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Missing girls thought to be in Syria: British police - 02/25/2015

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Three teenage girls from London feared to have run off to join the Islamic State (IS) group are believed to have crossed from Turkey into Syria, British police said Tuesday....

Internet access limited in developing world: Facebook - 02/25/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Most people in the developing world do not use the Internet, with access limited by high costs, poor availability and a lack of relevant content, a Facebook report said...

Fierce battle looms on US 'open Internet' rules - 02/24/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Rob Lever- US regulators meet Thursday to vote on rules aimed at heading off Internet "fast lanes," although it may not be the end of a years-long battle. The "net...

Yemen leader meets governors after fleeing capital - 02/23/2015

ADEN, YEMEN, Jamal al-Jabiri / Fawaz al-Haidari- Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi led a meeting of governors in the southern city of Aden Sunday as he resumed some of his duties after escaping...

Sudan election campaign to start amid opposition boycott - 02/23/2015

KHARTOUM, SUDAN, Tom Little- Campaigning for Sudan's presidential and parliamentary elections starts Tuesday with Omar al-Bashir facing little competition for the presidency, a multi-party boycott...

Suicide bomber kills 4 in Assad clan's hometown - 02/22/2015

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- A suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed four people on Sunday in an unprecedented attack on a hospital that took Syria's civil war to the ruling Assad clan's hometown for the...

UV exposure keeps damaging skin after sunset: study - 02/21/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Significant ultraviolet radiation damage to skin can still occur hours after its exposure to sunlight, scientific researches have determined. Exposure to sunlight or...

Volvo says self-driving cars will react 'faster than most humans' - 02/20/2015

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN- Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars announced Thursday that it had completed designs for self-driving cars which it plans to put on the road in two years. "Volvo Cars has designed a...

Egypt jails student over Facebook atheism page - 02/19/2015

CAIRO, EGYPT- An Egyptian court has sentenced a student to one year in jail for insulting Islam and promoting atheism on a Facebook page, his lawyer and judicial sources said Wednesday. It is the...

US, Turkey agree 'in principle' to train, equip Syrian rebels: State Dept - 02/18/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States and Turkey have agreed "in principle" on a deal to train and equip Syrian rebel forces, the State Department said Tuesday. "As we have announced before,...
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