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It’s Official: Susan Boyle Now As Big As The Beatles (Time.com)

November 18th, 2010

Time.com - When told about the achievement, Steve Jobs proudly stated that SuBo’s music has been available on iTunes from day one

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Lax Egypt border lets Hamas rearm: Israeli official (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Egypt is not doing nearly enough to clamp down on arms smuggling into Gaza, allowing the Palestinian militant group Hamas to build up a potent arsenal of rockets,…

Japan Coast Guard official admits China video leak (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - A member of Japan’s Coast Guard admitted on Wednesday leaking a video of a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol boats, a development that could hurt…

Myanmar army-backed party to sweep poll: party official (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Myanmar’s biggest military-backed party expects to sweep the country’s first election in 20 years, picking up as many as 80 percent of seats in parliament, a senior party…

North Korea border shooting likely an accident, says official (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

A South Korean soldier checks his rifle before patrolling along a fence in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea in Paju, about 50 km (31 miles) north of Seoul in this November 13, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - An exchange of gunfire across the heavily armed border between the two Koreas last week was likely an accident and not a provocation by the North, a top…

Cambodian PM wants U.N. rights official sacked (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - Cambodia’s outspoken prime minister told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to remove a local U.N. representative and instruct Khmer Rouge war crimes prosecutors to limit the scope…

Haiti official: Cholera outbreak is easing (AP)

October 25th, 2010

A relative pushes a broken car carrying the coffin containing the remains of Tikont Dolamard, 36, who died of cholera in Dessalines, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts hoping to keep the disease from reaching the camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince. Health officials said at least 250 people had died and there are over 3,000 sick. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - A cholera outbreak showed signs of easing Monday after killing more than 250 people in a sweep through rural Haiti, but experts warned that the earthquake-devastated country’s first…

Official: Afghanistan to void some 1 million votes (AP)

October 19th, 2010

US soldier Sergeant Bill Myers, from Phoenix, Arizona, from Bravo Company 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to patrol after a break near Forward Operation Base Howz-e-Madad, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP - Afghan election officials plan to throw out about 1 million ballots from last month’s parliamentary election — eliminating about 23 percent of the votes due to fraud, a…

Haiti official: 12 killed in floods, landslides (AP)

October 18th, 2010

AP - Steady rains toppled hillsides and turned streets into rivers in the Haitian capital over the weekend, leaving at least 12 people dead and three missing, civil protection officials…

US counterterror official: Euro plot still active (AP)

October 14th, 2010

AP - A European terrorist plot is still enough of a threat for the United States to keep its current travel advisory, the U.S. State Department’s counterterrorism coordinator said Thursday.

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