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Police arrest 2, identify suspect in Mumbai blasts

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Mumbai police have arrested two men involved in triple bomb blasts that hit India’s financial hub six months ago, a top investigator said Monday.

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Obama to ‘hang out’ in Google chat to discuss State of the Union

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

President Barack Obama plans to “hang out” in a video chat room to answer questions about his upcoming annual State of the Union address, part of a White House effort to test new social networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing intersection of social media and politics.

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Civil rights in Chile: Maid refuses to get on bus

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

So she decided to walk six blocks to work, on streets lined with broad lawns and imposing homes.

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Prison guard fired for alleged threat

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

A prison guard in southwest Ohio has been fired after allegedly making threats about Ohio Gov.

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Neil Warnock ‘disappointed’ by Joey Barton

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Former QPR boss Neil Warnock is “disappointed” Joey Barton has fiercely criticised him but says he will not enter a war of words with a player he made captain at Loftus Road.

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Indonesian atheist attacked, charged with blasphemy after denying God’s existence on Facebook

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Indonesian police say a civil servant who posted “God does not exist” on Facebook faces a maximum penalty of five years behind bars for blasphemy.

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January 18 SOPA/PIPA blackout: A quick guide

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

SOPA and PIPA are loaded with potentially dangerous unintended consequences for companies that are the heart of innovation and employment in this economy.

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Madonna should quit movies, feels Furnish

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Singer Elton John’s partner David Furnish targeted pop star Madonna, calling her Golden Globes win “a fluke” and urging her to “stick to what she’s good at”. Madonna’s number “Masterpiece” from her directorial project “W.E.”, won the best original song - motion picture at the Golden Globes ceremony here Sunday and this infuriated Furnish, who later … (more)

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Family of dead al-Qaida operative promoted peace

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

In this Nov. 18, 2011 photo, the dead body of Moeed Abdul Salam who killed himself with a grenade during a paramilitary raid on his apartment, is taken away in an ambulance in Karachi, Pakistan.

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Facebook use, less socialising could make people sadder

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

While logging into Facebook account many times a day in office or at home may have turned an irresistible habit for a lot of people, particularly the young, a study has said being glued to it could actually be making people sadder.

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Facebook, researchers turn up heat on Koobface gang

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Security researchers are worried that the alleged Russia-based authors of Koobface, a piece of malicious software that plagued social networking sites such as Facebook, may slip away before law enforcement can catch them.

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Woman’s quest to overcome fears through Facebook journey documented by filmmaker

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

At the start of 2010, ArLynn Presser from Winnetka, Illinois made a New Year’s resolution to meet all of her Facebook friends before the year was out.

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Those Facebook posts could cost you a job

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

You might want to think twice about bad-mouthing your former boss on Facebook or posting those racy pictures of yourself from last night’s rollicking bachelor party.

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Vietnam launches first locally made warship

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Online newspaper VnExpress says the ship took a military-run company two years to build.

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Kenya-insurgent information war over dead children

Monday, January 16th, 2012

An insurgent spokesman and residents in a southern Somali town say two Kenyan fighter jets apparently targeting a militant camp instead killed five children.