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Pied Piper of R&B, R. Kelly, goes on trial over ’child sex’ video 2008-05-12 06:01 - It has been six years since someone sent a videotape to a Chicago tabloid
allegedly showing the R&B star R. Kelly performing sex acts with a girl
claimed to be as young as 13.
Italy needed fascism, says the new Duce 2008-05-12 06:01 - The new mayor of Rome, a former neo-fascist, has praised Benito Mussolini as an inspired architect who modernised Italy.
Why Barack Obama may stumble if the House of Clinton falls 2008-05-12 06:01 - Bill Clinton stands on a small stage in this tiny town, torrential rain
beating on the rooftop, his all-white crowd of coalminers, schoolteachers
and union members cheering him on. “Don’t let them tell you she can’t win
this thing,” he hollers, his voice hoarse after another day of campaigning.
“I’m telling you, she can win this thing, because of people like you, and
places like this.”
Israel marks 60th birthday as fears overshadow the nation’s party 2008-05-12 06:01 - Israel is celebrating its 60th birthday this week with a series of events
ranging from barbecues and military fly-pasts to a full-scale anniversary
ceremony to be attended by President Bush on Wednesday.
Dying days for Pakistan’s kidney tourist trade 2008-05-12 06:01 - The end of the billion-dollar transplant industry - designed to protect the poor - means hard times for Lahore’s luxury hospitals.
Guantanamo adviser barred 2008-05-12 06:01 - The Pentagon’s top legal adviser in the Office of Military Commissions is disqualified from participating in the prosecution of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
