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The already famous shoe attack against US President George Bush has been turned into an online video game.
"Bush's Boot Camp" puts players in the role of an agent tasked with protecting the president by shooting flying shoes, thrown at him.
World | December 17, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
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A Libyan group led by the daughter of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi has decided to give a bravery award to the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George Bush.
World | December 17, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
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Italian police have carried out a major anti-mafia operation in Palermo, arresting dozens of people, among them alleged bosses of the Cosa Nostra, authorities said.
Nearly 100 arrest warrants were issued and more than 1,200 carabinieri were involved in t
World | December 17, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
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The United Nations Security Council have voted unanimously to authorize military forces to chase Somali pirates onto land in cases of "hot pursuit."
World | December 17, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00
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Violent protests in Greece entered a 10th day with youths attacking Athens's main police station with petrol bombs.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters, who started the riots over the deadly police shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos.
World | December 16, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00
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The US President-elect Barack Obama nominated Monday night the Nobel-prize winning physicist Steven Chu as the Energy Secretary in his administration.
World | December 16, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00
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The US President-elect Barack Obama is going to nominate the Democratic Senator from Colorado Ken Salazar as the Interior Secretary in his cabinet, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday citing unnamed senior Democrats.
World | December 16, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00
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An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at the US President George W. Bush during Bush's joint press conference with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday.
World | December 15, 2008, Monday // 00:00
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US President George Bush has surprisingly arrived in Baghdad for a final visit to highlight the recently completed security agreement between the countries.
Bush is expected to meet with Iraqi leaders and American troops and has been welcomed by Ambassa
World | December 14, 2008, Sunday // 00:00
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Athens has been relatively calm on Sunday after 7 days of protests and clashes following the death of a teenage schoolboy shot by the police.
The calm follows fresh rioting on Saturday night with protesters throwing Molotov cocktails at police, governme
World | December 14, 2008, Sunday // 00:00
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for a meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, aimed at easing tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Before arriving in Pakistan Mr Brown
World | December 14, 2008, Sunday // 00:00
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Greece's Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has rejected calls for an early general election after a week of violent unrest that rocked the country over a fatal police shooting, BBC reported Saturday.
World | December 13, 2008, Saturday // 00:00
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A quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck central Greece on Saturday, the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory reported.
World | December 13, 2008, Saturday // 00:00
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New violent street clashes between protesters and police erupted Friday afternoon in the Greek capital Athens
The riots occurred as two protest rallies over the murder of the 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was killed by a police bullet on Dece
World | December 12, 2008, Friday // 00:00
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Riots in Greece eased Friday but tensions remain high with further demonstrations planned for next week.
The early morning violence with students throwing stones at police gave way to calm as Greeks returned to work after a 24-hour general strike.
World | December 12, 2008, Friday // 00:00
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Senator Hillary Clinton would make about USD 4,700 less as US secretary of state than her predecessor, Condoleezza Rice, world media reported.
Congress cut the salary for the top diplomat to keep Clinton's nomination from running afoul of the US Constitu
World | December 12, 2008, Friday // 00:00
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At least nine people have been killed and three other are still missing after an explosion at a mine in north-west Russia, BBC reported Friday.
World | December 12, 2008, Friday // 00:00
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Athens was relatively calm early Friday after six days of protests and clashes following the death of a teenaged schoolboy shot by a policeman.
The only incident reported since Thursday was when stones were thrown at a sports club headed by Antenna telev
World | December 12, 2008, Friday // 00:00
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Bulgarian citizens have not been hurt during the Athens riots, but Bulgarians have been arrested, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Greece Andrey Karaslavov reported for the Darik radio on Thursday.
"We have requested from the Greek authorities information abo
World | December 11, 2008, Thursday // 00:00
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India has announced a number of steps to strengthen internal security after the Mumbai attacks.
World | December 11, 2008, Thursday // 00:00
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Death toll from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe have reached 775 with the outbreak getting worse, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
As of Tuesday, 16,141 suspected cases of cholera had been recorded in two-thirds of the country's 62 distr
World | December 11, 2008, Thursday // 00:00
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