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26 Nov 2010 20:22

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World: Lost-at-sea New Zealand teenagers were trying to win over a girl

  • cute Three New Zealand teenagers who wanted to woo a girl they saw went on a trip to see her.
  • scary Instead of finding her, they got lost without food, water or any sort of long-term supplies.
  • crazy The teens were rescued 50 days later, which should make that girl not feel guilty at all. source
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26 Nov 2010 15:55

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World: Saudi Arabia arrests dozens of suspected terrorists in raid

  • 149 number of people the Saudis arrested on terrorism charges
  • 124 number of Saudi nationals among the 149 people arrested
  • 19 number of al-Qaeda terror cells who had members arrested
  • $600k amount of money Saudi police found among the terror cells source
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26 Nov 2010 15:37

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World: South Korean civilians quickly escape North Korean shelling target

  • I’m very sorry to leave my hometown. Once it was paradise, now it’s hell.
  • South Korean homemaker Choi In-young • On being forced to leave Yeonpyeong Island in the wake of continued threats from North Korea, including the shelling earlier this week which led to the first civilian casualties since the Korean War ended. While Choi’s house survived, others were not so lucky. “All the windows in my home were knocked out,” she says. “My home is still safe, but I saw smoke from houses around me.” Can anyone decipher the collective paranoia North Korea has right now? source
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26 Nov 2010 10:06

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U.S., World: The U.S. really freaking angry with Wikileaks right now (again)

  • WikiLeaks are an absolutely awful impediment to my business, which is to be able to have discussions in confidence with people. I do not understand the motivation for releasing these documents. They will not help; they will simply hurt our ability to do our work here.
  • U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey • Loudly voicing his frustration with Wikileaks, which plans to release thousands of diplomatic cables in the next few days. Let’s just say that the U.S. is gearing up for the worst-case scenario, which involves them having to explain to its allies why it’s privately talking crap about them and revealing things that were told to them in confidence. source
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26 Nov 2010 09:05

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World: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone mugged while wearing bling

  • £200,000 stolen in jewelry source
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26 Nov 2010 08:53

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World: Not this crap again: North Korea still shooting off shells

In what appears to be a training exercise on their own territory, the country appears to be getting ready for the United States-South Korean military exercise this weekend. source
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26 Nov 2010 08:34

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World: Vladimir Putin may run for Russian president again in 2012

  • We will look at the conditions in society, in the economy and at the political situation and will take an agreed decision in the interests of the country.
  • Russian Prime Minister (and bizarro Obama) Vladimir Putin • On his plans for 2012. Putin, who was term-limited, let his successor Dmitry Medvedev run in his place in 2008, but might want the job back come two years from now. Anything to keep this man famous. We don’t care if he wins. Make sure he remains famous. source
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25 Nov 2010 22:20

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World: WHO: Second-hand smoke kills hundreds of thousands each year

  • 600,000 the number of people worldwide who die each year as a result of second-hand smoking (cough, cough)
  • 165,000 the number of children killed each year by second-hand smoke; they’re most heavily exposed to it source
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25 Nov 2010 21:41

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World: Iraq needs to rally around contested prime minister, quick

  • 30 days for Nuri al-Maliki to form a government in Iraq source
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25 Nov 2010 09:21

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World: Three New Zealand teens, believed dead, miraculously found alive

  • 50 days missing, they were skinny – but still alive, fortunately source
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