Hero teacher who talked , Discovered, new Mozart portrait that shows musician without his wig and other World news
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Hero teacher who talked student gunman out of rampage -
A Californian teacher who talked a teenage gunman into handing over his loaded shotgun was praised by police as a hero, and credited with saving the lives of his class....
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Discovered, new Mozart portrait that shows musician without his wig -
A round-faced young man with a thick head of hair depicted in a tiny 18th century portrait that had the experts puzzled for centuries now has a name - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....
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Ohio sex charges become major US cause -
3:51 PM...
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US to speed up Afghan military transfer -
1:57 PM...
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Sri Lanka impeaches chief justice -
11:37 AM...
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Rebels take largest Syria military airbase -
11:29 AM...
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Obama: US troops to move into Afghan support role in spring -
U.S. troops in Afghanistan will move into a support role starting this spring, President Barack Obama announced at a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday....
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Video: US troops to transition into support role in Afghanistan -
On Friday Obama announced an accelerated timetable to transfer control to Afghan forces, but it’s still unclear how many American troops – if any -- will remain after 2014. NBC’s Kristen Welker repor...
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Cops: BBC legend Savile committed 214 sex crimes -
Former BBC star Jimmy Savile was one of Britain’s “most prolific” sex offenders, committing at least 214 crimes against victims aged as young as 8, police said Friday....
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US nuclear submarine hits fishing vessel in Gulf -
A nuclear-powered American attack submarine hit a suspected fishing trawler after it passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Thursday, a Navy official said....
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Belfast bus torched by angry loyalists -
Police in Northern Ireland have fired plastic bullets and water cannon as pro-British loyalists furious over restrictions on flying the British flag torched a bus and hurled petrol bombs....
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Nepal bus veers off pass - 30 dead -
A police official says a bus veered off a mountain road in west Nepal leaving at least 30 people dead and several more injured....
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At least 42 dead in China landslide -
A landslide has killed at least 42 people including seven from a single family when it smashed into a remote village in south-western China....
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Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, January 11 -
Fewer Russians Mourn Collapse of Soviet Union/ Duma, Get Lost! / Investors Free of Crisis Fears...
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Russian Press at a Glance, Friday, January 11, 2013 -
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today...
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Transmissions from a Lone Star: French Tax Exile Gerard Depardieu Is My Hero -
I’m not a fan of class warfare, so when I heard recently that Gerard Depardieu had blown a fuse at the prospect of being taxed at 75 percent on his earnings, I sympathized....
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Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, January 10 -
Swiss Prosecutors Investigate Magnitsky Case/ President Moves to Tighten Registration Rules/ A Letter to Gerard Depardieu...
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Uncertain World: Another Year with Bashar al-Assad -
The year 2013 began much like 2012 – with news of fighting in Syria and predictions that the tide is about to turn in the country’s protracted civil war. However, confidence that the dictator’s days...
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