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Perseid Meteor Shower: When, Where and How to Watch

Perseid meteor shower
The annual Perseid meteor shower is round the corner, but conditions are sub-optimal this year: sky gazers will not be able to watch meteors falling through night sky in abundance as the celestial display is predicted to be hampered by the full moon.
A person walks across plaque that shows where Berlin Wall used to stand at Berlin Wall memorial site in Bernauer Strasse

Escape from East Berlin with wedding dress in hand

Erika Schallert fled East Berlin on August 15, 1961, with nothing but the clothes she was wearing and her half-finished wedding dress, determined that nothing was going to stop her getting married -- not even the Berlin Wall.
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London Riots Cause Police to Look into Developing Social Media Restraints

British Prime Minister David Cameron is working with London police, intelligence services and industry officials to see if they can stop potential rioters from communicating through the social media. On Thursday, Cameron told British lawmakers that the free flow of information can be used for good, but can also be used for ill.
Smoke rises in the city of Deir Al Zour

Syrian forces kill five in swoop on northern towns

Syrian forces killed at least five people in an assault on two northern towns on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad despite new U.S. sanctions and regional calls to end bloodshed.
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News Corp shares rise on buyback promise, healthy outlook

Shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp rose as much as 15 percent in early trading on Thursday, a day after the company's management posted solid quarterly results, gave a healthy full-year outlook and promised a more aggressive buy back.
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Malawi rights groups plan more mass demonstrations

Malawian activists are planning a mass protest for Wednesday after talks with the government on political reforms that could see the United States and Britain resume aid to the country became deadlocked.
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UK Riots: Iran Issues Travel Warning for UK

The Iranian Foreign Ministry warns against travel to the UK during the riots as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the U.N. Security Council to investigate "savage aggression" by police.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani and U.A.E. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan

How Gulf Sheikhs Will Inherit the Earth

While the rest of the world spirals into a debt-filled economic abyss, ultra-wealthy Persian Gulf states like Qatar and Kuwait are propped up by the high prices of crude oil and natural gas.
Police officers in riot gear are deployed in Eltham, south London

UK May Disrupt Social Networks During Unrest

Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.
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UK Riots 2011: Will Britain Curb Social Media?

Prime Minister David Cameron said he is considering banning social media Web sites like Facebook and Twitter for those suspected of criminal conspiracies following the UK riots this week.
A man scratches his head in front of an electronic board displaying falls in major market indices around the world, outside a brokerage in Tokyo

Dow Drops 520 Points, Investors Worry About European Debts

The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 520 points on Wednesday wiping out Tuesday's rebound as investors continue to worry about the European debt crisis and the health of the global banking system. The Dow's 4.62 percent drop has placed the blue-chip index back below the 11,000 level, closing at the lowest level since last September.

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