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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe, reportedly to meet President Mugabe and dissident opposition members.

Venus Williams captures her fifth Wimbledon title by beating her sister Serena 7-5 6-4 in a high-quality final.

The agent of Top Gear host James May denies the star is seeking the same salary as Jeremy Clarkson.

The parents of Shakilus Townsend, London's latest teenage knife death victim, thank a woman who tried to save him.

A man is arrested in connection with the murder of two French students who were stabbed and burned in a flat in London.

The four members of Abba reunite in public for the first time in three years at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia.

Lewis Hamilton only qualifies fourth fastest for the British GP as his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen grabs pole position.

Violent clashes between guards and inmates at a Syrian jail have resulted in many deaths, a human rights group says.

How Barack Obama and John McCain have changed tack

A note in which the Queen Mother asked her aide to pack gin and Dubonnet has sold for Β£16,000 in an unique auction of royal memorablia.

The music festival that lives alongside a wildlife park

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is in Baghdad to launch a new peace initiative between opposing Iraqi factions.

Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage freed in Colombia this week, checks into a French hospital for medical checks.

Iran says its stance on its nuclear programme is "not changed", hinting it is not ready to compromise over an EU offer.

The Conservatives are in "disarray" after the resignation of London deputy mayor Ray Lewis, Labour says.

A man is arrested after tearing the head off an Adolf Hitler figure, as a new Madame Tussauds branch opens in Berlin.

Alejandro Valverde wins the opening stage of the 2008 Tour de France from Brest to Plumelec

A man and a woman are arrested over the death of a 10-week old baby boy at a house in Dorset.

A 12-year-old boy dies after his mini-motorcycle collided with a car in the Clackmannanshire area on Friday.

Labour delays selection of a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the leading contender failed to turn up.

Hi, I have a small band project going and need an audio mixer to plug into the computer. I'm thinking of buying one used, there's a "Kelsey pro 2-3 series 16 track mixing board" available on Kijiji for $100. Would that be a good buy? What sort of things should I stay away from? I'm spending around 100-200 dollars for one. Thanks!

Will I lose all of the video's I can't earn money off of and that have music in it that I don't own? Or will they remain and I make money off of just the one's that are unique? I'm interested in monetising but I don't want to draw YouTube's attention to my video's that contain third-party content such as music.

I'm a 15 year old girl. 5'5 - 145 pounds and a vegetarian. If I do at least 20 minutes of cardio almost everyday, have no junk food except every once in a while, only drink water and have fruits and veggies everyday, and have a 1500 calorie intake everyday. How many pounds do you think i'll lose by June? Also, do you guys have any other tips that can help me lose more weight?

You know how some songs sample other songs in the song. A lot of times the sampling doesn't work or completely misses the point. What do you think is the worst case of sampling in music of all time? This is my choice: Kanye West - Power http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOshf_FeG6c Kanye, you suck Can't you write your own music. Man and you really can't rap. 21st Century Schizoid Man. BQ: Do you also agree with me that Kanye sucks? BQ2: King Crimson: yay or nay?

Okay was at church tonight. My youth leader came up to me and asked to come with him for a chat. We went into a little room and another youth leader followed along with one of my mates and my ex. They all sat down as well as I did and my mate spoke of last sunday when we were at the church and I hurt her by accident when I was trying to get her to come see something. Then she spoke of how she and my ex laughed after she said "no" to me when I asked her if she wanted to hang out this week. She then spoke of an arguement we had that night (me and my ex) because the main reason was she had been angry at me all day and had given me no explanation so I wanted to know why. She explained how she didn't like how I had brought her into the arguement. I said how I had apologised for that tho. My ex then butted in and said that I had told her to go and kill herself and had tried to strangle her befor, pushed her against a wall and have made her brother so scared of me its unbelieveable. I never even got to put my point across about how I felt befor my youth leader said I should apologise then told me to pray for them both which I had no problem with. However, I have never once tried to strangle my ex, I've never told her to go kill herself and as far as me and her brother getting along I had already sat for ages that night and had a conversation with him even tho he is aparently afraid of me :/ Is it fair that I never got to put my side of the story across and was made to apologise... Also what should I do now. Cause frankly I feel like not even going back there :/

i know ppl online have no lives and belittle others for self confidence but come on people! just cuz i dont like posting my music on youtube and would rather make moves underground like real artists do with mixtapes instead of videos doesnt make my music suck. just cuz i agree with someone else why hate me? hate yourself. #killyoself

