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Daily Archives: Apr 22, 2014

Justin Bieber is seeking a delay in his Florida trial scheduled to begin next month

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Justin Bieber is seeking a delay in his Florida trial scheduled to begin next month on charges of DUI, resisting arrest and driving with...
Ellen DeGeneres is joining HGTV with a six-episode competition series

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Ellen DeGeneres is joining HGTV with a six-episode competition series, Scripps announced at its upfront presentation on Tuesday. Ellen's Design Challenge will feature six competitors...
John Turturro will replace Robert De Niro in the HBO miniseries Criminal Justice, which was to have starred James Gandolfini

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John Turturro will replace Robert De Niro in the HBO miniseries Criminal Justice, which was to have starred James Gandolfini. Robert De Niro replaced James...
Ukraine has re-launched military operations against pro-Russian militants in the east after two men were found tortured to death

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Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has re-launched military operations against pro-Russian militants in the east after two men, one a local politician, were found...
Pavel Durov had previously announced he was leaving VKontakte but said he had withdrawn his resignation

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Pavel Durov, the founder of Russia's most popular social network site VKontakte, says he has been fired and that allies of President Vladimir Putin...
Oscar Pistorius has broken down on several occasions during the trial

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The family of South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has denied he took acting lessons ahead of his testimony in the trial of the...
The world’s fastest elevator would take 43 seconds to go from the first to 95th floor in the Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre

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Hitachi has announced it will install an elevator capable of reaching speeds of 45mph (72km/h) into a skyscraper in Guangzhou, southern China. The world’s fastest...
An Irish-UK scientific team managed to make "supermaterial" graphene using a kitchen blender

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An Irish-UK scientific team managed to make "supermaterial" graphene using a kitchen blender. Graphene is thin, strong, flexible and electrically conductive, and has the potential...
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg will work together for a fourth time on a new Cold War thriller

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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg will work together for a fourth time on a new Cold War thriller. The untitled DreamWorks film is being produced...
Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 with worldwide events to demonstrate support for environmental protection

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Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22 with worldwide events to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is...
Novartis will acquire GSK's oncology drugs business for $16 billion and sell its vaccines division, excluding the flu unit, to GSK for $7.1 billion

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Pharmaceutical giants Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline have agreed to exchange assets and combine their consumer healthcare units. Novartis will acquire GSK's oncology drugs business for $16...
The US State Department has released photos purportedly showing the same bearded Russian soldier in operations in Georgia in 2008 and Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Ukraine in 2014

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Ukraine’s government has released photos that it says show Russian soldiers among militants holding official buildings in eastern region of the country. Handed to the...
A total of 108 people are now known to have died in the Sewol ferry disaster, but another 194 are missing, presumed trapped inside the vessel

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The confirmed death toll of Sewol ferry disaster has passed 100, as divers recovered more bodies from the sunken hull. A total of 108 people...
Siale Angilau was shot dead in a Salt Lake City court after he lunged at a witness giving evidence

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Siale Angilau, a man accused of robbery and assault, was shot dead in a Salt Lake City court after he lunged at a witness...
About 150 Japanese lawmakers have visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine

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About 150 Japanese lawmakers have visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, in a move likely to further sour ties with China and South Korea. Yasukuni shrine...
North Korea has increased the activity at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to South Korea

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North Korea has increased the activity at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to South Korea. South Korean military was...