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Weather forecasters now warn of flooding as the snow melts in the north-east of the US. Officials in New York state are worried some buildings...

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Tunisia is voting in the first presidential election since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution that triggered uprisings across the region. Twenty seven candidates are in...

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Bahrain has voted in the country's first parliamentary elections since protests erupted in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011. The government called on...

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Ex-Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry, who won re-election after a drug arrest, has died at the age of 78. Democrat Marion Barry served three terms...

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Albania has opened to the public for the first time a huge secret bunker that the communist regime built in 1970’s to survive a...

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Former deputy head of U.S. Strategic Command Rear Admiral Timothy M. Giardina may have made his own counterfeit $500 poker chips with paint and...

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The 81st McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade will take place on November 27, from 8AM to 11AM in Downtown Chicago (from Congress to Randolph). Tune into the...

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Fresh concerns over the health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand have been raised after he failed to appear for a scheduled event. On November...

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Beyonce has released the video music for her single 7/11. 7/11 is the sixth single from her self-titled album which came out last year. The three...

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Australian TV reporter Mike Amor was hit in the head by a skateboard while recording a news item at Venice Beach in California. Mike Amor,...

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The Vatican is raffling off the gifts given to Pope Francis in order to raise money for the poor. A Homero Ortega hat, a new...

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Bunny Mellon’s blue diamond has fetched $32.6 million at an auction in New York, breaking the world auction record for any diamond of its...

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Al-Shabab militants have confirmed that they have attacked a bus in northern Kenya, killing 28 people. The bus was travelling to Nairobi when it was...

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Portugal’s ex-PM Jose Socrates has been detained by police as part of a corruption investigation. Jose Socrates, who led Portugal's centre left government from 2005...

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Michael Brown’s father has appealed for calm ahead of a grand jury decision against Officer Darren Wilson. Michael Brown, a black teenager, was shot dead...

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The Benghazi report has found no wrongdoing by the Obama administration in responding to the deadly 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya. The...

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Bahrain is voting in its first parliamentary elections since Arab Spring protests broke out in 2011. The government has called on all of the country's...

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According to the World Health Organization, a plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed 40 people and infected almost 80 others. The WHO warned of the...

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Venice officials are considering a ban on noisy wheeled suitcases amid concerns they are keeping locals awake at night. Officials want visitors to ditch the...

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For the 2014, Macy's Parade Balloon Inflation will be on Wednesday, November 26 from 3PM to 10PM around the American Museum of Natural History. Visitors...

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You can get an up-close view of the 88th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC thanks to the following hotels. If you want to be...

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Manhattan is prepared for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the annual pageant of giant balloons, floats, cheerleaders, clowns, marching bands, and celebrities. On November 27,...

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More than 46 million US residents will travel at least 50 miles away from home over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the American Automobile...

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According to a report released on November 21 by the Office of the Child Advocate, in February 2007, Yale clinicians identified in Adam Lanza...

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Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed, White Flower No 1 has sold for $44.4 million at Sotheby’s auction, setting a record for an artwork by a...