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UK 'Dine And Dash' Couple Leave Restaurant Without Paying Bill Worth 12,000, Post Pics On Facebook
The couple, seen in a restaurant-released video, took an hour to eat their meal before leaving "for a cigarette," but they never came back.
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Facebook Paid $400 Million For A Firm It May Now Be Forced To Sell
Facebook bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May 2020 to integrate it with its photo-sharing app, Instagram.
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Facebook's Marketplace Faces Antitrust Probe In European Union, UK
The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes which could force it to change its business model on top of hefty fines.
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Facebook's Giphy Deal Draws UK Competition Watchdog's Attention
Facebook's acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by the United Kingdom's competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition.
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British, Indian Soldiers Hurt as Troop Carriers Collide
Around 20 British and Indian military personnel were wounded, at least four seriously, in a collision between three troop carriers in southwest England on Wednesday, officials said.
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14-Year-Old UK Boy Expelled From School for Insulting Teacher on Facebook
A 14-year-old boy in the UK has been expelled from school after he posted insults about his head teacher's hair colour, looks and weight on Facebook.
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Facebook Addresses Privacy Fears While Ramping Ad Targeting
Facebook on Thursday made it easier for people to understand and control how their information is used at the leading social network while expanding its quest to better target ads.
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UK Opens Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for 2015
The UK today launched the 2015 Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for Leadership and Excellence Programme India for high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds who have displayed leadership talent.
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UK Data Regulator Probes Facebook Over Psychological Experiment
The data regulator is probing the experiment and plans to ask Facebook questions, the newspaper reported. It was too early to tell exactly what part of the law Facebook may have infringed, the FT quoted a spokesperson for the ICO as saying.
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Brewery responds to Starbucks letter with $6 cheque
A small Missouri brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by sending the coffee chain a cheque to cover what it calls the profit from use of the word "Frappicino" - a cheque for $6.
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Why there's a "Boycott Marks and Spencer" Facebook page
British retailer Marks & Spencer faced criticism on Monday after it emerged that it allows Muslim staff to refuse to sell customers pork and alcohol.
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Separated by Saddam, reunited by Facebook
August 2, 1990 is a date etched in the memories of a million Indians. It was a day that ruined many lives, uprooted many families and destroyed many households. It was the day that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny country of Kuwait.
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Nairobi mall attack: Australian-British architect and pregnant wife among killed
A joint Australian-British architect and his heavily pregnant Dutch wife were named by friends and media today as among those killed in the attack on an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall.
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Baby no 17 on way for UK's biggest family
Britain's biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home.
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Syria crisis: West struggles to cope with online recruitment for jihad
"I am French," explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of Al Qaeda.
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UK 'Dine And Dash' Couple Leave Restaurant Without Paying Bill Worth 12,000, Post Pics On Facebook
The couple, seen in a restaurant-released video, took an hour to eat their meal before leaving "for a cigarette," but they never came back.
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Facebook Paid $400 Million For A Firm It May Now Be Forced To Sell
Facebook bought Giphy, a website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, in May 2020 to integrate it with its photo-sharing app, Instagram.
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Facebook's Marketplace Faces Antitrust Probe In European Union, UK
The European Union and the UK have launched antitrust investigations into Facebook's use of advertising data in its classified ads business, probes which could force it to change its business model on top of hefty fines.
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Facebook's Giphy Deal Draws UK Competition Watchdog's Attention
Facebook's acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by the United Kingdom's competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition.
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British, Indian Soldiers Hurt as Troop Carriers Collide
Around 20 British and Indian military personnel were wounded, at least four seriously, in a collision between three troop carriers in southwest England on Wednesday, officials said.
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14-Year-Old UK Boy Expelled From School for Insulting Teacher on Facebook
A 14-year-old boy in the UK has been expelled from school after he posted insults about his head teacher's hair colour, looks and weight on Facebook.
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Facebook Addresses Privacy Fears While Ramping Ad Targeting
Facebook on Thursday made it easier for people to understand and control how their information is used at the leading social network while expanding its quest to better target ads.
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UK Opens Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for 2015
The UK today launched the 2015 Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for Leadership and Excellence Programme India for high-flying young professionals from diverse backgrounds who have displayed leadership talent.
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UK Data Regulator Probes Facebook Over Psychological Experiment
The data regulator is probing the experiment and plans to ask Facebook questions, the newspaper reported. It was too early to tell exactly what part of the law Facebook may have infringed, the FT quoted a spokesperson for the ICO as saying.
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Brewery responds to Starbucks letter with $6 cheque
A small Missouri brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by sending the coffee chain a cheque to cover what it calls the profit from use of the word "Frappicino" - a cheque for $6.
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Why there's a "Boycott Marks and Spencer" Facebook page
British retailer Marks & Spencer faced criticism on Monday after it emerged that it allows Muslim staff to refuse to sell customers pork and alcohol.
-
Separated by Saddam, reunited by Facebook
August 2, 1990 is a date etched in the memories of a million Indians. It was a day that ruined many lives, uprooted many families and destroyed many households. It was the day that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny country of Kuwait.
-
Nairobi mall attack: Australian-British architect and pregnant wife among killed
A joint Australian-British architect and his heavily pregnant Dutch wife were named by friends and media today as among those killed in the attack on an upmarket Nairobi shopping mall.
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Baby no 17 on way for UK's biggest family
Britain's biggest family is just getting a little larger as it prepares to welcome their 17th baby home.
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Syria crisis: West struggles to cope with online recruitment for jihad
"I am French," explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of Al Qaeda.
