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Self-styled messiah Rev. Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged 92

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Self-styled messiah Rev. Sun Myung Moon, whose Unification Church became famous for marrying thousands of people in a single ceremony, has died, aged 92. Sun...
Michelle Obama has launched yet another incentive to try to slim down the US as part of her Let's Move campaign

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Michelle Obama has launched yet another incentive to try to slim down the U.S. as part of her Let's Move campaign. Tips from the First...
South African prosecutors have decided to provisionally drop murder charges against 270 miners at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine

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South African prosecutors have decided to provisionally drop murder charges against 270 miners at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine whose colleagues were shot dead by...
Imam Khalid Chishti has been remanded in custody, accused of planting pages of the Koran among burnt pages in the bag of a Christian girl held for blasphemy

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Pakistani Imam Khalid Chishti has been remanded in custody, accused of planting pages of the Koran among burnt pages in the bag of a...
Richard Bach was reportedly trying to land his small plane on San Juan island in Washington state when he hit power lines and got trapped in the cockpit

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Richard Bach, author of 1970s short novel Jonathan Livingston Seagull, has been seriously injured in a plane crash. Richard Bach, 76, was reportedly trying to...
Experts have found that couples who leap into bed together on the first date are less likely to have long and happy relationships

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Experts have found that couples who leap into bed together on the first date are less likely to have long and happy relationships. A study...
In a major announcement last year, it was revealed that after more than four decades Jerry Lewis would be stepping down as the major host for MDA Labor Day Telethon show

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The Muscular Dystrophy Telethon is must-see TV watching during the Labor Day weekend, an end-of-summer tradition in the U.S. since it first began in...
Luke Bryan is lending his time and talent to the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the 2012 Labor Day Telethon, now MDA Show of Strength

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Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan are lending their time and talents to the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the 2012 Labor Day Telethon. The...
The White House has decided to release details of one of its most closely guarded secrets, the recipe for Barack Obama's home-brewed honey ale

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The White House has decided to release details of one of its most closely guarded secrets - the recipe for President Barack Obama's home-brewed...
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the popular file-sharing Pirate Bay website, has been arrested in Cambodia

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Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of the popular file-sharing Pirate Bay website, has been arrested in Cambodia, the local police have announced. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was...
Scientology Church organized an “audition” process to find Tom Cruise a wife, claims Vanity Fair

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A new report claims that the way Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes relationship started was bizarre - and the Church of Scientology was apparently...
Facebook announces it is cracking down on services that allow users to purchase Likes in bulk to boost the appearance of their page's popularity

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Facebook announces it is cracking down on services that allow users to purchase Likes in bulk to boost the appearance of their page's popularity. Celebrities,...
Millions of dollars worth of highly prized maple syrup has been stolen from a Canadian storage facility

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Millions of dollars worth of highly prized maple syrup has been stolen from a Canadian storage facility, Quebec police have said. The Federation of Quebec...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said that Tony Blair and George W. Bush should be taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over the Iraq war

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said that Tony Blair and George W. Bush should be taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague over...
Songwriter Hal David, who wrote dozens of hits with collaborator Burt Bacharach, has died at the age of 91

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Songwriter Hal David, who wrote dozens of hits with collaborator Burt Bacharach, has died at the age of 91. The American Society of Composers, Authors...
Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month

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Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Meles Zenawi's flag-draped...