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Going nuts? Turkey looks to pistachios to heat new eco-city - 04/19/2014

ANKARA, Fulya Ozerkan- Pistachios are already a key ingredient in Turkish baklava, but the country may now have found a new way to exploit the nuts known as "green gold" -- by using their shells to...

Iraq policeman dies shielding recruits, attacks kill 21 - 04/18/2014

BAGHDAD, W.G. Dunlop- An Iraqi policeman sacrificed himself to shield army recruits from a suicide bomber northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, as attacks mainly targeting security personnel killed 21...

Presidents, celebrities mourn writer Garcia Marquez - 04/18/2014

MEXICO CITY- Presidents, writers and celebrities mourned the death of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Thursday, bidding farewell to the 87-year-old giant of Latin American literature....

Syria most dangerous country for journalists: watchdog - 04/17/2014

NEW YORK- Syria is the world's most dangerous country for journalists a US-based watchdog said Wednesday as it published its annual impunity index tracking unsolved killings of reporters. The New...

Experimental drug offers promise in fight against measles - 04/17/2014

WASHINGTON, Jean-Louis Santini- An experimental antiviral drug taken orally could help contribute to the eradication of measles, an infection responsible for thousands of deaths per year, scientists...

Saudi replaces veteran intel chief Prince Bandar - 04/16/2014

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia has replaced intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the kingdom's pointman on the Syrian conflict, "at his own request," the official SPA news agency announced Tuesday. In...

Syria army launches assault in besieged Homs - 04/16/2014

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops and pro-regime militiamen fought their way into rebel-held neighbourhoods of the central city of Homs on Tuesday after besieging them for nearly two years. Meanwhile, rebels...

Cairo bomb attacks wound five, including two police - 04/16/2014

CAIRO- Two bomb blasts in Cairo wounded five people including at least two policemen Tuesday, the latest attacks since Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted. The first attack blew the...

Dozens of dead babies found in Brazil hospital horror - 04/15/2014

RIO DE JANEIRO- The bodies of 40 newborn babies and fetuses have been found abandoned in a Brazilian hospital morgue, some forgotten for years, authorities said Monday, comparing it to a horror...

'Poison' attack on central Syria town: NGO - 04/13/2014

BEIRUT- A regime air strike in Hama province of central Syria caused "suffocation and poisoning", an NGO said Saturday, while state media accused rebels of releasing chlorine gas. Elsewhere, fighting...
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