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Osama Bin Laden's Son-In-Law Says He Didn't Conspire To Kill Americans
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Ghaith, appeared before a US federal court in New York on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans.During a 15-minute...
View ArticleA “Politically Explosive” Secret: Italians Are Over Twice As Wealthy As Germans
In December 2006, the ECB established the HFSC network of survey specialists, statisticians, and economists from its own ranks, national central banks of the Eurozone, and statistical institutes. The...
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Mankind Has Already Passed The Singularity And Is Soaring Into The Future
As Cosma Shalizi says: "The singularity is in our past."Look at the bleeding edge of urban North Atlantic or East Asian civilization, and you see a world fundamentally unlike any human past.Hunting,...
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18-Year-Old Russian Beauty Queen Takes A Stand For Pussy Riot
The new Miss Russia took the unusual step Saturday of contradicting President Vladimir Putin by denouncing the jailing of two members of the Pussy Riot female punk band who performed a protest song in...
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It's A Fantastic Idea To Get A South Korean Passport
[Editor’s note: Sovereign Man Chief Investment Strategist Tim Staermose is filling in today from Busan, South Korea, while Simon is out looking at South American agricultural property investments.]Over...
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Prohibition Lives On In A New Jersey Town
Anyone who wants a beer in Haddonfield, New Jersey had better be ready for a drive: buying or selling alcohol anywhere within city limits is punishable with jail time.Since long before Prohibition --...
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Afghan Bomber Strikes Capital Hours After US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel...
A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed nine people outside the defence ministry in central Kabul on Saturday during a visit to the Afghan capital by new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.The blast...
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Kenya Presidential Winner Also Faces Trial For Crimes Against Humanity
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's election commission named Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the country's presidential election with 50.07 percent on Saturday, but his opponent alleged multiple failures in...
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Russian Satellite Struck By Chinese Space Debris
A small Russian spacecraft in orbit appears to have been struck by Chinese space junk from a 2007 anti-satellite test, likely damaging the Russian craft, possibly severely, SPACE.com has learned.The...
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Breaking Up In The Backseat Of A Bangkok Taxi
I REALIZED this would most likely be the last decision we’d ever make together.“What do you say?” he asked, shifting his backpack and turning towards me. “We take a taxi to my hotel to kill time until...
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Startups Are Getting Sick Of NYC's Dirty, Overcrowded Coworking Spaces
Last year, I wrote an article in Business Insider about how the NYU Poly Incubator was one of the best coworking options in the city.Since that time, several startups in NYU Poly have had sizeable...
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Two Planes Hit On JFK Runway
An Air India passenger jet clipped a parked airplane at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport Saturday but no one was hurt, news reports said.WABC News reported that the Air India plane had landed a short...
View ArticlePeople Prefer Confidence Over Actual Expertise
You like confidence. In fact, most of us have such a bias toward confidence we prefer it over actual expertise.Speaking first, speaking confidently and speaking often make you sound like a leader and...
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The Jobs Where Workers Hate Their Bosses The Most
Your boss is likely to be a very powerful influence on your day-to-day work experience. A good boss can lift you up and motivate you in ways you never thought possible, while a bad boss can turn your...
View ArticleCYPRUS COURT JUDGEMENT RULES RUSAL ACTED ILLEGALLY IN INFORMATION RAID – WHAT...
By John Helmer, MoscowFor the second time in its short history, United Company Rusal, the loss-making aluminium monopoly run by Oleg Deripaska, has been ordered out of an international court with the...
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Costly Project To Map The Human Brain Is Sketchy On Details
NEWS of what protagonists hope will be America's next big science project continues to dribble out. A leak to the New York Times, published on February 17th, let the cat out of the bag, with a report...
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Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You
Data companies are scooping upenormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you're pregnant or divorced or trying to lose weight, about how rich you...
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IT Departments Have Become Completely Useless
Peter Hinssen is the CEO of Across, a visiting lecturer at London Business School and a senior industry fellow at UC Irvine's School of Business. Follow him on Twitter @hinssen. Is the Chief Digital...
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Why So Many Reality Shows Use 'Wars' In Their Titles
War is hell – except for reality shows.Americans may be exhausted by the real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But we unwind with no fewer than 17 reality shows with "wars" in their titles. They depict...
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Acting Dog Gets Canned For Disobedience
A corgi has been sacked from the West End play The Audience for refusing to obey the command of Dame Helen Mirren, playing the Queen.It is the hit West End show that is delighting critics and the...
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