Charles Robert "Charlie" Christopher Scott "Christopher" Evan Gabriel "Evan" Nicholas David "Nicholas" Thomas Joel "Thomas" Which one do you like better and why? The names in quotations are the names i would call him. Thank you :)

So, I'm pregnant. Its going to be a boy named Owen. I'm 29 weeks pregnant and I have some questions about parenting. 1st off, how long do I breastfeed? I have been wondering for a while now and I have no idea. This will be my first child and I don't want to screw crap up. I don't no how long I was breastfed and neither dose my hubby. Like, a year? 6 months? 18 months? Help. Next, should I have sex? I had sex once when I was pregnant but I had no real signs then. My husband wants to fuck me and I want him to. (I'm 23) but I don't know if that's good for the baby, like if the condom fails. We make out on the couch half naked a lot but no intercourse. Are my nipples supposed to hurt? I don't no. I'm clueless about parenting. I let my husband suck them cause I thought they'd feel better but not really. I need help guys! I don't want mean answers and advise with an answer to ALL my questions would be good too!

First of all, I would like to get things straight. I am not a shallow person! I honestly think I'm a nice person but whenever these weird/creepy guys I don't know talk to me and compliment me, I get so uncomfortable and I try to be as polite as possible. But seriously, it seems like only ugly weird guys are attracted to me. Again, I'm not trying to sound shallow or anything, but I'm not going to pursue a relationship with someone I don't find attractive and who I'm not compatible with. This one time, I was at the library and this guy started checking me out and was like, "Aye baby, you's a cutie." I said thanks and walked away as fast as I could! I mean, it's flattering and all, but it makes me feel so uncomfortable and violated. Plus, I'm a pretty shy person so it makes me feel really awkward and I wouldn't know what to say if one of them tried to ask me out or something. So, my question is, why do only these types of guys show interest in me and not normal, good looking guys? Not to sound vain, but I think I'm at least above average looking and I'm nice to everyone. Thanks for reading and if you could give me tips on how to find the "right" guy, it would be greatly appreciated.

I'm 18, 119.6, 5'2". Im so bloated by 3:00. Why? Why am I always bloated in the evening? How not to be bloated!? In the morning I'm not bloated at all. I look slim. But when 3:00 rolls around. I'm super bloated. Everyday. By 3:00 all I have ate and drank would be similar to the following: Cereal (cornflakes little bit of sugar on it) Milk from my cereal Chocolate milk Small bowl of chili with a PB sandwich. Some crackers. Not alot though. That's it. So why am I bloated?

I mean people can even talk about you behind your back and conspire to cover it up and you never hear a word of it; yet they tell you are great to your face. Finding employment consists 15% of skills and 85% of being able to convince people to hire you and keep you, which means that in order to be able to provide for yourself and stay alive you need adequate social skills. If I am not mistaken, the whole point of A is that you are impaired in social interactions, and other things like poverty and depression are secondary (symptoms) of that. If nobody likes you and you have nobody to stand up for you or protect you from people who don't like you and don't accept you (which is the majority), are you living your entire life at the mercy of other people, hoping they will be good to you, and you are left feeling like an animal, a little below them?

can someone tell me how to do it?

Yesterday I went to the doctor and they said my cervix were at 80% and I have no idea if my plug came out. I'm confused because they said it could also be a lot of discharge but I'm unsure

I'm doing a little presentation about the articulation (human joints) but I got confused with these two things. Can someone actually describe how these two are different ...?

(18+12)x4 -13+42-28\-26

I can't figure out how to solve this problem. (By the way, I looked in the back of my book, and I know what the answer should be. I just don't exactly know how to get the answer....) I'm given the zeros: i, -3i, 3i Here's how far I got... I know that if I have an "i" for a zero, I also have a "-i" So, correct me if I'm wrong, but the zeros are (x+i)(x-i)(x+3i)(x-3i) ...Right? So then I took the (x+i)(x-i) and foiled them out. I then got: (x^2 + i) Is that right? Then I foiled out the (x + 3i)(x - 3i). I got --> (x^2 + 9) though I'm not sure if that's right... After that i tried foiling out the (x^2 + 9) (x^2 + i) But I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. The answer is "x^4 + 10x^2 + 9" But I keep getting "x^4 -9x^2 + (i)x^2 - 9" It's really frustrating Can any of you help me by going through the problem and showing me how to get the right answer? Or if you can just tell me what I'm doing wrong that would be great. Thanks I will choose Best Answer by the way!

It is supposed to ship the things I bought in 5-7 days will it really?

i can log into my account, but i can't change my password, my profile picture or any of my settings. what should i do?