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Twitter Website Could Be Worth $1 Billion

Despite earning little revenue so far, more than half a dozen investors are ready to pump $99 million into the Californian dotcom darling, the Financial Times reports. The figure is nearly threes times the amount of funding secured in February, when the company bagged $35 million, quadrupling its value. The …

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Former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic to be Released From Prison

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal announced Tuesday it has approved the early release from prison of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic after she served two-thirds of her 11-year sentence for persecution. The decision means that one of the most senior political leaders ever convicted by …

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Southern California Wildfire Is 77 Percent Contained but Grows in Size

LOS ANGELES – Containment of the 17-day-old wildfire burning in Southern California’s Angeles National Forest increased Friday to 77 percent. The size of the fire also was raised slightly to 160,557 acres, or just over 250 square miles. The fire has been quiet, but burnout operations on the flanks of …

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