Archive for December, 2009

Injured Berlusconi pens love songs

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has turned to writing love songs as he recovers from an attack that left him with a broken nose and two broken teeth, reports say.
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Video: Feed the Children’s Porn Suit

In a lawsuit, the Christian non-profit organization Feed the Children claims that former leader Larry Jones accepted bribes and hid pornography. KWTV’s Charles Bassett reports from Oklahoma City.

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Escaped convict taunts police on Facebook

An escaped British criminal dubbed “the Facebook fugitive” has become an internet hit, taunting police via the online social networking site and notching up nearly 30,000 “friends”.
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Gunman found dead after mall rampage

A lone gunman killed four people in a rampage in a Finnish shopping mall and also murdered his former girlfriend before being found dead himself.
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Australia gives extravagant welcome to 2010

A jubilant crowd has welcomed a new decade on the foreshores of the Sydney Harbour, in what organisers are calling the biggest New Year’s Eve show in the world.
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CIA says 7 employees killed in attack

The CIA said Thursday that seven of its employees were killed and six others wounded in a terrorist attack on an agency base in Afghanistan.

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World says good riddance to 2009

More than 1 million New Year revelers in Sydney, Australia, get one of the world’s biggest parties started — bidding farewell to the tough year that was 2009 and welcoming a new decade.

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Jobless claims fall to lowest level since ’08

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.

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Jobless claims fall unexpectedly as layoffs ease (AP)

AP - The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.

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Police: Gunman kills 5 in Finland, then self (AP)

AP - A gunman clad in black went on a shooting rampage Thursday, killing his ex-girlfriend then slaying four workers at a suburban shopping mall near Helsinki before turning his gun on himself, police said.

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