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Senegal presidential challenger offers tax-free rice

YoopyaMar 24, 20120

By Mark John and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegalese presidential challenger Macky Sall is hoping that the lure of tax-free rice will help him

The world’s biggest family: The man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren

YoopyaMar 23, 2012April 7, 20230

He is head of the world’s biggest family – and says he is ‘blessed’ to have his 39 wives. Ziona Chana also has 94 children,

Coroner says Whitney Houston accidentally drowned in bathtub

YoopyaMar 23, 2012June 27, 20230

The singer suffered from cardiac disease and could have had a heart attack before drowning, officials say. Cocaine is listed as a contributing factor in

Obama’s Keystone XL announcement under attack from both sides

YoopyaMar 23, 2012December 4, 20220

The president, visiting Cushing, Okla., says construction of the controversial pipeline’s southern route will be expedited. Reporting from Columbus, Ohio— President Obama traveled to one

Chinese capitalism is just another knockoff

YoopyaMar 23, 20120

Is China’s system of capitalism better than that of the United States? That depends — do pigs fly? While I have no question in my

Paul Allen gives $300 million to expand brain research

YoopyaMar 23, 20120

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $300 million to a foundation aimed at expanding research into how the brain works

France to resume election race after gunman’s death

YoopyaMar 23, 20120

(Reuters) – France’s presidential election race resumes on Friday, irrevocably altered by the killing of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman whose murders have shifted the political

Analysis: Sarkozy, Hollande snipe at EU to woo voters

YoopyaMar 23, 20120

(Reuters) – To a visitor from Mars, France’s presidential election must seem a bizarre contest between candidates waging largely artificial battles with Europe before an

Robert De Niro apologizes for white first lady joke

YoopyaMar 23, 2012October 22, 20220

(Reuters) – Actor Robert De Niro on Wednesday apologized for joking at a Democratic fundraiser with Michelle Obama about the possibility of having a “white

Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law on Russian tour

YoopyaMar 23, 2012February 25, 20230

U.S. pop singer Madonna has promised to defy a recent law against homosexual “propaganda” in Vladimir Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg on her upcoming tour