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Girlfriend Speaks Of Ordeal When She Watched In Horror As Lover Slit His Own Throat On Skype Video Call

Julie Zalinski had never thought she would witness something as heart-wrenching and horrible as seeing her boyfriend of 2 and a half years slit his own throat in front of her while she could do nothing but witness the tragedy. Zalinski was helpless because Adrian Rowland, her boyfriend, who was in India from past 3 weeks for business, killed himself while being on a video call while being 7000 miles away from her. The saddest part is that Rowland could perhaps be saved. The ordeal went on for 10...

Ex-Bodyguard In Legal Fight Over Michael Jackson's Youngest Son 'Blanket,' Claims To Be The Biological Father

Michael Jackson and Blanket
The King of Pop died in 2009 leaving behind his three beloved children. Ever since, an umpteen number of controversies surrounding the custody of the children have popped up time and again. This time it is his former bodyguard Matt Fiddes, who has come forward with the claim that he is the biological father of Michael Jackson’s youngest child, his 10-year-old son “Blanket, whose real name is Prince Michael Jackson II.
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Euro zone debt fears pressure euro, shares

European shares eased and the single currency softened on Wednesday as the region's sovereign debt worries and its weaker economic outlook weighed on investors ahead of a German bond sale that will test demand for ultra-low yielding debt.
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Stocks, Industrial Commodities Soar: Daily Markets Wrap

Good corporate earnings, falling Spanish interest rates and an upward revision in the International Monetary Fund's outlook for the U.S. economy on Tuesday offset a weak housing report to lift equities and industrial commodities.
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IMF Inches Toward Deal On Boosting Firepower

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday appeared to be inching toward a deal on boosting its financial firepower with Japan, Sweden and Denmark committing a total of $77 billion to help contain the euro zone debt crisis.
British Businessman Neil Heywood

Cameron Urges China To Properly Investigate Heywood Death

UK Prime minister David Cameron is pushing China for a proper investigation of the death of British expatriate, Neil Heywood, which is at the center of a political scandal in China involving disgraced party boss Bo Xilai and his wife Gu Kailai.
The Rolls-Royce 1920 amored car at the Dorset Tank Museum.

Rolls-Royce Armored Car: They Don’t Make Tanks Like They Used To [PHOTOS]

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has had a long and venerable history since its foundation in 1904. When most people think of Rolls-Royce, they probably imagine driving through the teeming streets of some Western metropolis, perhaps gazing distantly at the proletarians as they busy themselves in their daily cares. Maybe our theoretical rider lights his cigar with a hundred dollar bill and says to his driver, Jennings, drive faster - we can't be seen arriving late at Belmont.
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Cheniere Energy $10B Gas Facility Gets Federal Approval

Cheniere Energy Inc. (ASE: LNG) announced on Monday federal approval of the largest liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal in the U.S., to be built in Cameron Parish, La., to exploit higher prices in foreign markets.
IMF raises its GDP growth forecast for the U.S.

IMF Increases US Economic Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its projection of growth in the U.S. gross domestic product to 2.1 percent this year and 2.4 percent next year, from 1.7 percent in 2011.
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Playtech down as it eyes deal with top shareholder

Playtech, the world's biggest provider of online gaming software, plans a string of acquisitions as it branches out into the social gaming market but news that it will be buying the businesses from its main shareholder unnerved investors.

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