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Broke Romance: Brides Who Can’t Afford the Pomp Try Out Mass Marriages in Yemen (Time.com)

November 19th, 2010

Time.com - The average cost of the American wedding is approaching $30,000. But what if, like many people today, you’re feeling the pinch of the economic downturn?

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Nigeria will report Iran if arms broke U.N. sanctions (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

Reuters - Nigeria will report Iran to the U.N. Security Council if it finds any evidence that an illegal arms shipment it seized two weeks ago violated U.N. sanctions, Nigerian…

British watchdog says Google ‘Street View’ broke law (AFP)

November 3rd, 2010

A car equiped with a special camera that is used to photograph images for Google's Street View. Google committed a AFP - Google committed a “signficant breach” of British law when its Street View cars grabbed personal data but the Internet giant will not be fined, the country’s information commissoner…

UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int’l law (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - A report by three U.N.-appointed human rights experts Wednesday said that Israeli forces violated international law when they raided a Gaza-bound aid flotilla killing nine activists earlier this year.

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Brown goes for broke in final TV economy debate (AP)

April 29th, 2010

Representatives from a bookmakers walk with greyhound racing dogs and wear masks depicting the main political party leaders, from left to right, Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Labour party Gordon Brown, the opposition Conservative party leader David Cameron and the Liberal Democrats party leader Nick Clegg, by the Houses of Parliament in London, Monday, April 26, 2010.  Britain will hold a national election on May 6. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown scrapped for his political future in the country’s final TV election debate on the economy — the most combative showdown yet where he…

Volcano flight chaos leaves many passengers broke (AP)

April 19th, 2010

**EDITORS: THIS ADDS IDENTIFICATIONS OF SOME OF THE TOURISTS**Tourists from France, Nicolas Ribard, center lying, Marielle Bompuis, center left, Boris Solomiac, standing at right, Merault Brice, sitting top with beard, and others, who have stayed for four days, rest on the floor at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Monday, April 19, 2010. Several thousand air passengers are stranded in Asia as flights are grounded because of a massive cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano has paralyzed European airports. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Andrew and Debbie Jackman of Britain spent more than two years saving up for their family vacation to Australia. They probably wish they’d saved a little longer.


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Fergie admits United have to go for broke after Euro exit (AFP)

April 7th, 2010

Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben celebrates scoring during their UEFA Champions League second leg quarter-final match vs Manchester United at Old Trafford in Manchester. United won the second leg 3-2 but lost the tie on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw.(AFP/DDP/Oliver Lang)AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United have to win their last five Premier League matches to have any chance of salvaging a season which has suddenly imploded in…