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Toronto mayor avoids questions about crack video

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 03:22

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to duck questions Tuesday about a video that purportedly shows him smoking crack cocaine despite calls by allies and rivals for further comment.

The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports Thursday night on the gossip website Gawker and in the Toronto Star claimed it was taken by men who claimed they had sold the drug to Ford. The Associated Press hasn't seen the video.

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Syrian foes move towards talks but fighting rages

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 02:58

Syria's opposition and the government of President Bashar al-Assad seem to be preparing to take part in an international peace conference against a background of some of the worst fighting this year.

On Tuesday, Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers, backed by air strikes and artillery, renewed an offensive aimed at driving Syrian rebels from the town of Qusair near the Lebanese border, opposition activists said.

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BE TEMPERATE. Discourage people from taking drugs.

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 11:28

DO NOT TAKE HARMFUL DRUGS.

People who take drugs do not always see the real world in front of them. They are not really there. On a highway, in casual contact, in a home, they can be very dangerous to you.

People mistakenly believe they “feel better” or “act better” or are “only happy” when on drugs. This is just another delusion. Sooner or later the drugs will destroy them physically. Discourage people from taking drugs. When they are doing so, encourage them to seek help in getting off of them.

DO NOT TAKE ALCOHOL TO EXCESS.

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Paraphysique du cerveau

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 07:59

Les couvents pour jeunes filles
Où c'était l'obscurantisme qui brille
C'était il y a peu de temps
Pour punir l'acte délinquant
La sexualité y était horrible chose
La féminité niée, cela ne sentait pas la rose
Sans aucune protection intime
La même serviette hygiénique
Sans cesse relavée, la religieuse sadique
De toutes ces privations, était la mime
Tous les lieux
Ou l'on torture
La prison, le couvent, l'armée, l'entreprise, l'usine, l'école
Manifestement, dans l'ancien temps

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One dead, dozens wounded in sectarian clashes in Egypt

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:43

One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the Muslim-majority country.

A quarrel between two young men, one Christian and one Muslim, morphed into a family feud that sparked clashes in a western district of Alexandria.

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Caribbean talks conservation on Branson's island

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:42

Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters.

The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along at least 20 percent of the region's coasts by 2020 in hopes of protecting its biodiversity and its crucial tourism market. The region's scattered islands have 10 percent of the world's coral reefs and some 1,400 species of fish and marine mammals.

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Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:42

The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."

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Afghan police chief shot dead outside home

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:41

An official says motorcycle-riding gunmen have shot dead a police chief who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his house.

Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car when the two raced up and opened fire in Farah province.

Provincial spokesman Abdul Rahman Zhawandai said Saturday that Ghani was rushed to hospital after the attack Friday night but died of his wounds.

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Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:41

Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.

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Glance: Europe's Key Institutions

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/18/2013 - 02:40

Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.

Here is a look at the key institutions involved in Europe's economic policymaking:

—EUROPEAN UNION

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