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A thrill-seeking BASE jumper got more than the rush of adrenaline he hoped for when his parachute failed to open after jumping off a 1,000-ft cliff.
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The Costa Concordia has sat 300 metres off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio for 16 months and it appears it will be there about 7 more. The manager of the Titan Salvage operations to remove the ship, Todd Busch, said they'll tow away in December
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Next month, G8 leaders and their entourages descend on County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, on June 17-18. Like earlier summits, an agreeable location will host the event, on the shores of picturesque Lough Erne.
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Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of Cold War last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
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Dear Angelina, Firstly, Happy Mother's Day. It certainly took a mighty heart to have made the choices you've made. And then to write about them in the NY Times was even braver.
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Francesco Schettino, captain of the ill-fated Costa Concordia when it hit a reef and partially sank early last year, tried to plea bargain with the prosecutors handling his case. Looking for a prison term of 3 years, 4 months, he was flatly turned down.
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The release of three Ohio women, kidnapped, then unlawfully imprisoned for nearly 10 years, has made headlines recently. But the ordeal of the Ohio three is only the latest in a series of long-term kidnapping cases.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Monday, the selection of ‘Biomass’ as the subject of its seventh Earth Explorer mission. The planned satellite will measure, to great accuracy, biomass and carbon stored in the world’s forests.
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Giulio Andreotti, a scandal-ridden seven-time Italian prime minister who was accused of conspiring with the Mafia in the 1979 killing of a journalist, died on Monday at the age of 94, Italian news agencies said.
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11 people have been injured and several houses damaged by a massive tornado that hit towns and villages close to Bologna in Italy.
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In her recent interview with Diane Sawyer, Amanda Knox came across as a little girl lost in a strange land accused baselessly of an heinous crime, but not everyone was impressed.
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An animal research facility at the University of Milan’s pharmacology department has been raided by animal rights activists and the animals were released. Scientists claim that five years' of research has been lost.
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Due to the global economic crisis, Pope Francis has decided to nix the yearly bonus paid to a commission of cardinals who oversee the operations of the Vatican bank, an Italian newspaper reported Friday.
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“I wanted that trophy badly all my life," said an emotional Novak Djokovic after he dethroned eight-time defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday.
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It was only moments after Stacy Shaw crossed the finish line before chaos erupted at the Boston Marathon. Shaw was the last runner to cross the finish line before the explosions. She spoke with Digital Journalist Micki Hogan candidly about her experience.
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UPDATE Boston and surrounding areas remain in lock down after one bombing suspect has been killed, the other still at large. One suspect was in custody while being transported to a hospital but later died from multiple gunshot wounds.
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As part of the 90th anniversary celebrations for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in France, a section of the original track, incorporating a hazardous hairpin bend, over which the inaugural Le Mans race took place in 1923, is to be recreated.
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In response to the March 2013 decision to postpone Romania and Bulgaria entry in the visa-free Schengen zone under the threat of a German veto, a young group of people has decided to launch a solidarity initiative with Romanian and Bulgarian citizens.
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When a world where parents must endure background checks to gain employment should we allow background checks for welfare applicants. If one cannot gain employment or feed their family what will happen next?
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The disaster that was the Costa Concordia, which sank on Jan. 13, 2012 with the death of 32, continues to make news. Today, the Costa Crociere, a division of Miami-based Costa Carnival, owners of the ship, reached an out-of-court settlement.
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