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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Bressie, an ex-KGB agent, and butter had people talking today.

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21/01/2016. Demolition of Building on Dawson Stree Demolition of a dated 1970s office and retail building at the junction of Dawson Street and Molesworth Street in Dublin city centre. Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

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Bolivia Morales An Aymara man holding a flag is silhouetted against an early morning sky as he waits for the arrival of Bolivia's President Evo Morales at an event in Bolivia. Associated Press Associated Press

#DENMARK: Refugees’ possessions will be taken to pay for their stay.

#ITALY: A group of senators proposed prison terms for couples who used overseas surrogate mothers.

#NORTH KOREA: A woman who defected 16 years ago returned.

#SOMALIA: Gunman attacked a popular beachfront resort. [BBC News]

#UNITED KINGDOM: A public inquiry found that Russian president Vladimir Putin ‘probably approved’ the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.

#UNITED STATES: The East Coast is braced for a winter storm. [The New York Times]

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:29 AM

    Taylor Swift doesn’t write all her own music?thats put me right of what is probably the best body in the business.
    Swifty,call me.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:42 AM

    she is heavily involved in her song creation in fairness to her

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    Oct 11th 2015, 11:26 AM

    @Arthur – Oh Please!

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:22 AM

    Aoife, sorry for being overly sensitive, but why is it so note worthy that one of the presenters on The Great British Bake Off is gay? This is by no means a factor in the show or ever commented upon and that kind of journalism marginalise people. Put it into context, would you say one of them being straight?

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:25 AM

    That’s a quote from the guardian

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    Oct 11th 2015, 12:18 PM

    Hi! This is an excerpt from The Guardian article to illustrate what the article content is like.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:42 AM

    Taylor writes/cowrites all of her own songs.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:54 AM

    Did you not see where I wrote All. That’s only for starters. It’s a Sunday morning everyone relax

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    Oct 11th 2015, 10:59 AM

    Well, if you read the article and aren’t naive, you’ll understand that that’s not accurate.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 11:13 AM

    Are you saying she writes every word of every song she has ever produced.

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    Oct 11th 2015, 1:14 PM

    in fairness they’re pretty shit so wouldn’t be too hard :-)

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    Oct 11th 2015, 2:04 PM

    Glen your talking about Arthur’s girlfriend there

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    Oct 11th 2015, 3:21 PM

    So basically all the hits from America are from a Stock, Aik and Waterman type situation. Why do these “artists” accept music awards? It’s all fake!!

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