| Putin rebuffs Obama as Ukraine crisis escalates
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 President Vladimir Putin rebuffed a warning from U.S. President Barack Obama over Moscow's military intervention in Crimea, saying on Friday that Russia could not ignore calls for help from Russian speakers in Ukraine.
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| Pistorius' ex-girlfriend weeps as she tells court of Reeva Steenkamp betrayal
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 Oscar Pistorius' ex-girlfriend wept in court this morning as she told how he cheated on her twice, the second time with Reeva Steenkamp, whom he's accused of murdering on Valentine's Day last year. Samantha Taylor, who started going out with the Olympic sprinter when she was 17 in 2011, said he never went anywhere without his gun and always had a mobile phone with him, even in bed and in the ...
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| PJ on Putin's Crimea For Help
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 Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Paris and Kiev, an RT-America anchor quits on air, and what about Russia's 90,000 Chinese in its far east?
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| Manchester United manager David Moyes pledges to 'compensate' fans
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 David Moyes has appealed to Manchester United season ticket-holders to stand by the team as he acknowledged that his troubled first season in charge has fallen some way short of expectations. In an extraordinary admission, Moyes conceded that he had not anticipated the job of succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson being quite as difficult as it has proved, with United seventh in the Barclays Premier ...
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| Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung jailed for six years over money laundering
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 Carson Yeung, the owner of Birmingham City, has been sentenced to six years in prison for laundering HK$720 million (about £55.5 million). The former hairdresser and businessman was sentenced today in Hong Kong after being found guilty on Monday. The convictions are unrelated to Birmingham, the club that the 54-year-old bought in 2009 for £81.5 million. Yeung cut ties with the Midlands club at ...
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| Jack Wilshere 'very down' over latest injury blow, Arsene Wenger reveals
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 Arsene Wenger today excused Roy Hodgson of any culpability in the foot injury that has left Jack Wilshere battling to be fit for the World Cup. The England midfielder played on after sustaining the injury in a challenge with Daniel Agger in Wednesday's friendly international against Denmark, but later had a broken left foot diagnosed, which will keep him out for six weeks. Wilshere's initial ...
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| @Work Advice: Is older ex-cousin a patron or a potential predator?
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 Reader: I am a 24-year-old female college grad trying to break into an extremely insular field. At a recent family funeral, I met an older cousin's ex-husband who, it turns out, is good friends with someone in the field. He offered to put some feelers out on my behalf and see what he could do to help give me a leg up.
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