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Singer Rihanna performs during a concert as part of her tour for her latest album ''Loud'' in Nilson Nelson gymnasium in Brasilia

Rihanna's Talk The Talk release tops iTunes

Grammy-winning singer Rihanna may soon be headed to the top of the album charts after her latest record, Talk That Talk reached No. 1 on iTunes on Tuesday, one day after its release.

Alla Kamenev Killed by Ex-Husband

Man Murders Ex-Wife, Rides Away on Bicycle
A deranged 76-year-old man shot and killed his ex-wife on a Brooklyn street, than rode away on an undersized girl's bike. Video surveillance shows the suspect struggling to gain control of the bicycle just before the cold-blooded murder.
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Yemen’s president reportedly on brink of quitting

Yemen's Saleh Signs Deal to Give up Power

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he stepped down from 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that have brought the country to the edge of civil war.
Saif al-Islam is seen after his capture, in the custody of revolutionary fighters in Obari, Libya

ICC prosecutor happy for Libya to try Gaddafi son

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Wednesday he was happy for Libya to try Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam instead of sending him to the Hague, and cast doubt on whether the country's former intelligence chief had been caught.
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Hungry New Yorkers Increasing: Study

New York City Coalition Against Hunger said that 1.4 million New Yorkers do not have the necessary funds to feed themselves or their families, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Inwood Suspects Pulled Gun on Cops

A police shootout in the Inwood section of Manhattan left two men injured on Tuesday night. None of the police officers involved were injured.
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Celebrity restaurant fad takes hold in glossy Russia

Celebrity restaurants, long a fixture of New York and London, are now a confirmed Russian fad with the recent opening of a Moscow venue by a home-grown filmmaker raising the tally of eateries and bars backed by artists, actors, socialites.
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Living Wage Bill Battle Divides New York City Council

On Tuesday, a City Council committee debated the proposed living wage bill, a controversial legislation that would require companies subsidized by the city to pay employees a minimum of $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 without benefits.
The Bank of Korea, South Korea's central bank, for the second time this year, raised its holdings of gold in November as part of measures to diversify its portfolio of foreign exchange reserves. In a statement on Friday, the Bank of Korea said it purchase

Gold Rebounds Amid U.S., Eurozone Debt Crisis

Gold prices have recouped its losses as the failure of the U.S. congressional committee to reach a deal on reducing the budget deficit and the ongoing eurozone crisis brought back the bargain hunters.

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