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The Spanish Court handed down sentences today  in the March 11, 2004, bombing of Madrid commuter trains.The court acquitted seven of the 28 defendants on trial, including one of the accused masterminds and three, Jamal Zougam,Emilio Suarez Trashorras and Osman Gnaouiwere convicted of murder.
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According to the Russian news agencies at least seven people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion on a bus in the southern Russian city of Togliatti in Samara region on Wednesday morning.
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One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.Martin Luther King, Jr.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Northern California,on Tuesday night.
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The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported on Tuesday evening that  Google, owner of the world’s most-popular Internet search engine, is in “serious discussions” with Verizon Wireless to put its mobile “GPhone” software on Verizon phones.
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to appreciate the beauty of compromise. It has often meant
endangering my life and incurring displeasure of friends.Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi

In the wake of this week’s malware attacks using rigged PDF files, Microsoft has updated its security advisory to stress that the underlying flaw — in the Windows operating system — is still not fixed.
The advisory, first issued on October 10, points to an unpatched code execution hole in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 [...]

NBC Universal and News Corporation launched a new joint venture called Hulu.Hulu is a distribution network basically for premium content with many partner websites including MSN, AOL, Comcast, Yahoo, and MySpace. Hulu is going to offer videos for free along with their own Hulu branded players.At Hulu, you’ll find current hit shows like The Office, [...]

First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, 54, the center-left Peronist party candidate and a senator, the wife of Argentina’s president, Néstor Kirchner,becomes the first woman to be elected president of Argentina and is part of a new political dynasty in the South American country.
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What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

In an interview broadcast Sunday night on “60 Minutes,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked out clearly upset about a question posed by the correspondent Lesley Stahl about his marriage.Watch Video

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According to the  National Hurricane Center , Tropical Strom Noel will pass over southern Haiti late Sunday and cross the eastern end of Cuba before turning northward toward the Bahamas.
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The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have a vendor in India that produced clothing for Gap stores used children as young as 10 in the Manufacturing.
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Researchers from Bangor University in north Wales have discovered a clam dredged off the coast of Iceland aged between 405 and 410 years.Scientists said they calculated its age by counting rings on its shell.
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