The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China has leaped to 51,151 — an increase of almost 10,000 — government officials reported on Thursday.
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Manchester United took home the prize and the plaudits after Wednesday’s dramatic Champions League final against Chelsea, but United coach Alex Ferguson will not want to dwell for long on the moments that almost cost his side the title.
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A protest Thursday outside a NATO base in western Afghanistan against the Quran desecration incident in Iraq turned violent and led to the deaths of two civilians and a soldier from the international force, a spokesman for the alliance’s military in Kabul said.
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Lewis Hamilton showed his determination to end a four-race winless streak by setting the pace in Thursday’s opening practice sessions for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.
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As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth upon the South Bank of the River Thames this morning, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St George had finally been realized.
And so the jury is still out on Cristiano Ronaldo. The criticism most commonly levelled at Manchester United’s Portuguese superstar is that he is not the man for the big occasion, a player who has not always performed in the games that count.
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Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, told senators Thursday that the situation in war-torn Iraq is improving but that challenges remain, including “Iran’s malign influence.”
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You’ve probably been pining for that energy-efficient fridge for awhile (especially considering if your current model was built before 1993, it costs at least double to run than new Energy Star-rated models of the same size), but throwing away your old one isn’t exactly eco-friendly.
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