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Spring is the perfect time to give your home a makeover

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Spring is the perfect time to give your home a makeover. The warmer days, with their additional daylight, will give you the impetus to...
Beyonce features the cover of Time magazine's special 100 most influential people issue in 2014

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Beyonce features the cover of Time magazine's special 100 most influential people issue in 2014. Beyonce was profiled by Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, who said...
Microsoft has completed its purchase of Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.44bn euros

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Microsoft has completed Nokia's mobile phone deal for 5.44 billion euros ($7.5 billion). The deal between Microsoft and Nokia should have been completed earlier this...
Five NATO soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan

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Five NATO soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led security mission ISAF has said. Five NATO soldiers have...
President Barack Obama is the first serving American leader to visit Malaysia since 1966

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Barack Obama has arrived in Malaysia – the third leg of the US president Asian tour. President Barack Obama is the first serving American leader...
Ford has reported a 39 percent drop in 2014 Q1 profits as its performance in the key North American market weakened

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Ford has reported a 39% drop in 2014 Q1 profits as its performance in the key North American market weakened. Ford earned $989 million in...
The letter was written by survivors Esther Hart and her 7-year-old daughter Eva eight hours before the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in 1912

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The last letter to be written on the Titanic could fetch $170,000 when it will be auctioned in the UK later. The letter was written...
Forces in Sloviansk are holding eight European military observers and several Ukrainian army personnel

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The G7 powers have agreed to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. A G7 statement gave no detail of the sanctions,...
Sewol ferry with 476 people on board sank off South Korea on April 16.

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South Korean authorities have arrested all 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated Sewol passenger ferry. They are all facing criminal negligence...
Standard & Poor's has cut Russia's rating to one notch above "junk" status

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Standard & Poor's has downgraded Russia's rating to “BBB-“from “BBB” - one notch above "junk" status. The move comes as foreign investors continue to take...
Last month Col. Paulo Malhaes appeared before Brazil's National Truth Commission, which is investigating past abuses

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Brazilian former army colonel Paulo Malhaes, who admitted torturing and killing political prisoners under military rule up to the 1980s, has been found dead. Paulo...
Missy Robertson spent her birthday watching son Reed and nephew John Luke’s play in tennis regionals

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Duck Dynasty’s Missy Robertson celebrated her 43rd birthday on Tuesday, April 22 - the same day as her brother-in-law and Duck Commander CEO, Willie...
Willie Robertson celebrated his 42nd birthday on April 22

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Duck Commander CEO Willie Robertson celebrated his 42nd birthday on Tuesday, April 22. Willie Robertson celebrated his 42nd birthday on April 22 (photo Facebook) Duck...
Duck Dynasty’s patriarch Phil Robertson turned 68 on April 24

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Duck Dynasty’s patriarch Phil Robertson turned 68 on Thursday, April 24. Phil Alexander Robertson was born on April 24, 1946. Duck Dynasty’s patriarch Phil Robertson...
South Korean rescue teams found 48 bodies in a single cabin on the Sewol ferry meant to accommodate 38 people

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South Korean rescue teams found 48 bodies in a single cabin on the Sewol ferry meant to accommodate 38 people, officials say. The group was...
Record Store Day 2014 saw a surge in vinyl sales, with an increase of 133 percent on the previous week

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Record Store Day 2014 - celebrated on April 19 - saw a surge in vinyl sales, with an increase of 133% on the previous...
North Korea announced it had detained 24-year-old American tourist Miller Matthew Todd earlier in April

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North Korea announced on Friday it had detained 24-year-old American tourist Miller Matthew Todd earlier in April for what it said was "a gross...
The first US Taco Co. and Urban Taproom restaurant is set to open in Huntington Beach this summer

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Taco Bell is launching the US Taco Co. and Urban Taproom, its new upscale taco chain. The US Taco Co. and Urban Taproom restaurant will...
About half of expedition teams at Everest base camp are descending amid uncertainty over this year's climbing season

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About half of expedition teams at Everest base camp are descending amid uncertainty over this year's climbing season, after 16 guides were killed in...
Fifty-eight people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan

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Fifty-eight people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan, officials say. The governor of Jowzjan province...
Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard met on the set of the 1993 film Sommersby

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Jodie Foster publicly thanked her former partner and mother to her two sons Charlie and Kit, Cydney Bernard, while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille...
The Java mouse-deer newborn deer is no bigger than a hamster and weighs about 100 grams

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A baby Java mouse-deer has been born at Bioparc Fuengirola in southern Spain. Java mouse-deer is one of the smallest hoofed animals in the world. The...
The underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane could widen from its focused area in the Indian Ocean

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Australian officials have announced that the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane could widen from its focused area in the Indian Ocean. The...
Families of passengers still missing from the Sewol ferry disaster have confronted the fisheries minister and the coastguard chief

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Relatives of South Korean passengers still missing from the Sewol ferry disaster have angrily confronted the fisheries minister and the coastguard chief. The officials have...
Microsoft reported net profit of $5.66 billion for 2014 Q1, a decline from the same period last year but better than market estimates

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Microsoft reported net profit of $5.66 billion for 2014 Q1, a decline from the same period last year but better than market estimates. Microsoft's efforts...