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Valentine’s Traditions From Around The World

With Valentine’s Day coming up, it can be interesting to learn the different Valentine’s Day traditions that vary with each country. The day that honors love is celebrated in different ways around the globe.

2013/01/22

Taylor Swift Gets Silly With British TV Host Alan Carr

She talks antiques, relationships, music, and drinking in a funny interview with the “chatty” TV host. She even tries out a “naughty” alter ego.

2012/11/14

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Opinion: Romney Falls Flat In London But Still Rakes In Cash From Libor Bankers

Mitt Romney insulted Britain’s preparations for the Olympics and inspired quotes like “apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humor or sincerity” and “worse than Sarah Palin” before cashing campaign checks from bankers and lobbyists who are at the center of the Libor scandal.

2012/07/27

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History Of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Anthem

Have you ever wondered why our national anthem ends with a question — “Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

2011/07/04

UK Judge Approves Extradition Of Subway Terror Suspect

City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court says that Abid Naseer can be sent for to the U.S. to stand trial for his alleged role in a terror campaign.

2011/01/21

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London-Bound Airline Passengers Stranded In NYC

Some stranded passengers have been mulling around John F. Kennedy Airport for hours, even days, hoping to get booked on a flight back to the snow-ravaged United Kingdom.

2010/12/20

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri (AP Photo/Yemen Interior Ministry)

Mail Terror Probe Focuses On Saudi Bomb Maker

Saudi Arabian Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, who is also suspected of building the failed “underwear bomb” on Christmas Day, is thought to be behind the latest cargo plane plot by U.S. officials.

2010/11/01