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US claims it has broken the back of the terrorist group as attacks fall to 2005 levels
Wednesday, 01 August 2012 15:19 | Written by Reuters |
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US officials claim they have broken the back of the al-Qaeda network with the assassinations of Osama bin Laden and other top leaders -- dealing the terrorist group a blow from which it is unlikely to recover. Terrorist attacks have fallen to the lowest levels since 2005, a sign that al-Qaeda is weakened and has lost some of its ability to deal death and destruction, according to a report released on Tuesday by the US State Department. READ MORE
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In US Military: 31 Victims So Far In Sex Scandal
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 08:08 | Written by AP |
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 WASHINGTON -- At least 31 female trainees have been identified as victims in a widening sex scandal targeting a dozen instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the Air Force revealed Thursday, providing new details in an investigation that has rocked the service's training command.
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Apple Settles an iPad Dispute in China
Monday, 02 July 2012 07:54 | Written by KEITH BRADSHER |
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"Every Girl, Woman Deserves The Opportunity” - Melinda Gates
Friday, 29 June 2012 15:10 | Written by BILL GATES FOUNDATION |
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 The wife of Bill Gates, Melinda Gates has been speaking about the opportunity that women should always opt for if they are to be respected in life, noting, that “More than 200 million women around the world who don't want to get pregnant don't have access to contraceptives. More than 100,000 of these women will die in childbirth. But we don't talk about this inequity.”
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Heavy Downpours Of Rain Disrupt Today’s Euro 2012 France game with host
Friday, 15 June 2012 20:25 | Written by Tom Gardner, Chris Parsons and Christian Gysin |
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HONG KONG — A Chinese provincial court said on Monday that Apple had settled a lawsuit there by agreeing to pay $60 million for the legal rights to use the iPad trademark in China, according to Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for the Chinese company involved. It was done last week and it was confirmed with a ruling by the higher court,” which was issued on Monday morning, said Mr. Xie, a lawyer at the Grandall Legal Group in Shenzhen, China, which represented Shenzhen Proview Technology. 
A crunch fixture at the Euro 2012 football championships was today temporarily suspended after torrential rain and an electrical storm forced players from the field. The 5pm fixture today between France and Ukraine - the two other teams in England's group - had to be called to a halt after just four minutes as sheets of unrelenting rain and loud claps of thunder and lightning hit the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine.
