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"Human Spider" Alain Robert And His Passion To Climb World's Tallest Buildings
Mr Robert has climbed The Eiffel Tower, Warsaw's Marriot Hotel, San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge and Sydney's Opera House.
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Breach At Priyanka Gandhi's House As Guards Thought It Was Rahul's Car
Security personnel at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's residence in central Delhi's Lodhi Estate let a family of five drive in uninspected through its gates last month because they believed that the car belonged to her brother Rahul Gandhi.
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Three Former Trump Campaign Officials Charged By Special Counsel
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Monday revealed charges against three former Trump campaign officials - including onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort - marking the first criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in U.S. political affairs.
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Bezos Rises To Become World's Second-Richest With Amazon Surge
Bezos, 53, added $1.5 billion to his fortune as Amazon.com Inc. rose $18.32 on Wednesday, the day after the e-commerce giant said it plans to buy Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com.
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Ellen DeGeneres Shares Wonderful Story Of Her Day At The White House
Television host Ellen DeGeneres was among the 21 people among them actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks, basketball star Michael Jordan and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates - honoured by US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22. Now, the 58-year-old has shared exactly what went down in the White House the...
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US Rebel Training Program 'Nuts,' Ex-Pentagon Chief Says
A doomed US plan now on hold to train Syrian rebel fighters outside the country to fight the Islamic State was "nuts," former defense secretary Robert Gates said.
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Robert Vadra Asked by Lok Sabha Secretariat to Explain Facebook Post
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has been asked to explain comments on Facebook that were seen to be against the ruling BJP.
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F-22 Raptor Makes Debut Combat Flight in Syria
Envisioned in the 1990s as crucial to US military superiority in the next century - the sleek, radar-evading F-22 Raptor has finally seen its first combat.
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And the Award for the Funniest Ice Bucket Challenge Goes to Oprah Winfrey
This time the yelling wasn't to announce free cars, houses or clothes to the audience but to express her absolute horror at how cold the water was
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Would Have Allowed Gay Adults in Scout: Robert Gates
Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization but said he opposes any further attempts to address the policy now.
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Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticizes president in memoir
U.S. President Barack Obama lacked belief in his administration's policy toward the war in Afghanistan and was skeptical it would even succeed, his former defense secretary, Robert Gates, writes in a memoir to be published next week.
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WikiLeaks case: Bradley Manning's leaks harmed US diplomacy, claims official
US soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified government files had a "chilling effect" on foreign relations, impeding US diplomats' gathering of information, a senior State Department official said Monday.
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Robert Gates warns NATO of 'dim' future
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday for what he said were shortages in military spending and political will, warning of "a dim if not dismal future" unless more member nations scaled up their participation in the alliance's activities. NATO has struggled for a generation to define its place in a post-cold war...
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When will women be US Navy SEALS?
It's a dramatic tale.Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world's most wanted terrorist.Footnote: They were all men.While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. Chief among those are the special operations...
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'Somebody' in Pakistan knew about Osama's presence: Gates
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that "somebody" in Pakistan knew about slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's hideout in that country but there is no "evidence" that the top leadership was aware of it.Gates would not say who knew about the presence of bin Laden in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan but suggested it could have been re...
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"Human Spider" Alain Robert And His Passion To Climb World's Tallest Buildings
Mr Robert has climbed The Eiffel Tower, Warsaw's Marriot Hotel, San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge and Sydney's Opera House.
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Breach At Priyanka Gandhi's House As Guards Thought It Was Rahul's Car
Security personnel at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's residence in central Delhi's Lodhi Estate let a family of five drive in uninspected through its gates last month because they believed that the car belonged to her brother Rahul Gandhi.
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Three Former Trump Campaign Officials Charged By Special Counsel
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Monday revealed charges against three former Trump campaign officials - including onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort - marking the first criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in U.S. political affairs.
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Bezos Rises To Become World's Second-Richest With Amazon Surge
Bezos, 53, added $1.5 billion to his fortune as Amazon.com Inc. rose $18.32 on Wednesday, the day after the e-commerce giant said it plans to buy Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com.
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Ellen DeGeneres Shares Wonderful Story Of Her Day At The White House
Television host Ellen DeGeneres was among the 21 people among them actors Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks, basketball star Michael Jordan and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates - honoured by US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 22. Now, the 58-year-old has shared exactly what went down in the White House the...
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US Rebel Training Program 'Nuts,' Ex-Pentagon Chief Says
A doomed US plan now on hold to train Syrian rebel fighters outside the country to fight the Islamic State was "nuts," former defense secretary Robert Gates said.
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Robert Vadra Asked by Lok Sabha Secretariat to Explain Facebook Post
Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has been asked to explain comments on Facebook that were seen to be against the ruling BJP.
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F-22 Raptor Makes Debut Combat Flight in Syria
Envisioned in the 1990s as crucial to US military superiority in the next century - the sleek, radar-evading F-22 Raptor has finally seen its first combat.
-
And the Award for the Funniest Ice Bucket Challenge Goes to Oprah Winfrey
This time the yelling wasn't to announce free cars, houses or clothes to the audience but to express her absolute horror at how cold the water was
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Would Have Allowed Gay Adults in Scout: Robert Gates
Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization but said he opposes any further attempts to address the policy now.
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Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticizes president in memoir
U.S. President Barack Obama lacked belief in his administration's policy toward the war in Afghanistan and was skeptical it would even succeed, his former defense secretary, Robert Gates, writes in a memoir to be published next week.
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WikiLeaks case: Bradley Manning's leaks harmed US diplomacy, claims official
US soldier Bradley Manning's leaks of classified government files had a "chilling effect" on foreign relations, impeding US diplomats' gathering of information, a senior State Department official said Monday.
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Robert Gates warns NATO of 'dim' future
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly criticized NATO nations on Friday for what he said were shortages in military spending and political will, warning of "a dim if not dismal future" unless more member nations scaled up their participation in the alliance's activities. NATO has struggled for a generation to define its place in a post-cold war...
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When will women be US Navy SEALS?
It's a dramatic tale.Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world's most wanted terrorist.Footnote: They were all men.While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. Chief among those are the special operations...
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'Somebody' in Pakistan knew about Osama's presence: Gates
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that "somebody" in Pakistan knew about slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's hideout in that country but there is no "evidence" that the top leadership was aware of it.Gates would not say who knew about the presence of bin Laden in Abbottabad deep inside Pakistan but suggested it could have been re...
