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A new report released by Amnesty International has alleged shocking conditions for workers at one of Qatar's World Cup stadiums.

Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party representative to the United States Mehmet Yuksel said that if Assad believes minorities in Syria are not eligible to form a federal system, one can easily argue that the president’s Alawite minority should not have been able to rule over a central state for more than 50 years.

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TAMPA, Fla., March 31 (UPI) -- A video has been released of an incident in which two skydivers collided midair during a 14,500-foot fall in Florida.

SANTA ROSA, New Mexico - An eastern New Mexico police chief says an experienced California diver has died in an underwater cave beneath a swimming hole.

Over a period of 50 days in 2011, Mustafa al-Bassam — then known as Tflow — was one of the six core members of the most notorious hacking collective on the planet. As part of LulzSec — an offshoot of Anonymous — al-Bassam took part in a series of high profile attacks against Sony Pictures, CBS, the CIA and security company HBGary.

Two CSI reports were presented to the Onalaska Board of Education at its meeting Monday. There were no David Caruso one-liners at the board’s meeting, though. CSI, in this case, stands for Continuous School Improvement.

West Salem High School seniors Samantha Peterson and Nathan Schomberg were recognized last week as scholar/athletes by the Coulee Conference at a banquet held at Drugan’s Castle Mound Supper Club in Holmen.

Young people are still quite hooked to Facebook, the media reported, refuting the popular belief that youngsters are increasingly abandoning the social media giant.

Total of 10 violations of the ceasefire regime in Syria were registered, including three each in the Aleppo, Latakia and Damascus provinces, and one - in the Idlib province, according to the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation at the Hmeymim airbase.

Brian Eno will give the opening talk at Barcelona’s Sónar+D, the Digital Culture and Creative Technology conference to be held June 16,17, and...

Ted Cruz appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday, and while the interview provided its fair share of fun facts about the GOP presidential candidate — Cruz is evidently a huge "Star Wars" fan — comedian Jimmy Kimmel also grilled Cruz about many of his more controversial positions, including Cruz's promise to repeal Obamacare and his suggestion that police should "patrol" Muslim neighborhoods to prevent terror attacks.

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Last month, Kanye West vowed that his new album would only ever be available on Tidal.

But now Kanye will release "The Life of Pablo" on Friday, in full, to other streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, sources familiar with the plans told Business Insider.

Two songs from the album, "Famous" and "I Love Kanye," were already available on Spotify and Apple Music.

This wide release is a blow for Tidal, which rode its Kanye exclusive to the top of the App Store. Читать дальше...

The court cases of Penn State officials were back in the news on Wednesday, but the significance of today should not pass unnoticed.

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With the rhetoric about global trade deficits heating up on the campaign trail, it might appropriate to momentarily shift our focus away from the asymmetric threats of the Taliban and ISIS and look at the world of conventional warfare.

Here’s how the world’s three most powerful militaries stack up in 4 major categories:

1. Stealth fighters

While America holds the current stealth jet lead with the only fielded fifth-generation fighter, Russia and China are both gunning for it. Читать дальше...

Senior financial executives being considered for role at lender that came close to collapse

Countries should curtail fruitless tax breaks and instead adopt simpler tax regimes and support R&D, education and infrastructure, the IMF has said.

Yahoo, whose core internet business includes search, mail and news sites, said it has improved the Web properties by focusing on mobile, social networking, native advertising and video.

Can’t quite keep track of the various Starks, Lannisters, Targaryens, Martells, and Tyrells on Game of Thrones? Yeah, we feel ya. And that’s not even adding in the White Walkers, Dothraki, Faceless Men, and that old man who’s a tree but also the Three-Eyed Raven! Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage hosts Saturday Night Live this weekend for the first time (and the old gods help us, Tyrion had better stay alive this season), and we’re hoping for a fun roast of the HBO drama.

– Abia governor says importation of rice should be discouraged – Encourages members of his cabinet to own a farm each – Tasks President Buhari’s administration to get alternatives for survival The executive governor of Abia state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has reportedly boycotted the eating of foreign rice, Eagle Online reports. The governor, it was […]

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A fraudster has been jailed after conning a couple out of their £25,000 life savings - the money for their granddaughter's wedding.

While the others could gain a sense of superiority by looking down on Corbett, he was left with a pain in his neck having to look up to them

Value and customer service are key to the younger demographic