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Headlines for April 19, 2012

FACEBOOK ADDS A LISTEN BUTTON
Today Facebook has come up with another strategy to make users spend even more time ferreting around their social network pages. Pages classified as those of musicians, bands and artists now have a new ...
STORM BATTERS ISTANBUL, STRONGER WINDS FORECAST
Strong winds lashed the Turkish city of Istanbul on Wednesday, blowing off roofs of several houses, uprooting trees and even shaking the Bosporus bridge as meteorologists warned of the possibility of ...
PUSH IN PARIS FOR MORE PRESSURE ON SYRIA AS MONEY EBBS AND CEASE-FIRE WOBBLES
International sanctions aimed at the Syrian government have cut its financial reserves in half, and pressure must be maintained on Damascus to stop its bloody crackdown on opponents despite a shaky five-day ...
DEFIANT BREIVIK CALLS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY INSTEAD OF 21 YEARS IN PRISON
The neo-Nazi's demand came as his trial heard a shadowy meeting in London — arranged by a Brit called "Richard the Lionheart" — laid the foundations for his one-man gun and bomb rampage in ...
FED UP AUSTRIAN VILLAGERS TO VOTE TO CHANGE IT'S F**KING NAME
The Austrian village of Fucking is to vote on a name change in an attempt to escape the constant ridicule and attention the name attracts. The 104 residents of the village will cast their votes later ...
SUDAN DECLARED WAR ON SOUTH
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared Wednesday a war on South Sudan, vowing to bring down the government of the People's Liberation Movement Sudan (SPLM) in Juba. He made this announcement as military ...
US, CHINA ENGAGING IN CYBER WAR GAMES
US and Chinese officials have been "discreetly engaging" in cyber war games in a bid to prevent military escalation between the two countries if either felt they were being targeted, a media report said ...
PERFUME TO SMELL LIKE OUT-OF-THE-BOX APPLE GADGETS
From hotdog stuffed pizza (which surely smells intriguing to say the least) to now a scent that smells like Apple computer gadgets - the world is coming out with some very wacky things! News.com.au is ...
CECH PROUD OF CHELSEA WIN AGAINST BARCELONA
The goalkeeper accepted that his side rode their luck at times and also admitted that it had been tough for his teammates to adapt to a game where they had little possession. "We can be proud of what ...
EUROPE NURTURES AZERBAIJAN
Member of PACE Armenian delegation Naira Zohrabyan talking to 'yerkir.am' noted: "Calls of EU to stop making warlike announcements and to stop racing are all directed to Azerbaijan. Different International ...
ARTHUR ABRAHAM NEW MANDATORY FOR ROBERT STIEGLITZ, GEORGE GROVES LOSES SPOT
Following his withdrawal from a May 5 bout with WBO super middleweight titleholder Robert Stieglitz, George Groves has lost his spot as the sanctioning body's mandatory challenger, which might actually ...
HEROINE'S DEBUTANT ACTRESS BEHEADED, CHOPPED INTO PIECES
In a shocking incident, a junior artist Minakshi Thapa from Kareena Kapoor's Heroine was brutally murdered in Allahabad. Madhur Bhandarkar roped in Thapa for a small role in Heroine, but later she went ...