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  • Loud blast heard near Somali capital's airport: witness
    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near the Somali capital's heavily-fortified international airport on Wednesday followed by bursts of gunfire, a Reuters witness said. A plume of thick black smoke billowed into the sky above Mogadishu, a city that has been dogged by suicide bomb attacks since al Qaeda-linked militants were driven out almost two years ago.
  • Floods close Lourdes pilgrimage site in Pyrenees

    The sanctuary of Lourdes flooded, in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)PARIS (AP) — Heavy floods in southwest France have forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels.


  • Cher credits luck for her lengthy career

    In this image provided by NBC Blake Shelton, Danielle Bradbery and Cher, right, pose after Bradbery won season-four of "The Voice" Tuesday June 18, 2013. Bradbery never had a big singing gig or a vocal lesson. It's also the third win for her coach Blake Shelton. (AP Photo/NBC, Trae Patton)UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.


  • BoE split 6-3 against more QE at King's final meeting

    The Bank of England is seen behind holly bushes in the City of LondonLONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England remained divided 6-3 against more asset purchases in June and watched with caution market reaction to signs the U.S. Federal Reserve might reduce stimulus. With the economy tentatively on the mend, Governor Mervyn King's final rate-setting meeting ended with no change to policy despite his calls for another 25 billion pounds of quantitative easing, minutes to the Bank's June 5-6 meeting showed on Wednesday. ...

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 22:07 Written by Enrique Wednesday, 10 November 2010 15:40

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