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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An FBI agent on Wednesday fatally shot a Florida man who allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombings suspects, US media reported. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI: Man shot dead in Florida had become violent during questioning in Boston bombing case. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Convicted killer Jodi Arias pleaded with an Arizona jury on Tuesday to spare her the death penalty for the sake of her family and sentence her instead to life in prison for killing her ex-boyfriend. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, had his throat slashed and been shot in the face. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ai Weiwei, China’s most renowned dissident artist, has released a new heavy metal song as the first part of his The Divine Comedy music album on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police in a Guangdong city said early on Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of injuring six children and one woman with a butcher knife, ending a manhunt that gripped the province the evening before. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police evacuated Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral yesterday after a well-known far-right former activist committed suicide by shooting himself through his mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said. Dominique Venner, 78, a historian known in France for his political essays, was carrying a letter but did not say anything before he shot himself dead in the mid-afternoon, the source said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Faced with external and internal problems, Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou cancelled a long-planned event on Monday, marking the first anniversary of his second inauguration. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Oscar Pistorius’ older brother cried tears of relief on Tuesday as a magistrate acquitted him of culpable homicide and negligent driving for the death of a woman in a road accident. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an ornamental item is soaring in Asia and especially in China, driven by the rising purchasing power of the region’s newly affluent classes as well as growing Chinese investment in Africa and demand for its resources. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The printer isn’t working, so come back next week to finalise your divorce: The excuses made by a Wuhan marriage registry clerk are credited with thwarting 500 divorces <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defence Forces statement said on Tuesday. “Overnight, shots were fired at an IDF patrol on the border in the central Golan Heights, damaging a military vehicle,” said a statement on the army’s website. No one had been wounded, it added. “In response, IDF forces returned precise fire at the source of the gunfire. They reported a direct hit,” the statement added. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Guangzhou newly-wed Sara had been hoping for a private holiday when she landed at a Maldives luxury resort with her husband in March. But when six other Chinese “couples”- among them a elderly woman and her adult son – showed up at a sunset dinner, Sara was outraged. The dinner was advertised by the hotel as exclusively for newly-weds. “How could they have been so shameless just for a free meal?” the woman who was identified only as Sara later vented on her microblog. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Eliza Shapiro, on May 20th, 2013 Mark Carson was shot because he was gay. Straight people might be shocked, but the gay community says this is no surprise—hate crimes are rising. Eliza Shapiro reports
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after hearing reports of attacks targeting them. “We have instructed all prosecutorial and law-enforcement agencies to step up protection and take preventive measures against any assaults and harassment of Philippine nationals in Taiwan,” Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu told reporters. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Retired cricket great Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a poll re-run in an upmarket constituency of Karachi, unofficial results showed. The vote came a day after gunmen killed a party leader, setting the stage for protests and counter-protests. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Long-time petitioner Chen Fengqiang expected to be questioned or taken into custody when police entered his apartment in Zhuhai on the evening of April 28, but instead they brought him a disabled, mute boy. Chen had been fighting for custody of eight-year-old Chen Ya since he was released from prison last May, petitioning for the child’s release with the help of well-known human rights lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in part of Pakistan’s restive tribal regions on Monday, killing a policeman who was providing security, officials said. The attackers opened fire as the team was going to administer polio drops in Kalam town in Bajaur district, one of the seven tribal areas along the Afghan border, local administration official Suhail Ahmed Khan said. “One tribal police official, who had been escorting the team, died in the attack,” he said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster “You Are the Apple of My Eye.” Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. After she graduated from the University of Southern California and returned home to Taiwan, her initial attempts to break into the island’s music scene hit a brick wall. But trying acting at the advice of a talent manager, she landed a few film and television roles, then shot to stardom with “You Are the Apple of My Eye.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong for a few days to pick up a Louis Vuitton bag or a wristwatch for up to 40 per cent less than in Beijing or Shanghai. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said on Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training. Ten injured miners were rescued. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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FBI kills man linked to Boston bomb suspect
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