More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans

affiliate marketing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain’s most popular football teams, Barcelona‘s 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands of Catalans in the city at the heart of their separatist movement chanted in unison: “Independence!”More than ever,...

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Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

affiliate marketing DEPOK, Indonesia (AP) — When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn’t know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It’s a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual predators find new ways to exploit Indonesia’s growing obsession...

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R&B singer Natina Reed hit and killed by car in Georgia

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Natina Reed, a member of the R&B singing trio Blaque, was struck and killed by a car as she walked in a major roadway in Georgia, police said on Saturday.Reed, who also appeared in the cheerleader movie “Bring It On” in 2000, would have turned 33 on Sunday. affiliate...

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Plant compounds tied to less stomach cancer in women: study

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Getting a moderate amount of plant substances called flavonoids through food may be linked to a lower stomach cancer risk in women – but not in men, according to a European study.The researchers, writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that women with the highest intake of flavonoids...

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More Immigration, Not Less, Will Drive U.S. Growth

affiliate marketing For those in favor of immigration reform, it might have been a relief that the presidential candidates spent more time describing how workers overseas are stealing American jobs than they did accusing foreign workers of stealing jobs right here in the U.S.A. But the status quo on immigration apparently supported by...

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Lithuania opens 2nd round of national election

affiliate marketing VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Voting stations have opened in the second round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, with the results likely to determine whether the small East European nation continues tough austerity measures in an effort to join the euro zone.Nearly half of Parliament’s 141 seats are at stake in single-mandate...

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Play ‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City’ on Your Phone Very Soon [VIDEO]

affiliate marketing Nostalgic for the days of getting home from school or work, firing up the PlayStation 2 and popping Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in the tray? Then get your smartphone ready: Rockstar Games on Friday officially announced the game will be ported to Android and iOS later this fall.[More from Mashable: Hunky Breast Cancer...

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Confidante put drugs in Britney’s food, singer’s mom testifies

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The one-time confidante of Britney Spears said he crushed up drugs in the pop singer’s food to help her sleep and disabled her phone lines during the height of her meltdown five years ago, Spears’ mother testified on Friday.Lynne Spears told the Los Angeles jury in a civil trial that Sam Lutfi,...

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S.Africa’s Zuma drops suit over rape cartoon: paper

affiliate marketing JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $ 600,000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him poised to rape “Lady Justice“, a newspaper said on Sunday.The Sunday Times, named as a defendant in the case, said it had reached an agreement...

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AngloGold says Tanzania law changes worry investors

affiliate marketing ARUSHA, Tanzania (Reuters) – Tanzania should stick to existing agreements in the fast-growing mining sector or investors will lose confidence, the company which owns the country’s biggest gold mine said on Saturday.Major international miners are still in talks with the government two years after it passed mining legislation...

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