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Flawless 100-Carat Diamond Fetches $22 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

YoopyaApril 22, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaApril 22, 2015July 3, 2023011

NEW YORK — A “perfect” 100-carat diamond in a classic emerald cut sold for just over $22 million at auction on Tuesday. The internally flawless...

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Clinton trying to recapture that old New Hampshire magic

YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 3, 202305

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton will try to recapture the magic of her come-from-behind victory in the 2008 New Hampshire primary as she returns...

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Boko Haram adopts ISIS’ bloody religious cleansing strategy

YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 3, 202305

The Islamic militant group Boko Haram is adopting ISIS’ bloody strategy of stamping out Christianity with a frightening fervor, putting Nigeria’s 70 million followers of...

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Survivor tells story for Holocaust Remembrance

YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 202303

Buck Lake Elementary School fourth-grade student David Wygodski sat attentively in a shirt and tie at Temple Israel on Sunday, listening to his grandmother’s story...

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Millionaire businessman wins Finland vote, euroskeptics take second place

YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 202305

A millionaire former telecoms executive touted as a technocrat capable of rescuing Finland from economic slump won Sunday’s parliamentary election, but he will likely need...

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Islamic State Video Purports to Show Killing of Ethiopian Christians

YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 20, 2015July 1, 202308

One group of Christian captives is shot, the other beheaded. Islamic State released a video on Sunday that purports to show militants killing two groups...

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Pope Considering Cuba Stop During U.S. Trip but No Decision

YoopyaApril 17, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 17, 2015July 1, 202304

Pope Francis has been credited with having helped the U.S. and Cuba reach their historic rapprochement. (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis is considering adding a...

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Boko Haram: PDP Humiliated Nigeria – Buhari

YoopyaApril 14, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaApril 14, 2015July 1, 202305

President -Elect General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) at the weekend spoke to newsmen in his home town, Daura, Katsina State after casting his vote on a...

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Uruguayan anti-capitalist writer “Eduardo Galeano” dies

YoopyaApril 14, 2015June 27, 2023

by YoopyaApril 14, 2015June 27, 202306

(Reuters) – Eduardo Galeano, a Uruguayan journalist and author who was a leading light in Latin America’s anti-capitalist movement, died after a battle with lung...

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Malala Seeks More Action To Free Abducted “Chibok Girls”

YoopyaApril 14, 2015June 24, 2023

by YoopyaApril 14, 2015June 24, 202306

Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls education activist, Malala Yousafzai has called for more action on the release of the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko...