Новости за 24.12.2015

'I gave the postman who delivered it a bottle of wine for his efforts,' said Mr Biggs, who received the card.

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CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Venezuela's PDVSA oil company denounced an "international smear campaign" after two men connected to the oil giant were charged in a $1 billion bribery scheme.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- J.J. Abrams will not be directing 'Episode VIII' of the 'Star Wars' trilogy, and after reading the script for it, he wishes he was.

It was only two days to Christmas in the early 1990s when Salim Ahmed’s father died an untimely death. The 25-year-old was devastated but his immediate concern was to complete a task left unfinished by his father.

To the people around him, Enrique Marquez Jr. seemed like a straightforward guy with a silly streak and a shaky laugh. He was the suggestible type — always eager to fit in. But that simple image shattered last week when federal prosecutors portrayed him as a starkly different character.

The mites that live on our faces may help reveal where our ancestors came from. It wouldn't be the first time that creepy crawlies have revealed something more than skin deep about the human past.

TAMPA, Florida - The Florida Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for a 53-year-old convicted killer from the Tampa Bay area.

Find out what Kate Walsh had to say about Dr. Addison Montgomery years after retiring the character – US Weekly Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are being offered millions for photos of their son – TMZ Do people treat Chloe Moretz differently now? – Just Jared Jr Here’s a history of TGIF! – Entertainment Weekly [...]

During an interview with the FOX Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, the Treasury Secretary said the economy is in a 'far better place than it was years ago.'

At least 10 people were killed in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas as spring-like storms mixed with unseasonably warm weather and spawned rare Christmastime tornadoes in the U.S. South.

James Dobbins, who served as US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2013-2014, said that foreign troops in Afghanistan provide essential advice and assistance, while Afghan forces are doing all the fighting.

The state will launch a trial run of technology from the Boulder-based National Center for Atmospheric Research starting late in the 2016 fire season, KUNC reported (http://bit.ly/1O5dPaq ). The system combines two models in an effort to make fire crews safer: one that predicts weather and another that predicts fire, said William Mahoney, the center's deputy director of the research applications lab. Fires acting unpredictably can pose a danger for crews because they can suddenly change direction... Читать дальше...

Killing Veerappan: Hayya Hayya song

GEESTEREN - De politie heeft tijdens een verkeerscontrole donderdagochtend een 24-jarige man aangehouden, omdat hij illegaal vuurwerk bij zich had.

Football might be bad for your health, but so is personal hygiene, apparently. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Falcons running back Tevin Coleman missed practice Wednesday and is in the concussion protocol. But he didn’t take a shot in a game or practice, rather he slipped in the shower and hit his…

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"GIRLS, what's the most awkward thing a guy has ever said to you?" a Redditor posted earlier this week. The thread quickly garnered over 8,000 comments, because, of course it did.

We took a look through the replies and picked out the best ones. It's comforting to know this stuff is now documented on the world wide web for future generations. Or, maybe not.

If you want to take a look at the whole thread, keep in mind some of the responses are NSFW.

"My mom didn't hold me enough when I was a baby.

PARIS - A French couple arrested this week are facing preliminary terrorism charges after investigators say they uncovered information about a potential attack. 

PARIS (AP) — A French couple arrested this week are facing preliminary terrorism charges after investigators say they uncovered information about a potential attack.

Michael Singh and Peter Marquez: Lifting the ban on these Russian rocket engines is not a sustainable solution as it leaves a critical national security capability in the hands of an unreliable partner.

The Kidwai Nagar police while cracking a case of loot came to know from the minor criminals that they sold off the looted mobile on OLX-a free classified website quite popular among the masses.

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SEOUL, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- North Korea denounced the United States for nearly bringing war to the Korean peninsula in 2015.

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Jakarta (AFP) - The death toll from a ferry disaster in central Indonesia has climbed to 20, an official said Thursday, though nearly 60 people remain missing five days after the boat sank in rough seas.

Search and rescue agency chief Bambang Soelistyo told AFP 13 corpses were found Wednesday in the southern gulf of Sulawesi island, where the ill-fated ferry sent a distress signal before losing contact at the weekend.

"To date, we've evacuated 60 people," Soelistyo said. Читать дальше...

MIAMI (AP) — Jrue Holiday grew up watching Christmas Day games, with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers almost being an annual fixture in the NBA's holiday lineup.

MIAMI (AP) — Jrue Holiday grew up watching Christmas Day games, with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers almost being an annual fixture in the NBA's holiday lineup.