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“English fans need to know that if they try to mess with Ukrainian women then we will try to mess with them. The sex industry exploits women who are so poor and often uneducated. That is why we are going to try to attack every match.”
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The CIA confirmed that seven of its employees were killed and six were injured in an attack on a base in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Dec 31, 2009 at 19:49 | Reuters |
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DETROIT (AP) — The phrase "shovel ready," incessantly invoked by the Obama administration this year as a way to sell its $787 billion federal stimulus bill, died Dec. 31. Dec 31, 2009 at 14:50 |
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SYDNEY (AP) — An expected 1.5 million New Year's revelers pitched tents and opened picnic baskets in Sydney onDec. 31to get one of the world's biggest parties started — bidding farewell to a tough year and welcoming a new decade. Dec 31, 2009 at 14:20 |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Korean-American missionary believed detained in North Korea walked into the country carrying a Bible, intent on preaching Christianity in a country that bans illegal worship — a bold move that may put him at greater risk of harsh punishment. Dec 31, 2009 at 13:34 |
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KABUL (AP) — U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan doubled in 2009 compared with a year ago as 30,000 additional troops began pouring in for a stepped-up offensive and the Taliban fought back with powerful improvised bombs. Dec 31, 2009 at 13:24 |
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BEIJING (AP) — China's biggest national news agency announced ambitious plansDec. 31to launch a television news network in Asia and some European countries in the new year, part of efforts to expand the Communist government's media influence abroad. Dec 31, 2009 at 13:13 |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has ruled that Christians have the constitutional right to use the word Allah in reference to God. Dec 31, 2009 at 12:55 |
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HELSINKI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - At least four people were injured in a shooting at a shopping mall in the Finnish city of Espoo onDec. 31and police said there could be many casualties, the national broadcaster YLE said on its website. Dec 31, 2009 at 12:49 | Reuters |
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JAKARTA, Dec 31 (Reuters) - The Indonesian resort island of Bali faces a risk of a possible attack onDec. 31night, New Year's Eve, a statement issued by the U.S. Embassy quoted the island's governor as saying. Dec 31, 2009 at 12:30 | Reuters |
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BEIJING (AP) — China has sentenced a respected Tibetan lama to 8 1/2 years in jail for illegal land occupation and ammunition possession, possibly the first senior Buddhist leader tried on serious charges linked to riots in 2008 in the Tibetan capital, a lawyer said Dec. 31. Dec 31, 2009 at 12:00 |
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The partial lunar eclipse will take place on the night of Jan. 1. Inhabitants of almost every country will have a possibility to observe this phenomenon. Read the story here. Dec 31, 2009 at 11:39 |
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WARSAW, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Joint hosts Poland's Euro 2012 preparations suffered a blow on Wednesday when one of the venue cities scrapped a deal with a company building a tournament stadium. Dec 31, 2009 at 11:24 | Reuters |
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BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - China onDec. 31decried a U.S. decision to impose duties of 10 to 16 percent on Chinese-made steel pipe, the biggest U.S. trade case to date against China, and said it had been made a scapegoat of protectionist interests. Dec 31, 2009 at 11:07 | Reuters |
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BERLIN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Thursday the situation in Europe's biggest economy could deteriorate next year before improving. In the text of her traditional New Year's address, to be broadcast later on Thursday, Merkel also promised to try to boost growth and work on bringing in new rules for financial markets to stop a repeat of the global financial crisis. Dec 31, 2009 at 07:46 | Reuters |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — This year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday. Dec 31, 2009 at 07:39 |