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  • Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI

    NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

  • On US request Russian arms dealer held in Lithuania

    Lithuanian security services have arrested a Russian national at the request of the US Justice Department, which suspects him of smuggling export-restricted military equipment. Dmitry Ustinov, 46, was detained over a month ago at Vilnius airport in Lithuania, after he arrived from the US to allegedly negotiate a sales deal for night vision equipment used by the US military, the Delfi news ...

  • New oral diarrhea vaccine shows promising results in phase I-study

    A novel oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine has been developed in Sweden and a clinical phase I-study of this vaccine has now been successfully completed. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400 million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300 000 deaths among children ...

  • Home sales fall in Spain

    The 54,512 home sales recorded in Spain in this year's first quarter represent a decline of 21.5 percent from the same period in 2012, the development ministry said. Foreigners were the buyers in 17 percent of the transactions. The decline in the first quarter reflects the impact in the sector of the end of the tax deduction for buying a primary residence and the increase in the levy on new ...

  • Sociedad aim to bounce back in Euro race

    Real Sociedad will have to recover quickly from the news that their coach Philippe Montanier will leave to join Rennes at the end of the season as they face Real Madrid in a crucial match in their quest to claim the fourth and final UEFA Champions League place from La ...

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Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

The title of Dan in Real Life is drawn from the fictional newspaper column written by Dan Burns (Steve Carell), a widowed father of three precocious daughters. His is one of those advice columns in which struggling people write in to someone they've never met and receive va ... ...

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    Cassandra Summit Europe 2013 scheduled for October 16 and 17 in London; features training, tutorials and info sessions from experts and enterprises using Cassandra to transform their ...

  • Turkey to build wall on border with Syria

    Turkey will build a 2.5 km-long wall along its border with Syria to prevent illegal crossings, Turkish Trade and Customs Minister Hayati Yazici said Thursday. The wall is to be built along Hatay province's Cilvegozu gate with Syria, he said, adding that a protocol with the Turkish Armed Forces had already been signed for the construction of the wall. "According to the protocol, we ...

  • New government of Iceland takes office

    The newly formed Icelandic government lead by the new Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, chairman of the Progressive Party, has taken power on Thursday, according to Iceland government press release. Four members, with one female, from the Progressive Party were appointed as ministers of the new government, including the new Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and the Minister ...

  • Riots in Stockholm continue

    Riots in suburbs of Swedish capital Stockholm continued and had spread around the city, local media reported on Thursday. After first starting on last Sunday night in Husby, northwest to the Stockholm city, the riots now had spread to more suburbs, mainly in the areas near Husby and over the places to the south of the city, said the Swedish daily SVD. At the moment the riots were still ...

  • Estonian govt passes border treaty with Russia

    The government of Estonia passed a bill for a new border treaty with Russia amid controversy due to criticism within the country, the Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) reported on Thursday. Estonia and Russia had stopped negotiations on the treaty in 2005, until last year when treaty conditions were renegotiated between the two sides. The Estonian Foreign Ministry recently announced that ...

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