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Daily Archives: Oct 25, 2014

Serena Williams gave a fiery display of her fighting spirit at the Singapore Indoor Stadium during her WTA Finals semi-final against good friend Caroline Wozniacki

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Serena Williams gave a fiery display of her fighting spirit on October 25 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium during her WTA Finals semi-final against...
Korie Howard married childhood sweetheart Willie Robertson on January 11, 1992

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Duck Dynasty’s Korie Robertson celebrated her 41st birthday on Friday, October 24. Korie Howard married childhood sweetheart Willie Robertson on January 11, 1992. Together, they...
Ford profits dropped in Q3 2014, largely due to the cost of developing its new F-150 pickup truck

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Ford profits dropped in Q3 2014, largely due to the cost of developing its new F-150 pickup truck. Net profit for the period was $835...
Australian surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney have performed the first heart transplant using a dead heart

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Australian surgeons at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney have performed the first heart transplant using a "dead heart". Donor hearts from adults usually come from...
Stem cells could be turned into killing machines to fight brain cancer

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Stem cells could be turned into killing machines to fight brain cancer, scientists from Harvard Medical School have discovered. In experiments on mice, the stem...
Russia will permanently switch to winter time on October 26, 2014

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Tonight, Russia is turning back its clocks for the last time to permanently adopt winter hours. Three months ago, President Vladimir Putin has announced that...
American journalist Daniel Pearl went missing in Karachi in January 2002

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Qari Hashim, one of the suspects in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, has been set free by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan. Qari...
Jack Bruce wrote and sang most of Cream’s songs

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Cream bassist Jack Bruce has died aged 71, his publicist confirms. Legendary group Cream, which also included Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, are now considered...
Image via Flickr by Jim Wrigley Photography

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For gun control activists, 2008 was the year the floodgates opened. That's when the Supreme Court ruled on District of Columbia v. Heller, a landmark challenge...
Chiquita shareholders have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival Fyffes

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Chiquita shareholders have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival Fyffes. As a result, the US-based banana company will enter talks with Brazil's Cutrale...
The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) latest report, the number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths. Only 27...
Ha Van Tham is one of Vietnam's richest business tycoons

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Ha Van Tham, one of Vietnam's richest business tycoons, has been arrested on suspicion of lending fraud, authorities say. Ha Van Tham, a former chairman...

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For some people, love lasts forever. For others, it can last anywhere from a few days to a few years. In Hollywood, relationships are...
Reyhaneh Jabbari was arrested in 2007 for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's ministry of intelligence

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Iran has executed Reyhaneh Jabbari who killed a man she said was trying to abuse her. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was hanged in a Tehran prison...