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School librarian finds Blake poem as fake

London, Jun 20: A school librarian has discovered that a poem widely attributed to William Blake, including in school reading lists, was not really written by him.

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Women post breast pics online after Oz PM Julia Gillard gets criticized for showing cleavage

New York, Jun 20: Hundreds of women were motivated to protest by posting pictures of their breasts online, after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was criticized for showing cleavage.

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Salman Khurshid meets Prime Minister of Iraq in Baghdad

Baghdad, Jun 20: The visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid met Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al Maliki in Baghdad on Thursday.

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UNESCO adds 6 Syrian sites in List of World Heritage in Danger

Beijing, Jun 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The World Heritage Committee has decided to place the six World Heritage sites in Syria on the List of World Heritage in Danger so as to draw attention to the risks they are facing because of the situation in the country, according to a UNESCO’s press statement on Thursday.

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Hollywood celebs declare ‘I am Bradley Manning’ in support of ‘Wikileaker’

Washington, Jun 20: Hollywood actors, comedians and writers have released a video lauding confessed Wikileaks leaker Bradley E.

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Chinese tycoon to buy British firm making James Bond yachts

London, Jun 20: A Chinese billionaire is buying a UK company that makes James Bond’s yachts for 320 million pounds.

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Brit Muslim accused of war crimes in Bangladesh ‘willing to clear name’ in fair trial

London, Jun 20: A British Muslim leader from London indicted in Bangladesh for war crimes has said he is willing to face a fair trial to clear his name.

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High levels of radioactive Strontium found at Fukushima groundwater

Tokyo, Jun 20: High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.

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U.S. moves to calm Karzai’s anger over Taliban peace talks plan

London, Jun 20: The United States is trying to save a plan to open peace talks with the Taliban amid a diplomatic row between Washington and the Afghan President Hamid Karzai over how the process was announced.

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