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Tornado rips eastern Bangladesh

Mar 23, 2013 / 7:17 am

A tornado that ripped through 20 villages in eastern Bangladesh has killed 20 people and injured 200, a government official said Saturday. Initial reports said...

Al-Qaida-linked warlord killed in combat

Mar 23, 2013 / 7:13 am

The al-Qaida-linked North African warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French troops in Mali in February, France said Saturday, ending weeks of...

'Book of Mormon' earns sales record

Mar 23, 2013 / 7:11 am

The seemingly unstoppable hit "The Book of Mormon" has broken another record, this time on the other side of the Atlantic. The quirky, profane...

2 popes share lunch in historic meeting

Mar 23, 2013 / 7:08 am

Pope Francis travelled Saturday to this hill town south of Rome to have lunch with his "brother" and predecessor Benedict XVI, a historic and...

Teens arrested in slaying of baby

Teens arrested in slaying of baby

Mar 23, 2013 / 7:07 am

In five years, Sherry West has lost two sons to unspeakable violence. The Georgia mother was grieving from Thursday's shooting death of her 13-month-old...

Tony Bennett honoured

Mar 22, 2013 / 8:59 pm

Tony Bennett doesn't think Amy Winehouse's life was tragic. He believes the singer who died at age 27 lived a complete life because she was able to...

IRS 'Star Trek' training video rebuked

Mar 22, 2013 / 6:59 pm

Nobody's going to win an Emmy for a parody of the TV show "Star Trek" filmed by Internal Revenue Service employees at an agency studio in...

Terror attack in New Delhi foiled

Mar 22, 2013 / 6:58 am

Police said Friday that they foiled a terror attack by a Kashmiri rebel group that was planning to target India's capital during celebrations of a major...

3 dead, including shooter at Marine Base

Mar 22, 2013 / 6:54 am

A Marine killed a male and female colleague in a shooting at a base in northern Virginia before killing himself, officials said early Friday. Authorities were...

1 dead in Marine Base Quantico shooting

1 dead in Marine Base Quantico shooting

Mar 22, 2013 / 1:02 am

QUANTICO, Va. - One person was dead after a shooting at Marine Base Quantico in the U.S., and authorities were in a standoff early Friday with the suspect, who...

Investigating chemical weapons in Syria

Investigating chemical weapons in Syria

Mar 22, 2013 / 12:12 am

The United Nations will investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, which would amount to a crime against humanity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...

Papers reveal Thatcher's isolation

Mar 21, 2013 / 9:00 pm

Margaret Thatcher felt betrayed by close ally President Ronald Reagan over the Falkland Islands, according to newly released papers that reveal how isolated...

Marines to face murder charges

Mar 21, 2013 / 7:23 pm

Italy said it would return two marines to India by Friday to face murder charges in the shooting deaths of two fishermen, reversing a decision that escalated...

MJ's mom sues over doctor hiring

MJ's mom sues over doctor hiring

Mar 21, 2013 / 7:09 pm

A Los Angeles judge set the stage Thursday for trial of a civil suit by Michael Jackson's mother against concert giant AEG Live. Katherine Jackson claims...

Reuters editor charged in hacking attack

Mar 21, 2013 / 11:14 am

A Reuters social media editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story has posted a statement on Facebook saying he did not commit...

Car bomb at food line-up kills 13

Car bomb at food line-up kills 13

Mar 21, 2013 / 5:53 am

A car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday as hundreds of people lined up to get food, killing 13 and...

The universe just aged by 80 million yrs.

Mar 21, 2013 / 5:33 am

New results from a look into the split second after the Big Bang indicate the universe is 80 million years older than previously thought but the core concepts...

Helicopters collide near Berlin

Mar 21, 2013 / 5:27 am

Two helicopters clipped each other and crashed as they were landing, in a snowstorm, near Berlin's Olympic Stadium. It happened during a federal police...

Music festival to cross into US market

Mar 20, 2013 / 7:05 pm

One of the largest music festivals in Europe has announced plans to cross over into the United States. The Tomorrowland electronic dance music festival in...

Obama's unshakeable support for Israel

Mar 20, 2013 / 9:37 am

Renewing U.S. support for the difficult "work of generations," President Barack Obama assured Israel on Wednesday that his administration would pursue...

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