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VIDEO: Moment volcano erupted in Japan

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
Sakurajima volcano in Japan's southern Kagoshima region has erupted again for the second day running.
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Arabs seek neutral Syria inquiry

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
The Arab League calls for a neutral investigation into crimes conducted during the Syrian regime's bloody crackdown on an anti-government uprising.
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Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past....

Sites may house Olympics missiles

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
The Ministry of Defence considers plans to install surface-to-air missiles in Blackheath and Shooters Hill during the Olympic Games.
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Government 'to champion families'

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
The government promises to "champion" marriage and traditional families in an effort to reduce social breakdown.
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Panetta: Awaiting plans to draw down surge

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday he was awaiting plans from Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, to bring home the remaining 23,000 troops sent to Afghanistan during the 2009 surge....
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U.S. takes on China over 'rare earths'

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
President Obama announced today that the U.S. will join other nations to challenge China's restrictions on the export of key minerals needed for high-tech devices.
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Rebel vote to kill NHS bill fails

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
A Commons motion by rebel Lib Dem MPs calling for the government to drop plans to overhaul the way the NHS is run in England has been defeated.
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US retail sales jump in February

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
US retail sales jumped by the most in five months in February, official figures show, fuelled mostly by demand for cars.
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Lennon tells of 'disturbing' find

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
Celtic manager Neil Lennon tells a court it was "very disturbing" when he heard that suspect packages addressed to him had been intercepted.
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Language teachers urgently sought

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
Modern foreign language teachers are being recruited urgently to cope with a surge in demand for the subject at GCSE.
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Dartmouth student's claims put hazing in spotlight

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Things have only gotten messier at Dartmouth College in the weeks since a former fraternity brother went public with hazing allegations involving swimming in and swallowing vomit....
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Dartmouth student's claims put hazing in spotlight

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) -- Things have only gotten messier at Dartmouth College in the weeks since a former fraternity brother went public with hazing allegations involving swimming in and swallowing vomit....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Dartmouth student's claims put hazing in spotlight

HANOVER, N.H. — Things have only gotten messier at Dartmouth College in the weeks since a former fraternity brother went public with hazing allegations involving swimming in and swallowing vomit.

Senior Andrew Lohse brought the issue to the forefront in January, when he wrote a column in the school newspaper ...

'Enemies of the internet' named

BBC - News - Thu, 2025-06-12 07:33
Bahrain and Belarus join Reporters Without Borders' annual list of the countries with the most repressive policies against cyber-dissidents.
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U.S. brings new trade case against China

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is bringing a new trade case against China that seeks to pressure Beijing to end export restrictions on key materials used to manufacture hybrid car batteries, flat-screen televisions and other high-tech goods.

The latest action, announced Tuesday, is part of President Barack Obama's broader effort ...

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