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Shinzo Abe has smashed records as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform while weathering scandals. But he has once again been undone by his health.
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Colombo -
Sri Lanka's former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse, who was controversially sworn in as the new prime minister, is a charismatic leader whose human rights record had attracted widespread international censure.
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Annapolis -
The five victims of the shooting Thursday at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland were described by colleagues as talented and knowledgeable local journalists and staff members who were committed to their work.
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Bucharest -
Amid the almost daily crowds of anti-government protesters in the Romanian capital Bucharest, there's one name on the lips of many of those gathered outside government headquarters: the 101-year-old many of them see as their guiding light.
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Ljubljana -
War, corruption scandals, a spell in prison -- the career of veteran Slovenian centre-right leader Janez Jansa, leading in Sunday's election, has truly seen it all.
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Nicosia -
Conservative Nicos Anastasiades, elected for a second term as president of Cyprus Sunday, has steered the island out of an economic crisis but failed to clinch a deal to reunify his divided homeland.
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Belgrade -
Ratko Mladic, whose war crimes trial reaches a climax next week, is a former Serb army commander whose brutish leadership during Bosnia's 1990s conflict was blamed for the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II.
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New York -
An ex-president, three former prime ministers, several ex-foreign ministers and even a part-time poet are all campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general.
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A beta update to Instagram has added official support for using multiple accounts. The feature lets you switch logins at will without having to sign-out and in again. It will be particularly useful for people who maintain several different profiles.
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Berlin -
A Protestant pastor's daughter who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, Angela Merkel has made an unprecedented journey to become chancellor of Germany and the world's most powerful woman.
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Johanesburg -
At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.
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Another Facebook privacy hoax is currently going viral on the social network, asking users to copy and paste a "privacy notice" to their profile if they want to avoid the social network charging $5.99 to retain access to private posts.
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Dubai -
Nasir al-Wuhayshi, the Al-Qaeda second-in-command who has been killed in a US drone strike, was a former aide of Osama bin Laden who tunnelled out of prison to take command of its Yemen arm.
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Sofia -
Boyko Borisov, who said he wants to form Bulgaria's next government despite his party falling well short of a majority in Sunday's elections, is not someone to shy from a fight.
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Brooksville -
Bracken County running back and defensive back Nick Parker was named team captain for his football team this season. He hopes to lead his team to a turnaround from last year when they finished 2-9.
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Some people find journalism by accident, but for Jonathan Farrell, journalism found him, even if it took him a while to finally accept his calling.
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Whether people like it or not users of Facebook will have their profiles changed over to the new Timeline before the year is over.
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Burnaby -
One of the most popular politicians in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia is Raj Chouhan. And that is no mean feat, considering the challenges and booby traps in the political field these days.
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Cleveland -
An American Staffordshire Terrier/Labrador Retriever mix, Lilly is a happy, healthy bundle of joy to everyone that she meets.
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TweetPsych uses two linguistic analysis algorithms (RID and LIWC) to build a psychological profile of a person based on the content of their tweets.
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A man sues his former school friend for creating a fake Facebook profile and wins the libel case with £22,000 to celebrate.
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French President Nicholas Sarkozy is like an Anti-De Gaulle. He’s pro US, pro NATO, pro Israel, pro capitalism. He’s anti-immigration, anti-intellectual, and anti the 35 hour week. Surprisingly, the French haven’t already lynched him.
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Diagnosed with larynx cancer, Carolyn Price (gohomelaker) lost her ability to speak. But with a penchant for writing and a nose for news, she became one of the most active citizen journalists on DigitalJournal.com. This is her story.
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So, I really do not have anything else to write about, so I figured I would tell all of you my story. What you will get is the truth. About my life. Where it has been, and where it is right now. Here you will learn about me.
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Tea L. left the former Yugoslavia for Canada in pursuit of a future. Turning to extensive volunteer work and study, the hopeful med school student has also stepped into the growing realm of citizen journalism and left quite a footprint. This is her story.
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A profile of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of Uganda.
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Canadian Liberal Party Leader Stephane Dion was spoofed on a phony MySpace page.
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An example of the new Timeline profile on Facebook Facebook
Follow the simple steps and you will have your profile updated in minutes.
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