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Lagos anger over university name

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
Students in Nigeria take part in angry protests over the president's sudden decision to change the name of the prestigious University of Lagos.
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Matthew Kaminski: 'Gafa Obamy'

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
A presidential faux pas mangles World War II history and insults Poland.


Debut novelist wins Orange Prize

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
US author Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel The Song of Achilles.
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Care home fire death 'dreadful'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
A 96-year-old woman was unlawfully killed in a care home when her bed was deliberately set alight, a coroner rules.
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Obama congratulates rival Romney

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
President Obama calls Mitt Romney, his challenger in November's election, to congratulate him on winning the Republican White House nomination.
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Alliance boycott 'was ludicrous'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
First Minister Peter Robinson accuses the Alliance Party of being "belligerent and bellicose" over its decision to pull out of a Stormont group aimed at agreeing a shared future strategy.
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Sky blocks access to Pirate Bay

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
Sky has become the third internet service provider to prevent its users accessing file sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Classy Radwanska eliminates Venus

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
Former world number one Venus Williams follows her sister Serena out of the French Open, losing to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Opinion: Facebook threatens us

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
Andrew Keen: The social network is taking something much more important than money from its nearly 1 billion members. By sabotaging what it really means to be human, Facebook is stealing the innocence of our inner lives.
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Airline squeeze: It's not you, 'it's the seat'

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
If you're on a flight -- especially a long one -- a coach class seat can be a chair of torture.
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Egypt court dissolves Islamist-led parliament

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
CAIRO (AP) -- Judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament Thursday and ruled his former prime minister eligible for the presidential runoff election this weekend - setting the stage for the military and remnants of the old regime to stay in power....

Independence site makes changes

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
The company behind the "Yes Scotland" campaign to win independence has been forced to make changes to its website, just days after being launched.
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Ireland votes on EU fiscal pact

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
People in the Republic of Ireland vote in the eurozone's only referendum on the EU fiscal pact, which limits budget deficits.
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UN confirms new killings in Syria

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
Observers from the UN confirm the discovery of 13 bodies of men bound and shot in Syria as concern over civilian suffering continues.
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Injured Roach replaced by Narine

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 21:31
West Indies' injured pace bowler Kemar Roach is replaced on the tour of England by rookie spinner and IPL winner Sunil Narine.
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