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Video: SF cop shoots helpless, cooperating man in the back

rawstory.com — "They just shot him! They just shot him!" yelled 19-year-old Vargas, whose camera-phone had just captured the slaying of Grant by a San Francisco Transit officer. "... I got you, mothaf--kers!" she exclaimed.More… (World News)

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France Bans Advertising on Public TV During Primetime

news.bbc.co.uk — French viewers have for the first time watched prime-time television without advert breaks, as President Nicolas Sarkozy's media reforms got under way. Advertising is now banned on French public television between 2000 and 0600. It will be phased out by 2011.More… (World News)

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Fake Facebook Profile Angers Guyana President

guardian.co.uk — There are hundreds of George Bushes, scores of Fidel Castros, and dozens of Hugo Chávezes, all with prank profiles on the social networking website Facebook, but when someone tried to pass him or herself off as the president of Guyana the real president didn't see the funny side.More… (World News)

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Regulators probed Madoff eight times over 16 years: report

reuters.com — (Reuters) - Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was examined at least eight times in 16 years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators, who often came armed with suspicions, the Wall Street Journal said. SEC...More… (World News)

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Oakland Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Man, Handcuffed Man

ktvu.com — BART-Police who patrol the Bay Area's subway system came to break up a fight. They had a 22 year old man named Omar Grant in handcuffs and on the ground when an officer shot him point blank in the head.More… (World News)

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Nine European countries hit by gas shortages amid Russia..

timesonline.co.uk — Nine countries in and around Europe have now reported problems with their gas supply as a result of Russia's dispute with the Ukraine, after Slovakia, Greece and Croatia today disclosed they were experiencing drops in gas pressure.More… (World News)

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Mayor Bloomberg Rushed to Bomb Shelter while in Israel

nypost.com — Mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived in Israel to show solidarity with Israelis threatened by Hamas. During the visit to the embattled town of Sderot, Bloomberg and his party got a first hand feel of this threat as a missile siren went off and they were rushed to a bomb shelter.More… (World News)

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Europe at odds over Israel's actions

uk.reuters.com — The Czech presidency of the European Union said Israel's action was "defensive, not offensive". France, the outgoing president of the EU, has issued a conflicting statement and called for a cease fire. More… (World News)

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Obama Eyes $310 Billion Tax Cut

online.wsj.com — Obama is considering as much as $310 billion of tax cuts to individuals and businesses, a move aimed at attracting Republican support for a stimulus package. Tax cuts + more spending = disaster waiting to happen.More… (World News)

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Infamous Abu Ghraib Soldier: "I Wouldn't Change Anything"

msnbc.msn.com — Pfc. Lynndie England became a focal point of the Abu Ghraib scandal when she was pictured in graphic photos, including one that showed her smiling and posing with nude prisoners stacked in a pyramid. "I wouldn't want to go back and change anything," she says. "We thought it was unusual, weird and wrong, but the example was already set."More… (World News)

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Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city (AP)

news.yahoo.com — Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, bisecting the coastal territory and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas gained momentum.More… (World News)

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Pakistan suicide bombing kills six

edition.cnn.com — A small explosion struck a cafe in northwestern Pakistan Sunday evening and, as police gathered to investigate, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, killing six people, according to local police and the town's mayor.More… (World News)

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U.S. Resumes Filling of Strategic Emergency Oil Reserve

consumerenergyreport.com — The Department of Energy announced that the government is resuming purchases for their oil reserves due to the recent low prices of crude oil.More… (World News)

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Tsunami Alert Issued After Indonesian Quake

nytimes.com — Authorities and witnesses say a strong earthquake in eastern Indonesia has sent panicked residents running outside.More… (World News)

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114-year-old U.S. woman to be world's oldest

edition.cnn.com — Gertrude Baines, a spry 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world's oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.More… (World News)

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