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3 American Students Arrested in Cairo for Throwing Firebombs at Police

Three American exchange students are detained in Cairo for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at security forces from the roof of a university building near Tahrir Square, where thousands of protesters demanding a civilian government were clashing with riot police trying to disperse them.
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Nursing Home Fire Death Toll Now 8

Another victim of Friday's fire at the Quaker Hills Nursing Home in Sydney died Monday night bringing the death toll to eight.

Death Toll in Egypt Clashes Rises to 35

Clashes between demonstrators and police around Cairo's Tahrir Square continued for the third day on Monday raising the death toll to at least 24 and the number of injured people to 1,700.

Virgin Blue Chicken Supplier Fined $236,000 for Listeriosis Outbreak

The Downing Centre Local Court has ordered the GMI Food Wholesalers and its directors to pay a fine of $236,000 for supplying Virgin Blue with inflight chicken meals tainted with the listeria bacteria that infected several passengers of the airline in 2009.

NBA Players to Disband Union, Countersue League

The labor dispute in the National Basketball Association (NBA) took a turn for the worse Tuesday when players decided to disband their union and sue the league because they find the team owners' last offer of 50-50 profit sharing not good.

Siege of Brazil’s Biggest Slums Nets Drug Gangs

Some 3,000 police and soldiers raided and took over two of Brazil's biggest shantytowns Sunday as part of a crackdown against armed drug gangs and security preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

Google to Support Android Vendors in Legal Disputes with Apple

Android vendors need not fear patent infringement lawsuits from Apple as Google Inc., maker of the most popular mobile operating system in the world, promised to support them if they face legal actions from the iPhone maker.

Mexican Drug Cartel Frees Kidnapped Anonymous Hacker

The Zetas drug cartel in Mexico has released a local member of the hackers group Anonymous following threats by the latter to expose the identities of the criminal gang's accomplices in the government.

Kapunda Teen Admits Killing 3 Rowe Family Members

Jason Alexander Downie pleaded guilty Wednesday before the Elizabeth Magistrates Court of killing 16-year-old Chantelle Rowe and her parents in their home in Kapunda, South Australia one year ago.

Gaddafi Spent Last Days Scavenging, Hiding, Reading Books

A security aide of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi detained in Misrata has told CNN and BBC that the longest-serving leader of Africa was forced to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned homes in his hometown Sirte during his last days.

TV Deal with Bali Boy’s Parents Cancelled

A TV deal between Nine Network and the parents of the 14-year-old boy on trial in Bali, Indonesia for buying marijuana was cancelled on Sunday.

How Online Reviews Can Kill Your Business in 5 Minutes

A Briton revealed that Google has finally removed a fake online review of his business on Google's Places that mentioned him as a pedophile after his request to delete it have been ignored for 18 months. Unfortunately, the damage had been done.

Asylum Boat Overturns, 17 Drown

A wooden boat packed with 70 suspected asylum seekers capsized off the coast of West Java in Indonesia on Tuesday drowning 17 people.

U.K. High Court to Rule on Assange Extradition

The U.K.'s High Court will rule on Wednesday whether or not to extradite controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden so he could be questioned by police about two women's allegations that he raped them.

Gadhafi's Son is no Mass Murderer, Says Bodyguard

The Canada-based Australian bodyguard of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, has surfaced and belied allegations that his client was a mass murderer.

Fugitive Found in Sydney Dares UK Police to Get Him

A British fugitive found living in Sydney under an alias has claimed that he is innocent of the charge that he faked his death to get a $2 million in life insurance and has dared the U.K. police to arrest him in Australia.

Gas Leak in Bathurst Leads to Evacuation

Gas leaked from a ruptured pipe in a section of Bathurst's central business district on Tuesday and firefighters closed the area and evacuated people.

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