Controversial adultery law change
A controversial law change caused a massive surge in shares of condom makers and morning-after pills. Sudden change after decades »
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Gisele Bundchen Reveals Wedding Dress
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has given the world a rare glimpse into her wedding day, sharing a snap of herself and husband Tom Brady on Instagram to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary. In the picture, which already has more than 168,000 likes, you can see Bundchen’s sequined wedding dress with a flared, fishtail hem. It’s one of the only photos of the dress in the public domain (and one of the only photos of NFL player Brady on his wedding day, in a tonal cream-hued three piece suit).
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10 Costly Mistakes Shoppers Make at Supermarkets
You could easily save money on groceries by shopping smarter.
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Zelda Williams: 'No Point' Asking Why Robin Williams Took His Own Life
Six months after Robin Williams took his own life, his daughter Zelda is opening up about what hers is like now that he's gone.
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Kardashian family agree on $100m deal
The Kardashian family have signed a $100 million deal with E!. Matriarch and manager Kris Jenner has reportedly agreed a four-year contract extension with the network for herself and daughters Kim Kardashian West, Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and the agreement is the highest in TV history for a reality brand. A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "You'll be seeing a lot more of the Kardashian family.
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Russia's Khodorkovsky: Putin is a 'naked king' facing economic ruin
Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Thursday Vladimir Putin was a "naked king" presiding over an economy that will weaken further, eventually provoking a battle between rival clans in Moscow. "Putin with bare chest isn't a mighty leader: He is a naked king," Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man who was arrested in 2003 after falling foul of Putin only to be released in 2013, told an audience in London. Khodorkovsky, who once controlled Russia's biggest oil company, YUKOS, said the Russian economy would weaken further and that eventually its weakness would provoke a battle between the powerful clans which dominate Russia.
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Confessions of a cruise ship doctor
Being a cruise ship doctor may seem like the medical profession’s dream gig— and in a lot of ways it is.
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Couple swallowed by sinkhole
Concerns about public safety standards in South Korea have been fuelled by shocking CCTV images of a young couple being swallowed up by a sinkhole that opened at their feet on the sidewalk in Seoul.
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Drug scandal no surprise: Brown
Former Brisbane Lions skipper Jonathan Brown says he is not surprised that a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission probe has rocked sport.
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Passenger tells of horror flight
A passenger has revealed details of a flight on which he claims a fellow passenger allegedly masturbated while looking at pornography and touched a woman inappropriately.
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IS executioner 'Jihadi John' named by media
London (AFP) - "Jihadi John", the masked Islamic State militant apparently responsible for beheading Western hostages, was named on Thursday as Kuwaiti-born London computer programmer Mohammed Emwazi.
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Astronomers find giant black hole in early universe
A black hole 12 billion times as massive as the sun has been found in a glowing quasar that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age.
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Liam Gallagher brands Kanye West 'Utter S***'
Liam Gallagher has branded Kanye West "Utter S***" following a performance of his track 'All Day' at the BRIT Awards.
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UPDATE: Kiwibank cancels eftpos, debit cards after 2 ATMs hit by card skimmers
Kiwibank, the government owned lender and subsidiary of New Zealand Post, has taken urgent action and frozen some customer accounts after two of its ATMS were fitted with card skimming devices and funds were taken offshore. The Wellington-based bank was contacting 1,500 customers who used the Courtneay Place Kiwibank ATM in Wellington between Feb. 16 and Feb. 20, and its Marewa ATM in Napier between Feb 19 and Feb. 20, spokesperson Bruce Thompson said in a statement.
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Apple ordered to pay $533 million for patent infringement
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been ordered to pay $532.9 million (344.03 million pounds) after a federal jury in Texas found that its iTunes software infringed thre...
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10 states with the highest minimum wages
See where the lowest-paid workers earn the most.
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Blood on Lundy shirt queried by defence
A forensic scientist has told Mark Lundy's retrial that DNA analysis of blood particles found on his shirt matched the victims' DNA profiles.
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Indonesia's Widodo 'considering position' on death row Australians
Sydney (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday offered a glimmer of hope for two men facing imminent execution in Indonesia after phoning President Joko Widodo, who he said was "carefully considering his position".
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Fireworks 'send tiger plunging from Chinese high-rise'
Beijing (AFP) - A seven-month-old tiger fell to its death from a Chinese high-rise building, state media reported Wednesday, apparently frightened by Lunar New Year fireworks.
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North Korea renames ships to evade UN sanctions
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - North Korea has managed to evade UN sanctions targeting a key shipping company by renaming and reflagging vessels which continue to operate, a UN report said Wednesday.
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Barker 'gutted' by Team NZ's treatment
Dean Barker's been dropped as Team NZ's helmsman and the former skipper says he's "gutted" at the way he's been treated.
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