taken a turn for the worse" at a Singapore hospital,...
Ed Wright's house was surrounded on all sides by water after Superstorm Sandy breached the protective sand dunes in his community

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Superstorm Sandy hit the New Jersey shore town of Mantoloking hard - 60 homes were demolished when waves crashed over the sand dunes and...
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were both suspected of communist activities by the FBI

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A classified file released by the FBI shows how the agency tracked Marilyn Monroe's suspected ties to communism in 1956. The agency documented an anonymous...
Shakira’s footballer boyfriend Gerard Piqué has confused fans over whether or not they have actually become parents with a series of tweets

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Shakira’s footballer boyfriend Gerard Piqué has confused fans over whether or not they have actually become parents with a series of tweets. It appeared Gerard...
Cinema popcorn is often doused in coconut oil and chemicals to give it that irresistible aroma

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There are a few home truths about an outing to the movies that cinephiles would probably rather not know and that might just change...
The US has evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic as rebels threaten to advance towards capital Bangui

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The US has evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic (CAR) as rebels threaten to advance towards the capital, Bangui. The state department said...
The annual Marist Poll has revealed the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation in 2012

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The annual Marist Poll has revealed the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation in 2012. “Whatever” headed the list, cited by 32% of...
Sixteen people have been reported killed by a severe snow storm moving through the north-eastern after disrupting Christmas in the Midwest

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Sixteen people have been reported killed by a severe snow storm moving through the north-eastern after disrupting Christmas in the Midwest. States in New England...
Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led troops in the 1991 Gulf War, has died aged 78

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Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led troops in the 1991 Gulf War, has died aged 78, US media report. General Norman Schwarzkopf - known as...
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