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Scientists hope for data after historic but dodgy comet landing - 12/02/2014

DARMSTADT, GERMANY, Véronique Martinache- European scientists were hoping for a stream of data Thursday after a robot lab made the first-ever landing on a comet, a key step in a marathon mission to...

UN suspends food aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees - 12/02/2014

ROME, ITALY- The World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday suspended food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries, blaming a financing crisis caused by unhonoured cash...

Japan again delays launch of asteroid probe - 12/01/2014

TOKYO, JAPAN- Japan on Sunday delayed the launch of a space probe designed to mine an asteroid for a second time due to bad weather. The blast-off of Hayabusa2 was now pushed back by two days to 1:22...

British reporter awaits verdict over Bangladesh war toll - 11/30/2014

DACCA, BANGLADESH, Shafiqul Alam- A Bangladesh court is expected to rule Monday on whether an award-winning British journalist is guilty of contempt after he questioned the assertion that three...

Syria hit by flesh-eating maggot disease - 11/29/2014

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Three cases of myiasis have been reported near Damascus, marking the first appearance of the flesh-eating maggot disease in Syria, UN health experts said Friday. Myiasis, an...

Syria army kills dozens in ambush east of Damascus - 11/28/2014

DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian troops have killed 50 "terrorists" in an ambush in the largely rebel-controlled countryside east of Damascus, according to state media. "An army unit killed 50 terrorists in...

British detective writer P. D. James dies aged 94 - 11/28/2014

LONDON, Alice Ritchie- British detective writer P. D. James, the creator of the best-selling series featuring poetry-writing sleuth Adam Dalgliesh, died on Thursday at the age of 94. Faber and Faber,...

Iraqi forces battle IS jihadists in Ramadi, Kirkuk - 11/27/2014

BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen were battling Wednesday to defend the governor's office in Anbar province capital Ramadi from an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group,...

Congolese doctor receives EU prize for helping rape victims - 11/27/2014

STRASBOURG, FRANCE, Danny Kemp- Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege called Wednesday for global efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war as he received the European Parliament's Sakharov rights...

Two Americans charged with supporting IS - 11/26/2014

WASHINGTON, US- Two young American men, one of whom is in the Middle East fighting, have been charged with supporting the Islamic State group, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Somali Americans...
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