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Egypt backs group set up by Mubarak party official

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Egypt approved on Monday the establishment of a party led by a former top official in Hosni Mubarak's now disbanded party and rejected another set up by an Islamist group, the committee charged with reviewing party applications said in a statement.
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Pat Robertson Says Divorcing Spouse With Alzheimer's is OK

The religious broadcaster has made several controversial comments in the past, but he recently told 700 Club viewers that it's justifiable to divorce a spouse with Alzheimer's in response to a question from a viewer.
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China sentences four to death for Xinjiang violence

Courts in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced four people to death for violence in two cities over the summer which left 32 people dead, a government website said.
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Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever Quits Physics Group over Stand on Global Warming

Nobel Prize winning physicist Ivar Giaever resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society (APS) on Tuesday, condemning the group's official stand on global warming. In 2007, APS adopted an official statement on global warming, which said that the emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are changing the atmosphere in ways that affect the Earth's climate.
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China to pump $47 bln into Tibet to 2015

The Chinese government will pump 300 billion yuan ($47 billion) into restive Tibet over the next five years, with 90.5 billion yuan to finance roads, railways, hydropower stations and other infrastructure, state media said on Wednesday.
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Joint NYPD, CIA Muslim Spying Program Investigated

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching an investigation into whether CIA agents broke the law by helping New York police officers monitor minorities and cultivate informants in Muslim communities.
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What are Flash Mobs?

Flash mobs: from the Haka Mob to the Arab Spring, using social media to stage large events is a 21st century phenomenon that is not going anywhere. This trend is especially true in the United States, where recent flash mobs in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa have turned violence and angry.
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U.S. Marks 10th Anniversary of Day Nation, World Changed

The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.
With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11

With tears and emotion, Americans mark September 11

Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful.

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