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The House of Representatives narrowly passes a war funding bill setting a timetable for US troop withdrawal from Iraq.Source BBC NEWS, CNN, YAHOO
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In a motion passed by the European Parliament stated that Mr Wolfowitz’s “withdrawal from the post would be a welcome step towards preventing the bank’s anti-corruption policy from being undermined” MEPs Voted 332 to 251 to ask the World Bank boss Paul Wolfowitz to resign.” Our message for him must be it is time for [...]

For the first time in its history main US share index passes the 13,000 mark in intra-day trading.Technorati Tags: Dow Jones, US share, trading

A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant.Read More BBC NEWSTechnorati Tags: OffBeat News, Penis, London, Knife

The UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry is offering a £500 prize to one lucky but bright person who answers the Chinese university entrance Maths tests.Read Press Release
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Email your answers to Maths Solution. Deadline Noon Friday 27 April 2007
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Six people were killed when severe storms struck a small community near the Mexican border Tuesday, a local official said.Sources Forbes NewsTechnorati Tags: Texas, Storms, Mexican Border

The Champions League semi final 1st leg was just an Old Trafford classic, with lots of goals.A stunning last-minute goal by Wayne Rooney kept Manchester United’s hopes of reaching the Champions League final.Technorati Tags: Sports, Man UTD, AC Milan, Champions League

Experts find an Earth-like planet outside our solar system, one that could have liquid water on its surface.Source BBC NEWS or Yahoo
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In a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston in Massachusetts found that breast cancer risk is not increased by induced abortion or miscarriage, contrary to the findings of some other studies and the claims made by [...]

Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to his doctor’s office Tuesday for a checkup of the blood clot in his left leg.Technorati Tags: Dick Cheney, leg, Blood clot

Despite objections from Roman Catholics, Mexico City lawmakers are expected to legalise abortions.<br />
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A suicide bomber kills nine US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since late 2005.Source BBC NEWS.Technorati Tags: Iraq, US Troops, US Soldiers

Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin died, aged 76.He died of heart failure Monday afternoon in the Central Clinical Hospital.Technorati Tags: Boris Yeltsin, Russia

Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels say they have launched their second air strike, bombing a military base.Source BBC NEWSTechnorati Tags: Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger, BBC News

According to AFP at least 51 people were killed Sunday as clashes between Ethiopian forces and Islamist insurgents raged in the Somali capital.Source Turkish PressTechnorati Tags: Somali, Islamist, Africa

According to lastest Results Nicolas Sarkozy scores 30,1% and segolene Royal gets 26,1% in the French presidential election 2007 1st round.Centrist Francois Bayrou got 18.3% and the far-right Jean-Marie Le Pen 11.5%Technorati Tags: Politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, Segolene Royal, Francois Bayrou, Jean-Marie Le Pen