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UP man dies when jack collapses as he works on car
NORWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Upper Peninsula authorities say a man was killed when a car fell on him as he worked under it. Dickinson County Undersheriff Scott Rutter says the accident happened Wednesday in Vulcan. The unincorporated village is in...
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Beck promotes, criticizes youth political camps
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Radio talk show host Glenn Beck has criticized summer political camps for kids like the one in Norway where 68 people were killed last week, even though he has promoted similar camps in the U.S. where children are taught tea...Tags: Kentucky, Fox News Channel (tv network), Entertainment, Talk Shows (genre), Glenn Beck
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WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party says the secret-spilling website has promoted human rights, democracy and freedom of speech just like...Tags: Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Censorship, Elections, Freedom of the Press
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Dollar recovers from two-week low versus yen, focus on Nikkei
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar recovered from two-week lows against the yen on Friday as a safety-bid for the Japanese currency ebbed after the Nikkei share average rebounded from the previous day's 7.3-percent plunge and Wall Street regained some stability...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Mutual Funds, Weather, Stock Market, Italy
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Fractious Syrian opposition says it has formed a united coalition
World NowThe deeply divided Syrian opposition said Sunday that its myriad factions had reached an initial agreement to form a new coalition -- the Syrian National Coalition -- to oversee a push to oust the government of President Bashar Assad.... -
Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria
World NowJERUSALEM -- Israel fired warning shots into Syria on Sunday after an apparently errant mortar shell struck an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights, the latest example of regional spillover from Syria’s civil unrest. The Syrian mortar caused... -
Norway killer Breivik laments censorship, cold coffee behind bars
World NowAnders Behring Breivik gunned down scores of teenagers in a methodical killing spree last year on the Norwegian island of Utoya, at one point telling fleeing youths, "You're all going to die." Now behind bars, Breivik has held forth on the topic of... -
Balkan states back TAP, IAP gas pipeline projects
ReutersTIRANA, May 23 (Reuters) - Four Balkan states backed the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project on Thursday, weeks before the Shah Deniz 2 consortium picks between TAP and its rival Nabucco West project. The TAP project aims to bring 10 billion cubic...Tags: Austria, Germany, Romania, Azerbaijan, E.ON AG
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Orkla, Royal Unibrew, Nordic vie for Heineken's Hartwall-sources
ReutersSTOCKHOLM, May 23 (Reuters) - Norway's Orkla, Danish brewer Royal Unibrew and private equity firm Nordic Capital have proceeded to the second round of bidding for Heineken's Finnish division Hartwall, three people familiar with the matter said. The...Tags: PepsiCo Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Analysts' Comments, Denmark
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Norway crime novelist talks his way to live interview record
ReutersOSLO, May 23 (Reuters) - Defying the stereotype of the tight-lipped Scandinavian, popular Norwegian crime writer Hans Olav Lahlum set the world record for the longest interview on Thursday after spending more than 30 non-stop hours chatting in an online...Tags: Arts and Culture, Oslo (Norway), New Zealand, Henrik Ibsen, Computer Crime
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Scientists sequence Norway spruce DNA. The tree's genome is LONG
Researchers reported Wednesday that they had sequenced the genome of the Norway spruce, a giant evergreen native to Europe that has also been planted widely in parts of North America. Published in the journal Nature, the catalog of the tree's DNA was...
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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest ahead of Azerbaijan, Ukraine
MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and...Tags: Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Finland, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Same-Sex Marriage, Music Industry
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