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Your support makes all the difference.Twitter users are sharing last minute gift ideas with their followers on the morning of December 14.
"#lastminutegift" is currently in first place on Twitter's trending topics, promoted by America's AT&T.
"#textyougetfromastalker" is in second place, "#inhighschool" moves down one place to third position and "#gtop" is new in fifth place.
American diplomat Richard "Holbrooke" died on December 13 and Twitter users are tweeting their condolences.
"Holbrooke's last words to his Pakistani surgeon before sedation: 'You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan,'" "RIP Richard Holbrooke. Thanks for a lifetime of working so hard to make the world a better place! You have done so much good in the world!" and "I'm more inclined to grieve for victims of Indonesian genocide in East Timor than Richard Holbrooke, who armed & supported that genocide" tweet microbloggers.
Microbloggers are posting their thoughts about the "Vizconde" Massacre after six of the accused murderers were acquitted on December 14.
The name of American Major League Baseball player Roy "Oswalt" is in seventh place. The name of Philadelphia Phillies team members Cole "Hamels" and Roy "Halladay" and the shortened name of their team, "Phils," are also trending in eighth, ninth and tenth places.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on December 14 at 7:30 AM GMT are:
- #lastminutegift (promoted)
- #textyougetfromastalker (new)
- #inhighschool (-1)
- Holbrooke (new)
- #gtop (new)
- Vizconde (new)
- Oswalt (new)
- Hamels (new)
- Halladay (new)
- Phils (new)
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