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The democratically-elected president of the Central American country of Honduras has been physically removed from office and a successor named and sworn in by the Honduran Congress.
Manuel Zelaya, the deposed left-wing president, and ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has denounced the military’s action, calling it an illegal coup, and ...
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According to entertainment industry sources, AEG Live, the promoter of the upcoming Michael Jackson concert series, stands to lose millions.
Nearly 750,000 tickets sold for the planned 50-show run in London will have to be refunded, in a process that is expected to be extremely complex and messy.
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Kim Jong Il, the infamous dictator of North Korea, is said to be nearing the point of transferring his powers to Kim Jong Un, his youngest son, according to a senior government official in South Korea.
Circumstances in the secretive Communist state suggest that the nation’s 68-year-old leader is grooming Jong ...
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On Wednesday, authorities in Iran revealed that they had arrested a number of foreigners, some holding British passports, in relation to the protests that have followed recent presidential elections.
Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhei, Iran’s intelligence ministers, said that the arrests included some foreign nationals with links to Israel and the West who had ...
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Earlier this week, hundreds of fans that had turned up to watch a live X Factor audition in London were turned away, despite the fact that they had tickets for the event.
Show officials gave out 5,000 free passes for the event, but the ExCel Centre in East London only has ...
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Authorities in Iran arrested 457 people in post-election clashes on the streets of the capital, which have left at least 10 people dead, according a report on state radio.
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has headed up massive voter protests over what he says was a rigged presidential election, ...
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At the end of last week, defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi said to his supporters that he was "ready for martyrdom" as police and protesters clashed on the streets of the capital, Tehran. He is calling for a nation-wide strike in the event of his arrest.
Earlier the same day, ...
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A trial, related to the death of two children visiting Greece with their families in October of 2006, is set to begin next week. The families were on a Thomas Cook holiday to Corfu when the children allegedly died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The travel company has expressed its continuing support ...
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Autopsies on victims of the crash of Air France flight 447 have revealed arm, hip and leg fractures, which suggest, along with the large pieces of wreckage recovered, that the plane broke up in the air before plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, according to experts in Brazil.
More than 400 pieces ...
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Susan Boyle returned to Scotland triumphantly on Monday night, and her fans greeted her with spontaneous applause.
The Britain's Got Talent live tour features all of the finalists from the televised competition. Glasgow’s performance came one day after Boyle, who was the show’s runner-up, cancelled two appearances in Manchester because of ...
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