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New SARS-like virus detected in Middle East
LONDON (AP) - Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain. The germ is a...
Tags: United Kingdom, Health Organizations, Renal Failure, Saudi Arabia, Kidney
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Marines to be Court-Martialed Over Urinating on Corpses Video
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two U.S. Marines will be court martialed over their alleged involvement in a video showing troops urinating on dead Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with casualties. The Marine Corps announced the criminal charges Monday...Tags: Punishment, Hamid Karzai, Values, Afghanistan, Courts-Martial
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A Woman’s Place: Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia send female athletes to the London games.
Channel Guide MagazineIt’s hard to imagine the Olympics without the ladies. In fact, for lots of us — especially us fellow females — our first, or best, Olympic memory is entirely girly. Nadia Comaneci. Mary Lou Retton. Dorothy Hamill. Kristi Yamaguchi. Flo-... -
Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Political Dissent, Beirut (Lebanon), Science and Technology, Ban Ki-moon, Australia
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Iran on diplomatic blitz to free hostages in Syria
World NowIran launched a diplomatic offensive apparently aimed at helping to free 48 Iranian hostages kidnapped in Syria last weekend. Syrian rebels say they are holding the Iranians.... -
Syria fires envoy who defected a day earlier
World NowThe Syrian Foreign Ministry dismissed its ambassador to Iraq on Thursday, a day after the envoy defected and publicly urged fellow diplomats and military officials to abandon the embattled government of President Bashar Assad.... -
Cannes 2012: Kanye West, auteur?
24 FramesKanye West and Kim Kardashian debuted the rapper's film "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival.... -
Senior figure in Afghan government peace council assassinated
World NowA senior member of the Afghan government body set up to negotiate with the Taliban -- and a former member of the Taliban himself -- was shot and killed Sunday in the Afghan capital of Kabul.... -
Exxon no longer lays claim to world's biggest oil producer,Chinese firm surpasses
NEW YORK (AP) — A big shift is happening in Big Oil: an American giant now ranks behind a Chinese upstart. Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s biggest publicly traded producer of oil. For the first time, that distinction belongs to a 13-...
Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Iraq, Morningstar Incorporated, Natural Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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News of the Weird: South African gentlemen's club releases line of fragrances that make it smell like men were working late
![The royal family of Qatar, apparently striving for art-world credibility, purchased a Paul Cezanne painting ("The Card Players") last year for the equivalent of about $250 million, which is twice as much as the previous most-expensive painting sold for. (Qatar is vying with the United Arab Emirates to become the Middle East's major intellectual hub.) At the same time that Qatar's purchase was made public in February, artwork of the probable value of about $200 million became news in reports of the imminent Facebook initial public offering. Graffiti artist ("muralist") David Choe stood to make about that amount because he took stock instead of money to paint the lewd themes on the walls of Facebook's first offices. Even though Choe was quoted as saying, originally, that he found the whole idea of Facebook "ridiculous and pointless," his shares today are reportedly worth up to one quarter of 1 percent of the company.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68781186-13114527.jpg "The royal family of Qatar, apparently striving for art-world credibility, purchased a Paul Cezanne painting ("The Card Players\") last year for the equivalent of about $250 million, which is twice as much as the previous most-expensive painting sold for. (Qatar is vying with the United Arab Emirates to become the Middle East's major intellectual hub.) At the same time that Qatar's purchase was made public in February, artwork of the probable value of about $200 million became news in reports of the imminent Facebook initial public offering. Graffiti artist (\"muralist\") David Choe stood to make about that amount because he took stock instead of money to paint the lewd themes on the walls of Facebook's first offices. Even though Choe was quoted as saying, originally, that he found the whole idea of Facebook \"ridiculous and pointless,\" his shares today are reportedly worth up to one quarter of 1 percent of the company.")
The royal family of Qatar, apparently striving for art-world credibility, purchased a Paul Cezanne painting ("The Card Players") last year for the equivalent of about $250 million, which is twice as much as the previous most-expensive painting sold for....Tags: Health, Cocaine, Criminals, Drugs and Medicines, Facebook
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