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Pro-Pussy Riot Festival Goes Ahead
Despite official pressure to cancel it, a music festival took place in St. Petersburg in support of the jailed band Pussy Riot. According to Olga Kurnosova, city officials attempted to force her to stop the show and fire-fighters had threatened to close down the venue claiming safety violations. The festival was attended by around 1,000
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Mystery Remains Over Ronaldo’s Sadness
Karim Benzema, forward at Real Madrid, says that he has seen no evidence of Cristiano Ronaldo’s supposed sadness. During a press conference Benzema said that he didn’t know why Ronaldo “has been feeling sad … I haven’t seen him unhappy. We have a great relationship and I didn’t see him any different last week than
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October Launch for Wikipad Gaming Tablet
GameStop has announced that its Wikipad gaming tablet will go on sale this October. The tablet has been developed in a collaborative effort between GameStop and Wikipad. It is said to be fairly similar to Archos’ GamePad tablet but instead its buttons are in the form of a dock attachment rather than as a permanent
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An Apple Today Keeps Wall Street at Bay
It’s not Woodstock, an Abba reunion or Keith Richards becoming a vegetarian. Later today, the city that once gave us images of a girl with “flowers in her hair” will host Apple’s expected unveiling of the new iPhone 5. The one day geek fest will be streamed live and watched by gadget lovers and Wall
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