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Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, a young college student from Florida killed himself
by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam. He broadcasted his final
hours via Justin.tv, a website which allows users to broadcast live, to other
content-sharing sites.
After it was clear that Abraham Biggs Jr. is no joking, some
users contacted the Web site to notify the police but by the time police
arrived a the scene, the young student was dead.
According to the media reports, Abraham Biggs Jr. has
suffered from bipolar disorder and he used a combination of opiates and
benzodiazepine to kill...
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London - The British government announced plans Wednesday to clamp down on prostitution involving women who are controlled by pimps or have become victims of so-called sex-slave trafficking, mainly from Eastern Europe and Asia.
Men who have sex with women trafficked or forced into prostitution would in future face prosecution as paying for sex with a woman "controlled for another's gain" would become a "strict liability offence," Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said.
This means that prosecutors would not have to prove that the men knew a prostitute was being...
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Geneva - All the delegations attended "constructive" talks on the Russia-Georgia conflict Wednesday and agreed to meet again for another round of negotiations next month, the European Union representative to the discussions said.
"We had constructive meetings of the two working groups," said Pierre Morel. As planned, the two groups, with eight delegations in total, met on security and refugee issues for about three hours each.
The first round of talks last month ended with Moscow and Tbilisi accusing each other of walking out without the two sides having sat in...
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Kiev - A right-wing Ukrainian nationalist party on Thursday accused the Kremlin of complicity in the recent hijacking by Somali pirates of a Kiev-sponsored arms shipment.
According to statement by UNA-UNSO, Ukraine's top nationalist political party, Russian secret services ordered and financed the September intercept of the MV Faina, loaded with 33 T-72 tanks and other Ukrainian weapons en route to Kenya.
Mogadishu's October recognition of the independence of the Georgian provinces South Ossetia and Abkhazia - making Somalia the only country in the world besides Russia to do so - is...
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Washington - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican ever in Congress' upper chamber, bid farewell Thursday to his colleagues following his narrow defeat in this month's election.
Stevens, 85, was up for re-election on November 4 despite being convicted a week earlier on criminal charges of hiding 250,000 dollars in gifts from an Alaska company.
Stevens has vowed to continue fighting the case, but conceded defeat to Democrat Mark Begich.
"I have really a difficult time today articulating my feelings," an emotional Stevens said. "I hope if I...
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U.S. President George W. Bush, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and...
New Delhi - Tibetan exiles ended a crucial meeting on their future in the northern Indian town of...
Kabul - US-led coalition forces killed one civilian and 14 insurgents in southern and western...
Paris - The French Socialists just spent two days voting for a new leader, and the big winner was -...
Islamabad - A suspected US pilotless aircraft on Saturday targeted a militant hideout in Pakistan's...
Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, a young college student from Florida killed himself
by taking a drug...
Wellington - New Zealand's Greens have won an extra seat after votes cast in advance of this...
The Indian navy has received formal approval from the United
Nations to track down and destroy...
Kabul - Four civilians were killed and four soldiers were injured by a suicide attack in southern...
Dili - Two years after the police and military collapsed and months of anarchy drove more than...
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