Anglogold strikers return to work

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 10:31 ETStriking miners at two South African Anglogold Ashanti pits have agreed to return to work as tensions across the country’s mineral sector ease. affiliate marketing Hundreds of miners have been holding underground sit-ins...

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Brazil’s ‘pop-star priest’ gets mammoth new stage

affiliate marketing SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil‘s “pop-star priest” is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus of faithful from the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America’s biggest nation.Brazil still has more Catholics than any other country in the world, with...

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“Breaking Bad” to get the “MythBusters” treatment

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Finally, the world might find out if it’s truly a bad idea to dissolve a body with hydrofluoric acid in a bathtub.Discovery Channel‘s reality show “MythBusters” – which re-enacts scenarios from movies, TV and urban legend to test their accuracy with scientific methodology – is filming a...

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Barnes & Noble Drops Price of Nook Color and Tablet

affiliate marketing In what is surely a response to the release of its Nook HD and HD+, Barnes & Noble announced Saturday it will lower the price of its Nook Color and Nook tablets beginning Sunday.[More from Mashable: Barnes & Noble PIN Pads Hacked at Stores Nationwide] affiliate marketing The...

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Nurses Who Saved NICU Babies Remember Harrowing Hurricane Night

affiliate marketing Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...

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Anthony Scianna’s Storybook Ending

affiliate marketing Francesco Nazardo for Bloomberg BusinessweekA typical Friday night at FairyTail LoungeTo enter the FairyTail Lounge, a one-year-old New York nightclub opened by three former commodities traders, guests pass through a sparkle-splattered door into a small room so shimmery it looks like it was painted by Tinker Bell....

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Syria army quits base on strategic Aleppo road

affiliate marketing BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital.But in a political setback to forces battling to topple President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations said...

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Chuck Lorre slams Romney, GOP with “Big Bang Theory” vanity card

affiliate marketing (Please note profanity in second-to-last paragraph))LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – That Chuck Lorre – what a card. affiliate marketing No, seriously; what a card.The “Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men” honcho – who’s used the vanity cards at the end of his...

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‘We’re Apple, And You’re Suckers,’ Says iPad Mini Parody Ad

affiliate marketing The new iPad mini was released Friday, and Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t seem very enthusiastic about it.[More from Mashable: The Top 250 Movies of All Time in Less Than 3 Minutes [VIDEO]] affiliate marketing In a parody iPad mini commercial that aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live...

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Amsterdam struggles to evade ban on dope-smoking tourists

affiliate marketing AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The mayor of Amsterdam may be unable to deliver on his promise to scrap the ban on tourists visiting the city’s marijuana-selling coffee shops, the Dutch justice ministry said on Friday.Dope smokers were relieved this week when mayor Eberhard van der Laan said the coffee shops would remain open...

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