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With Expectations Low, Retailers Divulge Victory on Shaded Friday

Brick-and-mortar retailers did enough things right on Black Friday to consider the event a success, even if the crowds of past years haven’t returned. Chains simplified promotions this year and took a keener eye to managing their inventory. At Wal-Mart Stores Inc., color-coded maps helped shoppers navigate the aisles. Retailers also made headway with their…

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Dubai security chief requires bombing of Al Jazeera

A senior security official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sparked outrage after calling for the bombing of Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media network. In a series of posts of Twitter on Friday, Dubai Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan launched a scathing attack against Al Jazeera, blaming the network for a bomb and gun assault…

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Inner Paraguay’s unlawful cannabis plantations

Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay – Cowboy hats and flasks adorned with imitation jaguar and snakeskin prints dot the market of the Paraguayan border town of Pedro Juan Caballero. Cross the two-lane avenue outside and one will have entered Brazil. Not far away, one will find casinos, motels and brothels typical of a crime-ridden frontier. The…

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Is Vladimir Putin drained?

There is suddenly too much entropy in the Russian political universe. At least some people are acting as if there are no adults in the house. Political campaigns seem to start without the Kremlin’s blessing, state TV channels contradict each other in their coverage of important stories, and infighting between Kremlin factions gets into the…

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Sir Richard Branson accused of ‘motorboating’ singer’s cleavage on Necker Island

Speaking out, Ms Jenae said the alleged incident happened ‘totally out of the blue’ and that she was ‘shocked’ by it. (Picture: Facebook/Antonia Jenae)A backing singer has accused Sir Richard Branson of inappropriate behaviour – claiming he ‘put his face in her cleavage’. Antonia Jenae said she had been invited to the star’s Necker Island Caribbean home alongside music star…

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Afghan boy, 10, ‘beaten to death’ on Greece-certain boat

A 10-year-old Afghan boy has been crushed to death on board a packed boat carrying at least 65 people aiming to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, according to Greece’s news agency ANA. Scenes of panic broke out on Saturday, when the refugees saw a patrol boat from European border agency Frontex approaching their flimsy…

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Pakistan police clash with anti-blasphemy protesters

Islamabad, Pakistan – Clashes between anti-blasphemy protesters and police have left at least 174 people injured in Pakistan’s capital, hospital officials said, as demonstrators beat back a government crackdown and continued to block a major highway into the city. Thousands of riot police and paramilitary personnel on Saturday fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water…