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'MH17 jet was shot down by missile launcher put on the back of my Volvo'

'MH17 jet was shot down by missile launcher put on the back of my Volvo': Ukrainian says footage proves pro-Russian separatists commandeered his truck to transport weapon

Key clue links pro-Moscow rebels to truck seen carrying BUK missile system
Owner of 'only such white Volvo truck in Donetsk region' has identified his lorry and said it was commandeered…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 4, 2014 at 10:30am — No Comments

More than 2,500 people, including 500 children and adults at a Christian campground, stranded by freak flash floods and mud slides in California

Thousands stranded after rainfall in southern California sparks mudslides
Those cut off include 500 children and adults at a church camping ground…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 4, 2014 at 9:30am — No Comments

Do four-year-olds really need fitness bands?

Do four-year-olds really need fitness bands? Parents criticise device that allows children to measure how much they exercise

LeapBand designed for children over four measures how much they exercise
Sparked a storm of criticism among parents who can track their activity
It resembles a watch with a screen and goes on sale to day costing…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 4, 2014 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Confirmed: US spy plane fleeing Russian jet invaded Swedish airspace

Published time: August 04, 2014 05:41

US officials have confirmed Swedish media reports of a mid-July incident in which an American spy plane invaded Sweden’s airspace as it was evading a Russian fighter jet. The maverick plane was spying on Russia when it was intercepted.

The incident, which happened…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 4, 2014 at 8:19am — No Comments

‘Nightmare bacteria’ spreading rapidly in Southeastern US

Published time: August 01, 2014 17:11

Edited time: August 02, 2014 02:58

Deadly, nearly untreatable superbugs known as CRE, dubbed “nightmare bacteria,” have spread at an alarming rate…

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Added by Ragnarok on August 2, 2014 at 6:47am — No Comments

Harlan County USA

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 30, 2014 at 8:14pm — No Comments

China says dozens killed in Xinjiang attack

China says dozens killed in Xinjiang attack

Report says men with knives attack police station in western region, leading to civilian casualties and deadly response.

Last updated: 29 Jul 2014 21:00

Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack in China's far western Xinjiang region, home to the mainly Muslim Uyghur minority, state media…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 29, 2014 at 10:52pm — No Comments

NYPD officer pictured 'putting seven-months pregnant woman into a chokehold for illegally grilling outside her apartment'

The incident happened Saturday afternoon, when Brooklyn resident Rosan Miller was caught illegally grilling outside her apartment
The arrest allegedly turned violent with an officer pictured wrapping his arm around pregnant Mrs Miller's neck in a…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 29, 2014 at 4:30am — 4 Comments

FISA court judges buying Verizon stock as they approve NSA surveillance

Published time: July 29, 2014 02:39

Judges who serve on the FISA court, approving the government’s collection of phone metadata, have bought Verizon stock in the last year.…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 29, 2014 at 3:09am — No Comments

Thatcher's bodyguard says he warned her about underage sex rumours about close aide amid claims senior ministers were named in dossier

Barry Strevens says he told Iron Lady about rumours about Peter Morrison
Thatcher listened during No.10 meeting, but went on to promote her aide
New claims emerged about dossier…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 27, 2014 at 1:32pm — 5 Comments

Liberian man in Lagos being tested for Ebola

BY CHIJIOKE OHUOCHA

LAGOS Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:56am IST

(Reuters) - A Liberian man is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus after he collapsed on arrival at an airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, a mega-city of 21 million people, the Lagos…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 26, 2014 at 8:43pm — 26 Comments

Armed Australian police to deploy to MH17 crash site

Published time: July 25, 2014 07:54

Edited time: July 25, 2014 08:59

A multinational force that has been proposed to further secure the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine will now include…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 25, 2014 at 8:37am — No Comments

Female genital mutilation exposed in Swedish class

Published: 20 Jun 2014 11:03 GMT+02:00

Updated: 20 Jun 2014 11:03 GMT+02:00

Some 60 cases of genital mutilation have been discovered in Norrköping in eastern Sweden since March with all 30 girls in one school class found to have undergone the…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 25, 2014 at 8:13am — 10 Comments

Drunken TSA imposter groped women at San Francisco airport

Published time: July 18, 2014 02:05

A man reportedly got drunk and posed as a Transportation Security Administration contractor at San Francisco International Airport in order to grope…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 23, 2014 at 10:24am — No Comments

Turkey's Erdogan: 'I stopped talking to Obama'

Published time: July 22, 2014 15:18

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he ceased direct phone contact with US President Barack Obama once the US backed away from use of military…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 23, 2014 at 9:59am — No Comments

Sacre bleu.......Man who escaped death TWICE: Cyclist was scheduled to fly on both MH17 and MH370... but changed his mind at the last minute

Man who escaped death TWICE: Cyclist was scheduled to fly on both MH17 and MH370... but changed his mind at the last minute

Maarten de Jonge, 29, at the last minute changed his mind and decided to fly out of Amsterdam Sunday instead of Thursday
The cyclist had been scheduled to travel aboard the flight that vanished without a trace over Indian Ocean in March
He still…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 20, 2014 at 8:26am — No Comments

‘Friend or Foe’ cutting edge brain scan could identify threats to the US

Published time: July 18, 2014 23:30

Edited time: July 20, 2014 09:30

With the US concerned about protecting troops deployed to the Middle East, potentially within…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 20, 2014 at 8:17am — No Comments

Police blitz on paedophiles leads to arrest of 660 suspects including doctors, teachers, Scout leaders and care workers

Police crackdown has led to the arrest of 660 suspected paedophiles
Includes teachers, Scout leaders, doctors, former officers and care workers
Arrested on suspicion of downloading and…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 16, 2014 at 10:13am — No Comments

Sunni insurgents take over nuclear materials and bunkers full of chemical weapons in northern Iraq

Sunni insurgents take over nuclear materials in northern Iraq

Published time: July 10, 2014 15:28

Edited time: July 10, 2014 11:28

Iraq says “terrorist groups” have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 10, 2014 at 9:00am — No Comments

Moscow accuses United States of 'kidnapping' Russian hacker

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW Tue Jul 8, 2014 7:08am EDT

(Reuters) - Russia accused the United States on Tuesday of violating a bilateral treaty and "kidnapping" a Russian accused of hacking into U.S. retailers' computer systems to steal credit card data.…

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Added by Ragnarok on July 8, 2014 at 8:27am — No Comments