Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind “Saturday Night Fever” and other hits from the 1970s, died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement on his website.
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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dead at 62
At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 two black medal winners made a significant political statement by raising their fists on the winners’ podium.
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VIDEO: ‘I would repeat Olympic fist protest’
An explosion in a road tunnel being constructed in central China’s Hunan province kills at least 20 people, state media say.
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China tunnel explosion ‘kills 20′
Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer whose escape from house arrest jolted U.S.-China relations, was scheduled on Saturday evening to leave China for the United States.
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Chen Guangcheng Is at Beijing Airport, Ready to Leave China for the United States
As American negotiators prepare for nuclear talks next week in Baghdad, they say recent statements from Iran and pressure from sanctions have raised the chances of compromise.
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Officials See Promising Signs for Iran Nuclear Talks
Sebastian Errazuriz has used art to take on an array of issues: New York's death rate, the Occupy movement, military suicide, children with disabilities, the brutal reign of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Now, the Brooklyn-based artist is taking aim at what he sees as religious extremism. At a party this weekend celebrating New York Design Week, which begins today, the Chilean-born artist plans to hand out 100 “Christian Popsicles” made of “frozen holy wine transformed into the blood of Christ” and featuring a crucifix instead the tongue depressor that typically hosts the frozen treats, he said. An image of Jesus Christ positioned traditionally on the cross is visible once the ice pop is consumed. As for the frozen wine, Errazuriz said, he concealed it in a cooler and took it into a church, where it was “inadvertently blessed by the priest while turning wine into the blood of Christ during the Eucharist.” Read – Artist wants Jesus Popsicles to stand as statement on fanaticism, violence
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Jesus Christ ice pops made from frozen, inadvertently blessed wine. No, we can’t believe we typed that, either.
For the past two months, Bob and Sarah Steck have been preparing their 82-year-old Tudor-style home in the District’s Chevy Chase neighborhood for sale. Bob Steck, a writer and consultant, and Sarah Steck, a psychiatric social worker, have upgraded the home with fresh paint, new kitchen appliances and refinished oak floors. They converted their garage into an office and are marketing the backyard structure as a potential guesthouse, playroom and artist’s studio. For extra measure, they’ve also hired a staging firm to elevate the home’s image with artfully arranged furnishings. Read full article > >
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Even in D.C.’s hot market, sellers need to make their houses stand out
To oust the state’s only Democratic official.
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Former Fla. Rep Enters Senate Race
Arizona’s top election official said in a radio interview Thursday that it’s “possible” President Obama may not make the state’s November ballot due to unanswered questions about his birth certificate. Read full article > >
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‘Birther’ controversy: Arizona election official says it’s ‘possible’ Obama might not make ballot
The annual appraisal of China’s military modernization also suggests Beijing leaders want to project power while avoiding confrontation with neighbors and the United States.
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Pentagon Study Says China Military Getting Stronger
Lai Changxing, extradited from Canada to China to face smuggling and bribery charges, is jailed for life in China, state media says.
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China jails smuggler Lai for life
Prime Minister David Cameron defends free parenting classes in England, denying they are the policy of a “nanny state”.
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Parent classes ‘not nanny state’
Mississippi's Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state attorney general's attempt that it reconsider its assent to controversial pardons — several of them for convicted killers — issued earlier this year by outgoing Gov. Haley Barbour.
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Court upholds Mississippi pardons
Word that Joe Ricketts had considered bankrolling advertisements invoking the incendiary race-infused statements of President Obama’s former pastor drew wide denunciation.
Chen Guangcheng Is at Beijing Airport, Ready to Leave China for the United States
Saturday, May 19th, 2012Even in D.C.’s hot market, sellers need to make their houses stand out
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