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Francois Hollande has outlined a series of budget measures, including cuts, aimed at achieving France’s economic recovery within two years

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France’s President Francois Hollande has outlined a series of budget measures, including cuts, aimed at achieving economic recovery within two years. "I have to set...
The 69th Venice International Film Festival has run at Lido from August 29th to September 8th, 2012

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The 69th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, has run at Venice Lido August 29th through September 8th, 2012, directed...
South Korean film Pieta, directed by Kim Ki-duk, has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival 2012

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South Korean film Pieta has won the Golden Lion award at the 69th edition of Venice Film Festival. The best actor award was split between...
London will bid an exuberant farewell to the 2012 Paralympic Games with a closing ceremony billed by organizers as a Festival of Flame

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London will bid an "exuberant" farewell to the 2012 Paralympic Games with a closing ceremony billed by organizers as "a Festival of Flame". British band...
Fifty Shades of Grey’s Christian Grey has become one of the literary world's most infamous characters

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Fifty Shades of Grey’s Christian Grey has become one of the literary world's most infamous characters. So just where did author E.L. James get the...
The emoticons were born on the 19th of September 1982, when Professor Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh sent an email with a sideways smiley face

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This month marks the 30th anniversary of emoticons introduction to modern language. The emoticons even have a birth-date that can be traced to an exact...
Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads

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Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads. The court ruling...
Jewish and Muslim organizations in Germany have staged a joint protest in Berlin over a regional court's ruling that the circumcision of young boys constituted bodily harm

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Jewish and Muslim organizations in Germany have staged a joint protest in Berlin over a regional court's ruling that the circumcision of young boys...
Heidi Klum broke her silence to tell Katie Couric that she had been completely faithful to Seal during their seven-year marriage

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Heidi Klum has spoken publicly for the first time during an interview for the new Katie Couric TV show to deny she had an...
Cheetah robot has set a new world speed record for legged robots, running faster than Usain Bolt

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Cheetah robot has set a new world speed record for legged robots, running faster than Usain Bolt, who is considered the fastest human. The headless...
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is about to be immortalized in a new movie starring Al Pacino

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Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died in January, is about to be immortalized in a new movie starring Hollywood legend Al Pacino. Al...
Google has decided to base its first Latin American data centre in Chile, near the capital Santiago

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Google has decided to base its first Latin American data centre in Chile, near the capital Santiago. The computer server base is expected to cost...
The 1,600 page book was given to Elvis Presley by his Uncle Vester and Aunt Clettes for his first Christmas at his Graceland home in 1957

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A bible which once belonged to Elvis Presley has sold for $94,000 at auction in Greater Manchester, UK. The 1,600 page book was given to...
An artwork by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir bought at a flea market in the US may turn out to be a rare bargain

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An artwork by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir bought at a flea market in the US may turn out to be a rare bargain. The painting...
People in Hong Kong are voting for a new legislature, with pro-democracy candidates expected to benefit from weeks of anti-China protests

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People in Hong Kong are voting for a new legislature, with pro-democracy candidates expected to benefit from weeks of anti-China protests. The poll comes a...
About 3,000 people are being evacuated in Nicaragua from areas near the San Cristobal volcano, which is spewing ash and gas

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About 3,000 people are being evacuated in Nicaragua from areas near the San Cristobal volcano, which is spewing ash and gas, the government says. Soldiers...