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