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Shots Fired Near George Floyd Square In Minneapolis On First Death Anniversary
Multiple gunshots were fired on Tuesday near the site in Minneapolis where people were marking the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, police and witnesses said.
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Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela's Statues In London Boarded Up Ahead Of Protests
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is among several monuments being covered and boarded up in London ahead of another set of planned protests, which erupted after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd.
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Twitter To Make June 19 A Holiday To Support Racial Diversity
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as 'Juneteenth', would be a permanent company-wide holiday in the United States to show support for racial diversity.
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Statue Of US Sailor Kissing Nurse Vandalised With '#MeToo'
A statue depicting the famous scene of a sailor kissing a woman in New York's Times Square as people celebrate the end of World War II has been vandalized with red spray paint spelling out #MeToo.
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Sailor Whose Times Square Kiss Celebrated End Of WWII Dies At 95
When Japan's surrender was announced on Aug. 14, 1945, George Mendonsa grabbed his date, ran out of a Rockettes performance at Radio City Music Hall and headed for a nearby bar in Times Square.
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The Most Edited On Wikipedia Is...
Former US president George W Bush may no longer be able to change the course of history -- but it has not stopped others trying for him.
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Six Dead as Rubbish Lorry Ploughs Into Christmas Shoppers in Glasgow
Six people were killed when a rubbish lorry ran out of control and careered down a pavement crowded with Christmas shoppers in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, people, police said.
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Lobster, Wild Mushrooms and Figs: George Clooney's Wedding Dinner
Tantalising details have emerged of George Clooney's wedding dinner, with Hollywood stars reportedly to dine on Saturday on lobster, wild mushrooms and figs at a banquet in Venice fit for the gods.
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Thousands protest in New York over George Zimmerman's acquittal in Trayvon Martin shooting case
Thousands protested in New York on Sunday against the acquittal of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, a day after his trial for killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin ended in Florida.
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Liquor companies woo women customers to push sales
Companies are realizing that women comprise a very heavy percentage of the cocktail-drinking community.
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Shots Fired Near George Floyd Square In Minneapolis On First Death Anniversary
Multiple gunshots were fired on Tuesday near the site in Minneapolis where people were marking the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, police and witnesses said.
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Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela's Statues In London Boarded Up Ahead Of Protests
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square is among several monuments being covered and boarded up in London ahead of another set of planned protests, which erupted after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd.
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Twitter To Make June 19 A Holiday To Support Racial Diversity
Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Square Inc and Twitter Inc, said June 19, popularly known as 'Juneteenth', would be a permanent company-wide holiday in the United States to show support for racial diversity.
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Statue Of US Sailor Kissing Nurse Vandalised With '#MeToo'
A statue depicting the famous scene of a sailor kissing a woman in New York's Times Square as people celebrate the end of World War II has been vandalized with red spray paint spelling out #MeToo.
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Sailor Whose Times Square Kiss Celebrated End Of WWII Dies At 95
When Japan's surrender was announced on Aug. 14, 1945, George Mendonsa grabbed his date, ran out of a Rockettes performance at Radio City Music Hall and headed for a nearby bar in Times Square.
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The Most Edited On Wikipedia Is...
Former US president George W Bush may no longer be able to change the course of history -- but it has not stopped others trying for him.
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Six Dead as Rubbish Lorry Ploughs Into Christmas Shoppers in Glasgow
Six people were killed when a rubbish lorry ran out of control and careered down a pavement crowded with Christmas shoppers in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, people, police said.
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Lobster, Wild Mushrooms and Figs: George Clooney's Wedding Dinner
Tantalising details have emerged of George Clooney's wedding dinner, with Hollywood stars reportedly to dine on Saturday on lobster, wild mushrooms and figs at a banquet in Venice fit for the gods.
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Thousands protest in New York over George Zimmerman's acquittal in Trayvon Martin shooting case
Thousands protested in New York on Sunday against the acquittal of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, a day after his trial for killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin ended in Florida.
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Liquor companies woo women customers to push sales
Companies are realizing that women comprise a very heavy percentage of the cocktail-drinking community.
