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The in absentia trial over the Israeli ex-commanders' 2010 deadly storming of a Turkish ship threatens to deepen a growing rift between the two allies

Financial Times: Allied Irish targets former executives

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:14 AM PST

The lender, which required a €20bn state rescue, asks ex-directors to forgo part of pensions amid growing public anger at the scale of payouts to bankers

Aljazeera: Putin fires Russian defence minister

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:19 AM PST

The president replaces Anatoly Serdyukov with loyal ally Sergei Shoigu, a former emergencies minister.

Aljazeera: New York launches price-gouging probe

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 07:26 AM PST

Attorney General Schneiderman says his office has 'zero tolerance' for companies that prey on victims of Sandy.

Aljazeera: S Africa issues new Mandela bank notes

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 08:40 AM PST

The new notes feature the anti-apartheid icon, who spent 27 years in jail for his opposition to white-minority rule.

Huffington Post: Soslan Tigiev, Olympic Wrestler, Stripped Of Bronze Medal From London Games: REPORT

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:30 AM PST

-- An Olympic wrestler from Uzbekistan has been stripped of his bronze medal from the London Games because of a positive doping test, officials familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Two officials with knowledge of the decision said the International Olympic Committee disqualified Soslan Tigiev, a freestyle wrestler who won bronze in the 74-kilogram class.

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Huffington Post: San Francisco 49ers Winning Formula Is Dominant Defense, Plus More Dominant Defense

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:34 AM PST

The San Francisco 49ers are a storied franchise, owners of five Super Bowl titles -- a team once constructed on the innovative West Coast offense designed by offensive guru Bill Walsh. Joe Montana, Steve Young and Jerry Rice made the franchise famous for its fast-striking, super scoring ability, which shattered league records across the board. But times have changed, and the team hasn't captured a title since 1994.

The 2010s represent a new era for the 49ers: Alex Smith isn't Joe Montana, and Michael Crabtree isn't Jerry Rice. But with a dominant defense and a gruesome ball-controlling offense, the Lombardi Trophy is once again coming seemingly within reach.

At the core of the defense is four-time All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis, who has helped transform the team from the middle of the NFC pack to league stalwart. Still just 27 years old, Willis feels the vital component to his team's stout defensive attack is togetherness.

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Huffington Post: Vive Le Castle: 'A Middle-Class Interloper Spends An Evening Hobnobbing With Billionaire'

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:36 AM PST

In the spring of 2011, my wife and I were invited to attend a fundraiser for a well-known European castle. We hadn't donated any money to the group ourselves—we didn't even know that castles had fundraisers. But a well to do colleague had given some money—a lot of money, really—and he was unable to attend this very intimate dinner for the big donors. So he sent us in his place. The benefit was attended by about only about 25 people, among them various aristocrats, patrons of the arts, billionaires and us: a middle class couple from suburban New Jersey. It was, for lack of a better term, bananas.

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