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Obama death camp slip riles Poles

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
US President Barack Obama has caused an outcry in Poland after referring to a Nazi death camp as "Polish".
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Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain
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AUDIO: 'Forgive me' begs woman who lied about rape

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
A US teenager who was sentenced for a crime he did not commit has been exonorated after his alleged victim admitted she lied.
Categories: BBC, News

'Death camp' words trouble for Obama

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
The Polish prime minister on Wednesday reacted strongly to what the White House said was a mistake by President Barack Obama during Tuesday's Medal of Freedom ceremony.
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Syria to place blame for Houla massacre

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
Both countries previously blocked U.N. Security Council resolutions against Syria, but their latest XXX comes amid outrage over a massacre that left more than 100 people dead.
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Rodgers is new Liverpool manager

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
Carnlough's Brendan Rodgers has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Liverpool Football Club.
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Oops! Romney iPhone app misspells 'America'

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
It's probably not the kind of thing voters will use to choose the leader of the free world.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

ACLU lawsuit challenges Ill. gay marriage ban

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
CHICAGO (AP) -- Building on the momentum of President Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage, two major civil rights groups in his home state filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois....
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ACLU lawsuit challenges Ill. gay marriage ban

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
CHICAGO (AP) -- Building on the momentum of President Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage, two major civil rights groups in his home state filed lawsuits Wednesday in hopes of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Colleges' bank deals saddle students with big fees

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A public interest group says as many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to access students' financial aid money....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities....

Judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities....

Judges sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities....

'No countries ready to join euro'

BBC - News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
The European Central Bank says that none of the eight countries that are supposed to join the euro are ready yet.
Categories: BBC, News

On Thailand trip, Suu Kyi visits Myanmar migrants

AP - World News - Wed, 2025-06-18 00:04
MAHACHAI, Thailand (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first foreign trip in nearly a quarter-century, offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose flight from their homeland is emblematic of the devastation wrought there by decades of misrule....
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