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Kidnappers seize Egypt diplomat in Libya: ministry - 01/25/2014

TRIPOLI- Kidnappers seized an Egyptian diplomat in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, Libya's foreign ministry said. The diplomat was snatched from his house in Tripoli by an unknown group, Libyan...

Magazine that revealed Hollande affair fined for snaps of minister - 01/25/2014

PARIS- The French magazine that reported President Francois Hollande's affair with an actress has been fined for breach of privacy in a separate case brought by France's culture minister, a lawyer...

Arab cyberactivism faces 'unprecedented attack' - 01/24/2014

AMMAN, Musa Hattar- Cyberactivists from the Arab world said Thursday they are facing "an unprecedented attack" from regimes in their countries, three years after the start of Internet-fuelled...

Mars 'jelly doughnut' rock intrigues scientists - 01/24/2014

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- A strange rock that looks like a jelly doughnut has appeared on Mars, and scientists are closer to figuring out how it got there, a top NASA expert said Thursday. The...

Quotes of the day from the Syria talks in Montreux - 01/23/2014

MONTREUX- A long-awaited international peace conference for Syria took place in Switzerland Wednesday, with the warring sides engaging in bitter sparring as they met for the first time since the...

Fiery exchanges over Assad fate at Syria peace talks - 01/22/2014

MONTREUX, Michael Mainville, Jo Biddle- The biggest push yet to end Syria's bloodshed was marked by fiery exchanges Wednesday as the warring sides and global powers clashed over President Bashar...

At least one rocket hits outskirts of Israel's Eilat: security - 01/21/2014

JERUSALEM- At least one rocket struck the outskirts of Israel's southern Red Sea resort of Eilat on Monday, a security source told AFP. "At least one rocket was fired at Eilat and they found the...

'Sleeping beauty' comet probe awakens from slumber - 01/21/2014

PARIS, Richard Ingham- The European probe Rosetta woke up Monday after a 31-month hibernation in a nearly decade-old quest to explore a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. "Hello,...

Is fact worth more than fiction, in Oscars race? - 01/20/2014

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Truth can be stranger than fiction, so they say. But when it comes to movies, truth can also be more powerful than fiction, at least judging by this year's Oscar...

Urn containing Freud's ashes 'dropped during break-in' - 01/20/2014

LONDON- A thief who tried to steal an ancient urn containing the ashes of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, from a London crematorium dropped it while trying to climb over a gate, police...
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