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30.000 Bulbs of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree were Switched On

Thousands of New Yorkers and tourists flocked today to Rockefeller Center in Manhattan to see the Christmas tree that presides over the square. The 30,000 bulbs that decorate it were switch on this first day. The traditional pine, over twenty feet high and topped by a star with...
Posted On 01 Dec 2011
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More than 200 U.S. outraged were arrested

Hundreds of riot police arrived at the camps anti Wall Street early Wednesday and dismantled hundreds of tents located in a park near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles, while another thousand uniformed were blocking the streets. About 250 people were arrested in the U.S. (200 in...
Posted On 30 Nov 2011
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Americans take advantage of Black Friday discounts

Thousands of Americans lined up outside department stores and malls to take advantage of the “Black Friday” offers and do their Christmas shopping in advance. Many seek low prices on items of technology such as flat screen televisions, digital cameras, laptops,...
Posted On 25 Nov 2011
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Floods in Thailand left over 600 dead

The death toll in Thailand due to the floods that began in late July, exceed 600. Monsoon rains and tropical storms that affected entire villages to the south through the center of the country to Bangkok and the Gulf of Thailand. More than two thirds of the 77 provinces have been...
Posted On 20 Nov 2011
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Clashes in Tahrir Square left dozens injured

Hundreds of protesters who were sitting in at the Tahrir Square in Cairo on Saturday clashed with Egyptian police, who arrived in the morning to maintain order. Dozens injured and several arrested were the result of the violent clashes. Riot police had to fight with 200...
Posted On 19 Nov 2011
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The Vatican takes legal action against Benetton

This morning, Secretary of State of the Holy Headquarters announced that The Vatican is about to take legal action against the Italian textile company Benetton after the brand launched a campaign that shows The Pope Benedict XVI   kissing on the mouth with the magnet Sunni...
Posted On 17 Nov 2011
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Gadhafi’s Sex Slave Told her Story to Le Monde

A woman presented by the French newspaper “Le Monde” as a “sex slave” of Muammar Gadhafi, Libya’s former leader, described the events happened the evening when she was raped, injured and abused for five years. She told the newspaper Gadhafi kidnapped...
Posted On 17 Nov 2011
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World Leaders Kiss in an Advertising Campaign

The Benetton Italian clothing firm launched a campaign against hatred entitled “Unhate” in which world leaders, each with completely opposite ideological thoughts, kiss on the mouth as a symbol of peace. Among the ‘controversial kisses’ are the ones of the...
Posted On 16 Nov 2011
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NY Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters

NY Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended his decision to clear the park in Lower Manhattan that was the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, saying “health and safety conditions became intolerable” in the park where the protesters had camped out for nearly two...
Posted On 15 Nov 2011
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“Occupy Wall Street” Protesters Determined to Retake Zucotti Park

Several hundred “Occupy Wall Street” protesters gathered Tuesday in a new public space in lower Manhattan, New York, determined to continue their action after his eviction from the park they had occupied since September 17. “Occupy Wall Street” managed to...
Posted On 15 Nov 2011
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