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- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Islamic State's driving force
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 09:58 PMThe shadowy leader behind stunning rise of the Islamic State
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nato 'unprepared for Russia threat'
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 08:52 PMNato is poorly prepared for an attack on a member state by Russia, a group of MPs warns in a report.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Five lesser-known things
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 08:03 PMThe secret button on prosthetic legs and other facts
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - American Vogue's first black cover girl
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:57 PMUS Vogue's first African American cover girl 40 years on
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Glazers in £88.7m Man Utd share sale
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:16 PMManchester United's US owners will pocket about $150 million by selling more of their shares in the club on the New York Stock Exchange.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: The challenge of tackling Ebola
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 06:50 PMScientists have been aware of Ebola since the mid-1970s, but so far no vaccine or cure has been developed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Offer rejected' on Argentine debt
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 06:17 PMArgentina's Economy Minister Axel Kicillof says his offer to "hold out" investors has been rejected as a debt default deadline approaches.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US bridge to get anti-suicide fence
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 04:53 PMA major span between New York City and New Jersey will be getting safety fence designed to prevent suicides, after an increase in deaths this year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tor attack may have unmasked users
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 04:16 PMUsers of the "dark net" service Tor who visited hidden websites may have had their identities revealed by a five-month long cyber-attack.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rutherford wins Commonwealth gold
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 03:29 PMEngland's Greg Rutherford wins Commonwealth long jump gold to add to the Olympic title he won in London in 2012.
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- Your solo dining experiences
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:07 PMYour experiences of going out for meals on your own
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: The mysterious woman walking across the US
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:30 PMThe figure clad in black, walking across the US
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Las Patronas: The Mexican women helping migrants
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 08:05 PMThe Mexican women helping migrants survive their perilous journey
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The perils of the Streisand effect
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:51 PMJust what are the dangers of the Streisand effect?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broken robots 'learn to keep going'
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:08 PMEngineers take a step towards having machines that can operate even when they are damaged by developing a robot that can teach itself to walk, even with a broken leg.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Up to 100 firefighters at manor blaze
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 06:06 PMUp to 100 firefighters are tackling a fire at a former home of the Cadbury family in Birmingham.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Drug-resistant malaria 'widespread'
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 05:28 PMDrug-resistant malaria is spreading in South East Asia, and has now reached the Cambodia-Thailand border, according to a study.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legia Warsaw 4-1 Celtic
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 04:39 PMRonny Deila suffers a nightmare first loss as Celtic boss with a 4-1 loss to Legia Warsaw in the Champions League qualifiers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Anger mounts as Gaza toll rises
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 03:52 PMThe US and UN condemn the shelling of a UN school housing civilians in Gaza, as Israeli attacks take the day's death toll past 100.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - G7 says Russia faces more sanctions
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 03:06 PMThe G7 group of economic powers warns President Putin of further sanctions after Russia called new US and EU penalties "destructive and short-sighted".
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- Can one bad blog blight a business?
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:07 PMHow can firms defend themselves against irate reviews?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Samsung profit hit by phone slowdown
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 08:53 PMProfits at Samsung Electronics fall 20% in the second quarter, hurt mainly by a slowdown in smartphone sales and a strong Korean currency.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Succession planning in Taiwan
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 04:53 PMThe tricky business of succession planning in Taiwanese companies
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Tape measure test' call on diabetes
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:32 PMPeople are being urged to take out the tape measure to assess their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tags to monitor alcohol consumption
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 07:06 PMOffenders convicted of alcohol-related crimes will have to wear ankle tags to monitor whether they are still drinking, under a new pilot scheme.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kylie to headline Games closing show
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 03:56 PMKylie Minogue will perform at the closing ceremony of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, organisers confirm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flying axe near-miss on US motorway
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 05:46 PMA US vehicle passenger is "shaken up" after an axe flew off the back of a lorry on a motorway and crashed midway through a windshield, police say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Sun bracelet measures UV exposure
Tuesday - 07/29/2014 - 07:01 PMThe BBC's Dougal Shaw tests out a digital bracelet designed to help people avoid getting too much sun exposure.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ebola: Liberia shuts all schools
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 03:58 PMLiberia's government announced it is closing down all schools across the country and deploying troops to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broody octopus keeps four-year vigil
Wednesday - 07/30/2014 - 02:01 PMA deep-sea octopus has been observed nursing her eggs for more than four years - the longest brooding time seen in any animal.
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