Seven Spanish cities hit as ETA blasts strike on constitution day
Explosions rocked Valladolid Leon Santillana del Mar Avila Ciudad Real Alicante and Malaga after anonymous calls claiming ETA involvement. Eighteen people were injured as authorities evacuated targets including a tourist booth and a coffee shop, with no fatalities reported. The incidents followed days of high alert after the Madrid train bombings and sought to pressure Spain amid national revulsion toward terrorism.
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Santillana del Mar
Avila
Ciudad Real
Alicante
Malaga
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Fires Destroy Dozen Homes Near Mattawoman Preserve
A dozen expensive homes under construction burned in a Maryland suburb of Washington near the Mattawoman Natural Environment Area. 29 other structures damaged. FBI cautioned fires may be set by environmental extremists.
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Indian Head
Washington
FBI
Mattawoman Natural Environment Area
Filipinos flee after back to back storms in Quezon province
Exhausted residents flee by helicopter or ferry from three worst hit towns in Quezon after storms killed at least 568 and left hundreds missing. Rescue ops continue as bulldozers clear mud, and aid from Washington includes troops and body bags.
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Philippines
Quezon Province
Washington
Manila
Eminem Mosh video gains extended life on MTV
The extended re edit of Eminem's anti Bush rap Mosh shifts away from voting on Nov 2 toward broader political dissent. Created by Ian Inaba for Guerrilla News Network the animation climbed MTV TRL after its Oct 25 premiere. The revised ending features Cheney’s heart attack and Eminem leading a Capitol rush during Bush's State of the Union.
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Eminem
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Ian Inaba
Guerrilla News Network
New York
Dick Cheney
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Supreme Court rules officer’s sex videos not protected by free speech
The court says a San Diego police officer using the Internet to sell nude videos while in uniform can be fired for conduct beyond speech. In a separate ruling the justices upheld a New York mask ban on protesters, rejecting an appeal by an extremist group.
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Julia Roberts plans long break from film after twins
Julia Roberts says she will only take roles that blow her away as she begins motherhood with newborn twins. She plans an extended hiatus from acting to focus on family, asserting scripts must compete with the quality of her life.
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Ukraine rivals reach deal to amend electoral laws
Ukraine political rivals reached an agreement on changes to election laws to ensure a fair rerun of the presidential vote later this month. They also discussed constitutional reforms to trim presidential powers while Kuchma agreed to overhaul the Central Election Commission amid fraud allegations.
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Turkey
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Viktor Yushchenko
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Javier Solana
Valdas Adamkus
Aleksander Kwasniewski
New bioterror trace rules to aid food contamination probes
U S health officials unveil FDA rules requiring food businesses to track origin and movement of food in order to trace tainted products after a contamination event. The move aims to improve investigations though critics warn it does not address underlying food supply vulnerabilities.
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Washington
U.S
Thompson
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McEnroe Talk Show Canceled by CNBC
Former tennis star John McEnroe loses CNBC talk show after weak ratings. The program drew about 75 000 viewers nightly and sometimes registered zero in Nielsen terms. Guests ranged from Tom Hanks to Kevin Kline and Elton John to Sting. The show will end by year’s end.
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Do They Know It's Christmas Reaches No 1 Again
The charity single featuring Chris Martin Paul McCartney Bono and Dido tops British charts as Band Aid returns to help Sudan victims amid a severe humanitarian crisis. Retail price listed at $7.70 and online firms charge $2.90. The 1984 original raised funds for Ethiopian famine victims with stars like George Michael Sting and Phil Collins.
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Paul McCartney
Bono
Dido
Sudan
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Ethiopia
George Michael
Paul Young
Sting
Boy George
Duran Duran
Phil Collins
Today’s birthdays span actors and musicians across genres
Notables born today include Eli Wallach Ellen Burstyn Gary Morris Tom Waits Priscilla Barnes Edd Hall Tim Butler C Thomas Howell Nicole Appleton Kon Artis Shiri Appleby and Aaron Carter. The list marks entertainers from film and TV to rock pop and hip hop with no dates provided.
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Ellen Burstyn
Gary Morris
Tom Waits
Priscilla Barnes
Three’s Company
Edd Hall
Tonight Show
Jay Leno
Tim Butler
Psychedelic Furs
C. Thomas Howell
Nicole Appleton
All Saints
Kon Artis
D12
Shiri Appleby
Roswell
Aaron Carter
DiCaprio's Titanic line voted cheesiest ever by Brits
A BBC survey of 2,000 British moviegoers ranked Leonardo DiCaprio's "I'm the king of the world" from Titanic as the cheesiest movie line of all time. Patrick Swayze appears multiple times with lines from Dirty Dancing and Ghost, while other entries include Andie MacDowell and Julia Roberts from Notting Hill.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
BBC
Patrick Swayze
Andie MacDowell
Swayze
Ghost
Demi Moore
Moore
Top Gun
Val Kilmer
Tom Cruise
Julia Roberts
Notting Hill
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