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About 1.5 million Buick and Chevrolet cars are being recalled by General Motors and its partner company in China amid concerns about their potential safety

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About 1.5 million Buick and Chevrolet cars are being recalled by General Motors and its partner company in China amid concerns about their potential...
BiM Distribuzione has apologized after releasing unauthorized posters which promoted white actors over black actors in Twelve Years A Slave

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Italian film distributor BiM Distribuzione has apologized after releasing unauthorized posters which promoted white actors over black actors in Twelve Years A Slave. Unofficial posters...
Turkish corruption scandal has forced PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reshuffle his cabinet following the resignations of three ministers

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Turkish army has released a statement saying that it does not want to get involved in "political arguments", amid a major political corruption scandal. The...
TJ Jackson was placed in charge of Prince, Paris and Blanket in July 2012

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TJ Jackson, Michael Jackson’s nephew, has asked a judge to dismiss a petition filed by his cousin, Anthony Jackson II, who is challenging TJ’s...
Games of Thrones is the most-pirated TV show of 2013

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Games of Thrones is the most-pirated TV show of 2013, beating out AMC's Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, which ranked second and third,...
Ellen DeGeneres’ show posted record ratings during this year's 12 Days of Giveaways

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Ellen DeGeneres’ show posted record ratings during this year's 12 Days of Giveaways. Her daytime talker reported her highest-rated week ever for the one beginning...
Japan has approved a US military airbase’s relocation on its southern island of Okinawa

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Japan has approved a US military airbase’s relocation on its southern island of Okinawa, officials said. The governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, agreed to landfill work to...
Theatre director Attilio Maggiulli was arrested as he tried to force his way through Elysee Palace’s Grille du Coq gate

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Attilio Maggiulli has driven his car into the rear gate of the Elysee Palace, the Paris residence of French President Francois Hollande. Attilio Maggiulli, 67,...
Akademik Shokalskiy ship has 74 on board and is being used by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition

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The Russian scientific mission ship, trapped in dense pack ice off East Antarctica since Christmas Day, is close to being rescued as Chinese icebreaker...
Kenya talks come a day after South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit met the Kenyan president and Ethiopian PM in Juba

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Kenya is holding a meeting of East Africa’s leaders on growing violence in South Sudan, where more than 1,000 people are believed to have...
Thailand is facing increasingly violent protests, with two killed and dozens injured in recent days

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Thai government said it would ask the army to provide security for February's elections, as the military called for restraint on both sides. Thailand is...
Lebanon’s ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others have been killed in a huge explosion in central Beirut

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Lebanon’s ex-Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah and four others have been killed in a huge explosion in central Beirut. Mohamad Chatah was an adviser to the...

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Tori Spelling spent a happy Christmas amid Dean McDermott cheating reports. On Wednesday, Tori Spelling, 40, posted a photo of their four kids - Liam,...
Paul Anthony Ciancia was charged with murdering a federal security officer at LA airport in November

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Paul Anthony Ciancia - the man charged with murdering a federal security officer at Los Angeles International Airport in November - has pleaded not...
Former Ponderosa Twins Plus One singer Ricky Spicer sued Kanye West alleging the rapper used his vocals without permission

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Kanye West has been sued by former child soul singer Ricky Spicer over claims of copyright infringement. Ricky Spicer, who sang with The Ponderosa Twins...
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their kids made a pre-Christmas Target run in Robina

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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their kids made a pre-Christmas Target run in Robina, a suburb of Queensland, Australia, over the weekend. "Team at our...
Yusef Lateef played in bands with Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus and gained a global following as one of the first to incorporate world music into jazz

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Yusef Lateef, a multi-instrumentalist known for fusing jazz and Eastern music, has died at 93. Grammy-winning Yusef Lateef played in bands with Dizzy Gillespie and...
Robert Wilson committed his life to giving the fortune he made from investing to charities

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New York hedge-fund founder Robert W. Wilson has died at 87 in an apparent suicide. He committed his life to giving the fortune he made...
At least 5 people have been injured by a bomb blast close to a bus in Cairo

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At least 5 people have been injured by a bomb blast close to a bus in Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry has said. Earlier reports of...
PM Shinzo Abe visited Yasukuni shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including some convicted war criminals

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China and South Korea got angry after PM Shinzo Abe visited Yasukuni shrine that honors Japan's war dead, including some convicted war criminals. Shinzo Abe...
In Toronto, 72,000 people were without electricity on Christmas Day

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More than half a million households in the north-eastern US and the south-eastern Canada are still without electricity after last weekend's severe ice storm. Utility...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after three ministerial resignations over a corruption inquiry

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Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after three ministerial resignations over a corruption inquiry. Recep Tayyip Erdogan named 10 new...
Thai riot police have fired teargas at protesters trying to prevent political parties from registering for February's elections

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Thai riot police have fired teargas at protesters trying to prevent political parties from registering for February's elections at Bangkok’s stadium. About 500 protesters tried...
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West inside the "Naughty or Nice" photo booth

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Kim Kardashian got into the holiday spirit in earnest on December 24 by giving back to those in need and then celebrating with loved...
Jwoww and Roger Mathews got engaged in September 2012

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Jersey Shore’s Jennifer "JWoww" Farley is pregnant with her first child. Now in her second trimester, Jwoww, 27, and fiancé Roger Mathews told family and...