Massive Police Search Launched for Missing Swiss Twins

Feb 7th 2011 – 2:11 PM |AOL News

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Italian, Swiss and French police are hunting for missing 6-year-old twin girls whose father committed suicide after abducting them. Canadian-born Matthias Schepp picked up Alessia and Livia on Jan....

Marathon Man Ends Streak of 365 in 365 Days

Feb 7th 2011 – 11:16 AM |AOL News

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The very thought of running a single marathon is enough to cause most people to break out in a nervous sweat. Think about completing a marathon every day for a year, though, and you're likely to...

WikiLeaks: US Funded UK Effort to Blunt Muslim Extremists

Feb 4th 2011 – 3:28 PM |AOL News

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LONDON -- The United States launched a secret campaign to deradicalize young British Muslims after receiving warnings that the U.K. was struggling to address the threat posed by homegrown extremists,...

Catholic Church Issues Guide on How to Convert Witches

Feb 4th 2011 – 7:27 AM |AOL News

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LONDON -- Five hundred years ago, the Catholic Church had a simple way of dealing with witches: It burned them alive. The Vatican still views these broom botherers as a danger, but is now calling on...

Mubarak Regime Forces Cell Phone Companies to Text Its Messages

Feb 3rd 2011 – 4:16 PM |AOL News

LONDON -- Anti-government protesters in Egypt used their cell phones to organize and broadcast their uprising to the world. Now the embattled regime of President Hosni Mubarak has realized that it...

How the First Celebrity Stalker Stole Queen Victoria's Underwear

Feb 3rd 2011 – 2:05 PM |AOL News

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LONDON -- Modern celebrities shake off stalkers with restraining orders. But if they really want to discourage their obsessive fans, they should borrow a tactic from Queen Victoria: Have them...

Russia Locked in Spy Spat With ... Tiny Ireland?

Feb 2nd 2011 – 12:12 PM |AOL News

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LONDON -- An icy chill has descended on relations between Dublin and Moscow after Ireland booted out a Russian diplomat over the alleged use of forged Irish passports by Russian secret agents. The...

WikiLeaks Cable Reveals More Suspected 9/11 Plotters

Feb 2nd 2011 – 9:50 AM |AOL News

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A classified U.S. diplomatic cable released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has revealed the existence of previously undisclosed suspects linked to the 9/11 plot. According to the document,...

Jordan's King Kicks Out Government After Protests

Feb 1st 2011 – 2:26 PM |AOL News

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King Abdullah II of Jordan bowed to his subjects' demands today and sacked his much-hated prime minister and Cabinet. The king has asked Marouf Bakhit -- a conservative former premier with a military...

WikiLeaks: UK Advised Libya on How to Free Lockerbie Bomber

Feb 1st 2011 – 9:30 AM |AOL News

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LONDON -- The British government secretly advised Libya on how to secure the early release of Lockerbie plane bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, according to leaked diplomatic papers from the...

Climber Survives 1,000-Foot Fall Down Scottish Mountain

Jan 31st 2011 – 1:40 PM |AOL News

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LONDON -- As Adam Potter hiked along the snow-blown summit of Sgurr Choinnich Mor in the Scottish Highlands on Saturday, he stopped to offer his three mountain climbing companions some smart...

Commemorative Condoms Rolled Out for Royal Wedding

Jan 31st 2011 – 10:32 AM |AOL News

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LONDON -- When Prince William and Kate Middleton finally say "I do" on April 29, millions of watchers gathered at street parties across the U.K. will erupt in cheer. But a London-based condom firm is...

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