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Daily Archives: Feb 24, 2015

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President Barack Obama has vetoed the Keystone XL oil pipeline bill. The Republican-led Congress sent the bill to the president on February 24. White House spokesman...

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Netflix has revealed the new Pee-wee Herman film, produced by Judd Apatow and star Paul Reubens, will be called Pee-wee's Big Holiday. Production is due...

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Australia has stripped Rolf Harris of honors after his conviction last year for child assault offences. A brief statement said that Rolf Harris' appointments as...

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This year's Oscars ceremony has scored the event's lowest ratings in six years, averaging 36.6 million viewers. The figures were down by 16% on last...

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The Eurogroup has approved a list of reforms submitted by Greece as a condition for extending its bailout by four months, officials say. Eurozone finance...

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A Metrolink train has derailed after collision with a truck in Oxnard, northwest of Los Angeles. The vehicle became engulfed in flames and at least...

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Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have launched a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled in December...

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A gunman has shot dead at least 8 people in the eastern Czech Republic town of Uhersky Brod, local reports and officials say. The man...

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A FIFA taskforce has recommended the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should take place in November and December. Key football officials met in Doha to...

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At least 90 Assyrian Christians have been kidnapped by ISIS militants from villages in north-eastern Syria, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported...

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A British study suggests that an early exposure to peanut products dramatically cuts the risk of allergy. Doctors found that exposing at risk infants to...

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Marie Holmes, a North Carolina single mother with four children, including one with cerebral palsy, has come forward to claim her part of a...

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Cuba's annual cigar festival (Festival del Habano) is being held in Havana between February 23 and February 27. The communist island is again the venue...

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The Greek government has submitted a list of reform proposals to its bailout creditors, the European Commission announces. The list was received "on time", a...