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Friday, July 01, 2011

Trafficked to UK aged 5, kept as a slave for a decade and beaten every day: Teen breaks silence over harrowing upbringing among family she believed was her own

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Trafficked to UK aged 5, kept as a slave for a decade and beaten every day: Teen breaks silence over harrowing upbringing among family she believed was her own

THIS STORY IS A MUST-READ. SLAVERY IS ALIVE AND THRIVING.

Two weeks ago the horrific story of a girl who was trafficked to Britain for a life of domestic slavery at the age of five came to light.
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Planes Make Rain That Wets Airport Terrain
Airplanes flying through super-cooled clouds around airports can cause condensation that results in more snow and rain nearby.
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Rapist masturbated in court while victim gave evidence
A "serial offender" has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. It also emerged that Przemyslaw Jakubowski had masturbated in court while the 30-year-old victim of his attack gave evidence.
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Couple run down by own car recovering
An elderly San Diego couple is recovering after they were run over by their own car.
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Chess Champ Stripped of Titles for 'Performance-Enhancement'
Once more, a champ becomes a chump -- discovered juicing his sporting ability with a performance-enhancing drug.
Only this time, the guilty party isn't even human ...
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Baboon on the Loose in NJ
Police have received reports of monkey business on the side of an interstate and one woman’s back porch
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UnHappy Meal leads to lawsuit
An Edmonton-area man is suing McDonald's for $150,000 after alleging an insect in his salad led to him violently vomit and hurt his back so badly he can no longer work.
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Surgeons battling to save patient who had heart attack during surgery told 'dial 999 if you need a crash team'
Hospital surgeons battling to save the life of a patient whose heart stopped during an operation were told to dial 999 - because they were unaware their back-up team had been axed.
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India: Rajasthan in 'cars for sterilisation' drive
Health officials in the Indian state of Rajasthan are launching a new campaign to try reduce the high population growth in the area.
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Body 'unseen in Massachusetts swimming pool for days'
Authorities in the US state of Massachusetts are trying to find out how a body lay unnoticed in a swimming pool for more than two days as the public continued to use the facility.
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Wallet obsolete in four year
The old-fashioned wallet will be obsolete in the US within four years, an electronic payments company has claimed.
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Woman says french fries were served with blood on them at Texas Cracker Barrel restaurant
A Cracker Barrel in Texas apologized after it served a woman french fries with blood on them.
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Bananaphobia: The woman who was so terrified of the fruit she couldn't eat one for 20 years
Her fear became so bad that she couldn't bear to be in the same room as the fruit and felt sick if she smelled one.
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Mother-in-law email part 2: Father of bride-to-be calls Carolyn Bourne "snotty Miss Fancy Pants"
The father of the woman whose manners were torn apart by her fiancee's mother has entered the fray.
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Pepsi's new advert steals Santa from Coca-Cola as cola wars hot up
PepsiCo has taken great delight in recruiting Santa Claus, Coca-Cola's unofficial symbol for more than eight decades, for its latest U.S. advertising campaign.
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Sex doll makers invent dentist-bot
Sex doll makers have invented a brilliant human lookalike robot that can open its mouth, cough, sneeze and talk for young dentists to train on.
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No Road, No Sex, Women Tell Town; Men Respond with Hunger Strike

“The Legs Crossed Strike,” a pact that they will not have sex with the town’s men until they start construction on a new road.

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$100 million savings receipt left in ATM
Leaving your ATM receipt at a bank at 10:41 p.m. isn't exactly the smartest way to protect your account information, which is something you'd think a smart money manager would already know.
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Mark Halperin of Time calls President Obama a 'd---' on 'Morning Joe,' suspended by MSNBC
The political analyst and editor-at-large for Time magazine referred to President Obama as a part of the male anatomy live on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday, resulting in his indefinite suspension from the network.
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