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>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Conditions subhuman
>Editor's note: For more information on this story, check out CNN affiliates WKYC, WOIO and WJW.(CNN) -- A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were held in an Ohio apartment crowded with people and animals for more than a year, forced to perform manual labor and threatened with dogs and snakes to keep them compliant, authorities said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said the people accused ...
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Turkey PM Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders
As the European Union cancels a parliamentary visit to Ankara, embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosts Hamas heads Mashaal and Haniyeh; unclear if visit is instead of Erdogan traveling to ...
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We could be in the grip of a DECADE of wet summers say scientists at Met Office climate summit
People being rescued from the 2007 Summer floods in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. Britain could be subjected to wet summers for at least another decade, weather experts have today ...
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Abortion should not be used as a contraceptive says Lord Steel father of 1967 act that legalised the practice
Lord Steel, who introduced the 1967 Bill which legalised the practice, said it was 'thoroughly undesirable' that 36 per cent of terminations are now to those who have already had at least ...
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I promise to be true to myself Girl Guides no longer have to swear allegiance to God and the Queen
Tradition: Although members have been required to make a pledge to God since its inception in 1910, the phrase 'and my country' has been included only since ...
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Hectic week A well-deserved weekend lie-in can PREVENT type 2 diabetes
Having a lie-in at the weekend might feel like a well-deserved luxury, but it could also be a necessity in preventing the onset of ...
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Cover-up over 16 baby deaths Health bosses ignored damning warnings on hospital neglect
Even when a CQC official produced a dossier showing the inspection was flawed, bosses told him to destroy it to protect the commission’s ...
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Women who regularly use talcum powder increase their risk of ovarian cancer by 24
The researchers analysed data from 8,525 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and compared talcum powder use with that of 9,800 women who remained ...
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From compliments to cuddles the keys to womens confidence List shows top 20 feel-good factors
A compliment from a friend or partner topped the list of things with a feel-good factor. This was closely followed by having perfect hair and looking good in a ...
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Can chickens REALLY be cleverer than a toddler Studies suggest animals can master numeracy and basic engineering
Studies show hens to be masters of a number of complex skills, including numeracy, self-control, and it is claimed, basic structural ...
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Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. Did two chaps ever look less thrilled to see one another
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin sat next to each other in one of the little ‘bilaterals’ which have been held at the G8 summit in County Fermanagh. Boxing gloves, ...
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DAILY MAIL COMMENT A disgraceful way to reward our heroes
With 444 British dead, and hundreds more maimed, this should have been a day for our troops to celebrate a milestone on the road to withdrawal, with the hope of relief from the worst of the ...
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Taliban Britain to join U.S. for peace talks with the Taliban to finally end 12-year conflict
But Tory MPs warned the talks could lead to a sell-out that hands southern Afghanistan back to the militants who have killed 444 British servicemen since 2001. It also emerged last night that Taliban killers are likely to be released as a confidence-building measure during the ...
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE All is forgiven after Viscount Linley swipe at Princess Michael
Prince Michael of Kent and his wife, Princess Michael, rode in the third carriage at the Royal Ascot parade. With them, Princess Margaret’s son, Viscount Linley, and his wife, Serena. What a charming foursome. Obviously Linley is now forgiven after telling a magazine what he’d give his worst enemy for Christmas: ‘Dinner with Princess Michael.’ Dignified Prince Michael ...
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Red labels to warn of unhealthy food Logos to appear on items considered bad for health in anti-obesity drive
The colour will signal products that are high in fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt as part of an anti-obesity drive designed to encourage healthy ...
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ANDREW ALEXANDER Bad luck fear and historys gravest lesson
It was chance — pure chance — that France’s foreign minister Louis Barthou was killed during the assassination in Marseilles of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. He was the only statesman in the West who saw that Hitler could be stopped by an alliance eagerly offered by the ...
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Did Stuart Halls victims relive their agony just for this YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN says Halls lenient sentence shows judges learnt nothing from Savile
Perhaps it’s best that I wasn’t in court on Monday to witness Stuart Hall finally paying for his crimes against children, because I might have shouted at the judge or created a scene not allowed in our sombre houses of justice — if you can call this ...
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Jail reckless bankers Failed bosses could also lose right to claim bonuses for up to ten years says inquiry into financial malpractice
The bosses of failed banks should face jail or lose the right to claim bonuses for up to ten years for 'reckless misconduct', a report recommends ...
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Child porn summit that ended up a damp squib Internet giants still refuse to install automatic filters to force users to opt in
Britain's internet giants have agreed to put extra money into the fight against sickening child abuse images – but are refusing to install automatic filters that would force users to ‘opt in’ to online ...
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Camerons bid to spark Syria coup PM pledges not to remove Assad military if they overthrow tyrant
David Cameron last night made an appeal to Syria's military and security leaders in an extraordinary attempt to spark a coup against Bashar ...
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G8 Summit Michelle Obama Malia and Sasha have lunch with Bono in Ireland
The Obamas never miss an opportunity to mingle with the stars and during a two-day trip in Dublin, who better to have quintessential pub lunch with than iconic Irish rocker and philanthropist ...
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Dont try this at home Video shows man WALKING ON LAVA - and now scientists have explained exactly how he did it
A YouTube video showing a man taking five steps up a flow of lava on Mount Etna in Sicily has been analysed by a geoscientist who has confirmed it IS possible to walk on ...
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Labour politician admits an affair... with an ALIEN Father-of-three talks of his belief in extra-terrestial life and claims he fathered a love child with one
The married father-of-three, who represents Stakesby, said his wife had rowed with him after revealing he had a child called Zarka with an alien he refers to as the Cat ...
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Dangerous inmate escaped from prison after he stabbed himself and was taken to hospital where he was sprung by gunman
A prolific ex-convict who has committed almost 500 offences was today jailed for 10 years for breaking his cellmate out of prison in a terrifying gunpoint hold ...
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Egypt's oil industry is growing rapidly
Egypt has, in recent years, made immense gains in terms of economic performance. The country has long been the economic powerhouse of North Africa and Africa in general (second only to South Africa and Nigeria) and has taken great steps to reverse the highly-centralized economy inherited from President Gamel Abdel Nasser.
The oil and gas sector has long been one of the major strengths in the Egyptian economy, along with other natural resources such as minerals, gold and natural gas. Read more
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