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Knife-wielding men attack train station

Mar 1, 2014 / 8:06 am

A group of knife-wielding men attacked a train station in southwestern China on Saturday, leaving at least two people dead and 18 injured, the official Xinhua...

Russia has invaded, says Ukraine

Russia has invaded, says Ukraine

Mar 1, 2014 / 6:42 am

With files from the Canadian Press Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Saturday for permission to use the country's military in Ukraine,...

Winter-weary Americans want out

Winter-weary Americans want out

Feb 28, 2014 / 10:24 am

Shannon Frauenholtz has had it with winter. Barely able to stomach the television news with its images of snowbound cars, she heads to the tanning salon, closes...

Online escort killer convicted

Online escort killer convicted

Feb 28, 2014 / 10:21 am

Loud cheers and sobs broke the calm of the courtroom Friday as a Detroit-area man was convicted of killing four women in his basement and stuffing their bodies...

No military assistance for Ukrainian Prez

No military assistance for Ukrainian Prez

Feb 28, 2014 / 7:42 am

Making his first public appearance since fleeing Ukraine, fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych pledged Friday to fight for his country's future...

Man found alive in body bag

Man found alive in body bag

Feb 28, 2014 / 7:33 am

Workers at a U.S. funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag. Coroner Dexter Howard calls it a miracle that 78-year-old...

California braces for major storm

California braces for major storm

Feb 28, 2014 / 6:14 am

Homes were evacuated as a swift storm with expected heavy rain moved toward drought plagued Southern California, bringing worries of mudslides where recent...

Russian opposition leader's house arrest

Feb 28, 2014 / 6:07 am

A Moscow court has put Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest, forbidding him from using the Internet or communicating with anyone outside...

Australian burning mine evacuations

Australian burning mine evacuations

Feb 28, 2014 / 6:04 am

The elderly, young children and pregnant women were advised Friday to evacuate an Australian town that has been shrouded by smoke and ash from a burning coal...

382 abducted babies rescued

382 abducted babies rescued

Feb 28, 2014 / 5:59 am

Chinese police have rescued 382 abducted babies and arrested 1,094 suspects in a national operation that busted four major Internet-based baby trafficking...

15 killed in school bus crash

Feb 27, 2014 / 10:13 pm

Police say a tour bus carrying students on a field trip in eastern Thailand has crashed into a truck, killing 15 and injuring more than 30 others. Police Lt....

Venezuelan protesters take to streets

Venezuelan protesters take to streets

Feb 27, 2014 / 8:54 pm

The start of a weeklong string of holidays leading up to the March 5 anniversary of former President Hugo Chavez's death did not completely pull protesters...

Read cellphone maps & drive - it's OK

Feb 27, 2014 / 8:27 pm

Drivers in California can legally read a map on their hand-held cellphones while behind the wheel, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. The 5th District Court...

Armed men seize airport in Ukraine

Armed men seize airport in Ukraine

Feb 27, 2014 / 8:19 pm

Dozens of armed men in military uniforms seized an airport in the capital of Ukraine's strategic Crimea region early Friday, a report said. Witnesses told...

Rains bring relief to California drought

Rains bring relief to California drought

Feb 27, 2014 / 6:44 am

Badly needed rains for a state dried out by drought moved from northern to Southern California with much more expected as the week goes on, but the showers...

Car bomb kills at least 11 in Somalia

Car bomb kills at least 11 in Somalia

Feb 27, 2014 / 6:41 am

A car bomb blast Thursday in a normally quiet Somalia neighbourhood blew the facade off a tea shop where intelligence officers are known to congregate, killing...

Over 120 Anne Frank books vandalized

Over 120 Anne Frank books vandalized

Feb 27, 2014 / 6:35 am

The Israeli Embassy is donating 300 Anne Frank-related books to Tokyo public libraries to replace those that have been vandalized. Representatives from the...

North Korea fires missiles into sea

North Korea fires missiles into sea

Feb 27, 2014 / 6:30 am

North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defence officials said, in an apparent effort to protest...

Nasa finds 715 planets looking for Earth2

Nasa finds 715 planets looking for Earth2

Feb 26, 2014 / 9:21 pm

The Earth's galaxy is looking far more crowded and hospitable. NASA on Wednesday confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets outside the solar...

US warns Russia over Ukraine

US warns Russia over Ukraine

Feb 26, 2014 / 2:05 pm

The United States on Wednesday warned Russia against a military intervention in Ukraine, saying such a move would be a "grave mistake," as troops in...

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