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Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics

• Posted on October 12, 2018
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Monday, December 3, 2007 At Thanksgiving dinner David Shankbone told his white middle class family that he was to interview Reverend Al Sharpton that Saturday. The announcement caused an impassioned discussion about the civil rights leader’s work, the problems facing the black community and whether Sharpton helps or hurts his cause. Opinion was divided. “He’s

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MMS comes to American iPhones

• Posted on October 11, 2018
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Friday, September 25, 2009 Today, after two years of waiting, American iPhone users are finally able to send and receive MMS messages. This long awaited feature has caused Apple and AT&T a great deal of grief from its user base. Originally the grief was directed at Apple for the lack of inclusion on the device,

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China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans

• Posted on October 11, 2018
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 China has offered Africa concessional loans worth US$10 (€6.5) billion as part of a host of new measures aimed at improving the economy of African nations. The announcement was made at the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Leaders of nearly 50 African countries are

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U.S. restores full diplomatic relations with Libya

• Posted on October 11, 2018
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 The U.S. has announced full diplomatic relations will be restored with Libya and the country removed from the list of nations the U.S. considers to be state sponsors of terrorism following a 45-day open comment period. Renewal of diplomatic relations between the two states comes after extended diplomatic efforts by both

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Post-mortem examination reveals Stephen Gately “died of natural causes”

• Posted on October 11, 2018
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 An autopsy performed on Tuesday revealed that the late Boyzone singer Stephen Gately “had died of natural causes”. Officials from the Spanish island of Majorca that Stephen had suffered from an accumulation of fluid on the lungs, or as it is known in scientific terms, a pulmonary edema. The 33-year-old singer

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Death toll from Borneo bridge collapse reaches eleven

• Posted on October 9, 2018
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Monday, November 28, 2011 The death toll from the weekend suspension bridge collapse on the Indonesian island of Borneo has risen from four to eleven. Search and rescue teams continue to look for bodies in the Mahakam River. The number of wounded is currently 39 injured; reports from locals suggest 33 people remain missing at

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Vladivostok fire witnesses dispute official death toll of nine, claim at least 50

• Posted on October 8, 2018
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Monday, January 23, 2006 At 11:45am on January 16, in Vladivostok, Russia, a fire broke out on the three upper floors of the Sberbank building. Photographs taken by eye-witnesses show people, who were trapped, dropping from 8th floor windows to their deaths. According to some reports the firemen who were dispatched to the scene were

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Category:Science and technology

• Posted on October 8, 2018
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This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 26 September 2018: Study suggests Mars hosted life-sustaining habitat for millions of years 20 September 2018: NASA’s TESS spacecraft reports its first exoplanet 25 August 2018: Fossil genome shows hybrid of two extinct species of human 31 July 2018: