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THEY are among the strangest and most terrifying creatures ever unearthed.
With powerful claws, bodies made for hunting and teeth almost too scary to contemplate, two previously unknown flesh-eating dinosaurs that hunted the rich forests of Africa some 110 million years ago have been discovered in Niger.
New dinosaurs found in Niger | NEWS.com.au.
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“The global online advertising market is projected to grow from $45 billion in 2007 to $75 billion in 2010. And we are moving quickly to take advantage of what we see as a unique window of time in the growth — and evolution — of this market to build market share and to create value [...]

Sen. Barack Obama won the Maryland primary to choose a Democratic presidential candidate on Tuesday.For the first time Sen. Barack Obama may  lead over Sen.Hillary Clinton in terms of delegate tally.

My conception of the audience is of a public each member of which is carrying about with him what he thinks is an anxiety, or a hope, or a preoccupation which is his alone and isolates him from mankind; and in this respect at least the function of a play is to reveal him to [...]

Australia is sending additional police officers and soldiers to East Timor following an assassination attempt on the country’s president Jose Ramos-Horta and prime minister.Mr Ramos-Horta remains in a serious but stable condition.”Our country is right now in an extraordinary situation where a state of emergency will bring us back to normality,I ask for your help.” [...]

Microsoft has agreed to buy software firm Danger Inc, maker of T-Mobile’s SideKick web phone.In a statement,Microsoft said that “the Danger team has a deep understanding of consumers and a hold on what people want from mobility, making it an ideal group to work with in delivering connected experiences.”
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Paintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet worth $160m are stolen from a Zurich museum by three masked and armed gang.The armed gang threatened a security guard before seizing the four paintings. The art theft is one of the biggest in the world in the last 20 years.The four paintings are Poppies near Vetheuil, [...]

Up to 100 firefighters have been tackling a major blaze that ravaged the famous markets area in Camden Town, north London.
The fire was reportedly centred on Camden Canal Market, to the east of Chalk Farm Road.
BBC NEWS | UK | Blaze ravages London market area.
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Yahoo has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate. The response had been expected after Yahoo’s intentions were leaked over the weekend.
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Actor Roy Scheider,a two-time Academy Award nominee,made famous for his role in the ‘Jaws’ movies, died at the age of 75 on February 10, 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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The Pentagon has charged six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks said Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann,the legal adviser to the U.S. military tribunal system.Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the attacks, in which hijacked planes were flown into buildings in New York [...]

It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother’s womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little [...]

Manchester United suffered a setback to their title hopes as they were beaten by derby rivals Manchester City.
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Amy Winehouse has won five prizes at the Grammy Awards, including song and record of the year and best new artist.Kanye West also won four awards: best rap album for “Graduation,” best solo performance for “Stronger,” best rap song for “Good Life” and best rap performance by a duo or group for his collaboration with [...]

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta is in a stable condition after he was shot at around 0600 on Monday (2100GMT Sunday) in the stomach by rebel soldiers,Alfredo Reinado, a renegade soldier who had threatened to use force against the government, in a pre-dawn attack, a spokesman said.

Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses to sweep all five weekend Democratic contests.Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton has appointed a new campaign manager a day after this weekend’s setbacks.Barack Obama said that he has the ability to bring people together,and is the one that can beat John McCain more effectively.Hillary Clinton: 1104 delegates, 13 states.Barack [...]