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At least 160 people were confirmed dead in an Air India Express plane crash in southern India early today, officials said. More story and photos from mangalorean.com – Air India Express from Dubai crashes at Mangalore Airport

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I was recently asked to name the two biggest blogging mistakes I made when I first started. While I’ve made a ton of mistakes, I feel that the following two really stood out. Hopefully, you will avoid them when you start your blogging journey.

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Don’t trust free products or giveaways. IBM has been left with egg on its face after it distributed virus-laden USB keys to attendees at Australia’s biggest computer security conference. Security conference, IBM security product preview and free virus. It’s a rotten day for IBM and the delegates.

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Tension is brewing on the Korean peninsula. North Korea declared it would cut all ties with South Korea in response to its blaming of the communist country for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, as tensions on the divided peninsula spiked to their highest level in a decade.

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An appliance retailer who was once China’s richest businessman was sentenced to 14 years for insider trading and other crimes Tuesday, the latest in a series of Chinese tycoons jailed for financial offenses. Huang Guangyu built Gome Electronics into China’s biggest appliance retailer and was estimated in 2008 to be worth $6.3 billion. His abrupt fall reflected the uncertain status of entrepreneurs in China, where an economic boom has created dozens of billionaires but complaints of misconduct are widespread.

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Julio Aparicio, one of Spain’s most famous matadors, was gored in the throat today during a bullfight. The horrific injury has left him in critical condition: “[The horn] went though the tongue and penetrated the roof of the mouth, fracturing the jawbone,” one of the medics who worked on Aparicio told AFP news in Madrid. Don’t blame the bull.

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You work hard to build your blog through traffic and content strategies, but are you working equally as hard at converting readers into paying customers? As Darren demonstrated during his week-long, $72,000 ebook launch, having your own product available for sale can help you generate an impressive revenue stream.

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