Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected president of Argentina Sunday. She became Argentina’s first female president.
Read: Time.com’s interview with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
A veteran lawyer, legislator and stateswoman, as well as political fashion plate, Fernandez is often called The New Evita, after Argentina’s most famous First Lady, [...]

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A British Columbia man wanted by Interpol over allegations he had sexually assaulted young Asian boys was tracked down to rural Thailand and arrested early Friday, Thai police said.

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For as low as $1.5 million, you can bid to own the former Larson Air Force Base Complex 1A Titan ICBM Facility in Central Washington via eBay.
Says the seller, Bari Hotchkiss:
Two of the missile silos still have about 90 feet of rocket holding structure in them. The third has been emptied all the [...]

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In Mississippi, a plumber has been awarded more than $1.1 million in damages by a jury after suing a millionaire businessman who stole his wife.
The plumber, Johnny Valentine, filed a case of ‘alienation of affection’ against Jerry Fitch Sr., for having an affair with his wife, Sandra. Valentine’s wife had an affair with Fitch [...]

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Christina Hermoso writes in the Manila Bulletin that “forty-three Filipinos die of lung cancer everyday, making the disease the most prevalent of cancers in the country.”
The Cancer Network (C-Network), an advocacy group which works in patrnership with the Philippine Cancer Society and the Department of Health, said more than 17,000 new cases are diagnosed every [...]

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ON October 11,2006 Bing & Nora Formento visited President Joseph Estrada in his own resthouse in Tanay Rizal Philippines while he was still under house arrest. [Video link]

Bing Formento spent 15 years or so covering the police & military, initially for Manila Broadcasting Company’s DZRH Radio pioneering news and public affairs events and also the [...]

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As expected, the finale of the Estrada show is a presidential pardon from Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, only weeks after Joseph Estrada was found guilty of plunder. The pardon was granted after the popular ex-president reportedly agreed not to pursue any other elective office. Malacanang said the pardon was granted under a policy of releasing prisoners [...]

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Meet Olive Riley. She’s just celebrated her 108th birthday - making her what’s believed to be the world’s oldest blogger. She blogs at http://www.allaboutolive.com.au

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Ogie Diaz reports in People’s Journal that Rejoice Rivera of the Baywalk Bodies has attested to seeing the alleged sex video involving Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2 housemate Will Devaughn and Palmolive Palma.

Palmolive Palma, also a member of the Baywalk Bodies, was one of the so-called “Shampoo Beauties” who posed topless in a [...]

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