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Amanda Knox will defend herself in an Italian court against a 16-year-old slander charge
Amanda Knox will be back in an Italian courtroom this week to defend herself against a 16-year-old slander conviction that she hopes to beat once and for all. The slander conviction for accusing a Congolese bar owner in the murder is the only charge against Knox that withstood five court rulings that ultimately cleared her in the brutal murder of her roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, in the apartment they shared in the idyllic central Italian university town of Perugia. A verdict in the
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New private college in Yellowknife says it will help the North — but its critics aren't sold
A new Yellowknife-based private college that's promising "transformational learning" for northerners has run into some roadblocks to accreditation, and critics say it's not clear what kind of programming it's offering or to whom.The N.W.T. government formally rejected the College of Northern Canada's application to offer diplomas in global tourism management and global logistics, according to Chehrazade Aboukinane, the college's president. The college is still operating and offering non-accredit
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A funeral home worker found a woman breathing 2 hours after she was declared dead, official says
A 74-year-old Nebraska woman who had been pronounced deceased was found breathing as she was placed on a table at a funeral home, a sheriff’s official says.
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She's the world's most expensive cow, and part of Brazil's plan to put beef on everyone's plate
Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, according to Guinness World Records. Along a highway through Brazil’s heartland, Viatina-19’s owners have put up two billboards praising her grandeur and beckoning ranchers, curious locals and busloads of veterinary students to make pilgrimages to see the supercow.
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Lyle Menendez, who shotgunned parents to death with brother, plans for life after prison amid new appeal
Convicted killer Lyle Menendez reveals his plans for freedom in jailhouse call to packed auditorium despite a life sentence for the murder of his parents.
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China will take the mantle of world superpower from the United States – if Russia wins in Ukraine
For seven days The Telegraph is running a series of exclusive essays from international commentators imagining the consequences if Russia were successful in its war. The full list of essays so far can be found below.
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Judge rejects call to immediately shut down Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy dispute
After a weekend in which conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that his media company faced an imminent shutdown by the federal government because of his bankruptcy cases, a judge on Monday allowed Jones to keep operating for the next two weeks while it is decided whether his assets should be liquidated. Both Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy reorganization after he lost two lawsuits and was ordered to pay $1.5 billion to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hoo
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