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Osama Bin Laden Killed

In a rare late night televised address on Sunday, President Barack Obama announced to the world that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Bin Laden’s was killed in a firefight in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and a small team of American forces took custody of his body, Obama said.

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You May Now Kiss the Bride, Twice

Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers lined the streets to London’s Westminster Abbey to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton today. And an estimated 2 billion people watched on television as the newlyweds said their vows.

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Jamaican Claims Sexual, Verbal Assault by Barbadian Officer

The attorney for the Jamaican woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted and verbally abused by a Barbadian immigration officer two weeks ago says he will take the matter as far as the International Court of Human Rights if necessary to get his client justice.

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Nuclear Meltdown Fears Grow

As if things couldn’t get any more complex, another fire broke out again at reactor #4 at the earthquake-tsunami stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and experts believe this could prove more serious than explosions at two other reactors. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the power operator said, flames were no longer visible after 30 minutes, but due to high radiation levels at the reactor, workers have been unable to pour water into the pool storing the spent fuel rods to keep them cool.

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Japan’s Nuclear Plant Design a Concern, as Spent Fuel Now in Focus

Spent fuel now appears to be a problem at Fukushima’s reactor No. 4, where there was a fire early this morning.

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Nuclear Emergency Situation “Catastrophic”

After a third blast at nuclear reactor #3 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan and a fire at a fourth reactor, several U.S. experts have described the nuclear emergency unfolding in Japan as “catastrophic”. There is great concern that the containment vessel at reactor #2 has been breached, causing the release of radioactive gases and similarly, anxiety that the fire at reactor #4 could be just as dangerous.

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Third Blast at Japan’s Nuclear Plant

Around 6:14 a.m. Japan time, the third explosion in a series of blasts damaged # 2 reactor at Japan’s Fukushima plant. There is uncertainty as to what caused this third blast. But there are early reports that the latest explosion amounted to a different and more critical problem than the previous two blasts that occurred at reactors # 1 and # 3, on Saturday and Monday.

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Grammy Winner, Buju Banton Found Guilty

A Tampa jury on Tuesday found Grammy winner and Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton guilty of cocaine charges.

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Buju’s Fate in the Hands of Second Jury

A second jury will today get to determine the fate of Grammy-award winner and reggae star Buju Banton after four days of testimony in which prosecutors painted him as a drug dealer and the defense countered with claims that it was the singer’s “big talking”, and not any illegal act, that has landed him in trouble.

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Report: China Dishes Out Fake Rice Made from Plastic to its Poor

Various reports in Singapore media have said that Chinese companies are mass producing fake rice made, in part, out of plastic, according to one online publication Very Vietnam.

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