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Monthly Archives: May 2015

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Pele has left a Sao Paolo hospital after undergoing prostate surgery. The 74-year-old Brazil soccer legend was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao...

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Turkey ex-president, General Kenan Evren, has died on May 9 at the age of 97. On September 12, 1980, General Kenan Evren launched a coup...

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Prince Harry got a traditional Maori welcome during his visit to New Zealand. The royal arrived in New Zealand for a week-long tour of the...

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Jurors in murder trial against Pedro Hernandez in Etan Patz disappearance case fail to finish their 16th day of deliberation without reaching verdict, making...

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Liberia is Ebola-free, the World Health Organization (WHO) announces confirming the African country has had no new cases in 42 days. More than 4,700 deaths...

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Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to 3 years in prison on corruption charges after a retrial in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. The former Egyptian president’s sons,...

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Bobby Brown and Pat Houston have been appointed as Bobbi Kristina Brown’s official co-guardians, according to a statement from their attorneys, ET reported. "Both Mr....

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A lawsuit filed by B.B. King’s children accusing the blues legend's business manager of financial and welfare abuse has been dismissed by a Las...

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A signed first edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude has been recovered after being stolen from a book fair in...

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Russia is marking 70 years of victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two with a huge military parade in Moscow. Thousands of troops are...

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North Korea has announced it successfully tested a submarine-launched missile. If confirmed would be a significant boost in North Korea’s arsenal. Pictures on state media showed...

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A single engine plane has crashed onto a metro Atlanta interstate shortly after takeoff, killing all four people onboard. The aircraft burst into flames, but...

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The Muppet Show is returning to TV with a contemporary grown-up reboot. The show has been commissioned by ABC and promises a "more adult" take on...

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An Ivorian boy has been smuggled into Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase, Spanish police say. The 8-year-old boy, named Abou, was found inside the...

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Civil rights singer Guy Carawan has died at the age of 87. Guy Carawan’s rendition of We Shall Overcome became an anthem of the US...

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ABC has decided to cancel Nigella Lawson’s cooking show The Taste after two series, following a dramatic ratings slump. The Taste lost more than half...

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A defiant Greece has decided to rehire thousands of public sector workers, including cleaning ladies, despite sustained pressure from its international creditors. Greek lawmakers passed...

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A Pakistani military helicopter crashed during an emergency landing in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan territory killing at least six people. The ambassadors of Norway and the...

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Europe is marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two on the continent. European leaders gathered in the Polish port of Gdansk...

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David Cameron’s conservatives have won the UK’s general elections and are expected to form a slender majority in the Commons. His party made gains in...

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Salman Khan's sentence for a 2002 hit-and-run conviction has been suspended by Mumbai high court. Salman Khan, 49, was convicted on May 6 by a...

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Skin lightening creams have been banned in Ivory Coast due to health concerns, the health ministry says. The health ministry says "cosmetic lightening and hygiene...

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The National Security Agency (NSA) phone data collection is illegal, a US appeals court has ruled. Overturning a 2013 ruling, the judges did not, however,...

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Jackie Chan, whose son Jaycee was jailed for drugs offences, has said he supports the use of the death penalty for some drug offenders. The...

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Richard Gere and his estranged wife Carey Lowell are fighting over his $100 million fortune, Fox News reported. The actors have already agreed to a...