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Scientists stunned, sceptical on faster-than-light particles - 09/23/2011

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Physicists around the world expressed astonishment and scepticism in equal measure Friday after European scientists reported particles apparently travelling faster than light....

True story of Florida dolphin inspired Hollywood film - 09/23/2011

The story of the animal's eventual survival provided the inspiration for a new movie out this weekend, the kid flick "Dolphin Tale," which critics have praised as sterling family entertainment and...

Neil Armstrong says US space program 'embarrassing' - 09/23/2011

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, told lawmakers Thursday that the end of the space shuttle era has left the American human spaceflight program in an...

Libya's NTC claims vital Sabha victory - 09/21/2011

BENGHAZI, Hassan El-Fekih- Libya's new rulers on Wednesday declared victory in the key southern city of Sabha and conquered the oasis town of Waddan, but suffered heavy casualties in their offensive...

British lawmakers summon police over Guardian row - 09/21/2011

LONDON- British lawmakers summoned a top Scotland Yard officer on Wednesday to explain why police invoked secrecy laws to force a newspaper to reveal the source for its reports on the phone hacking...

New Libya replaces Kadhafi's tent at UN - 09/20/2011

UNITED NATIONS, Tangi Quemener- For decades Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was an outlandish fixture at the UN General Assembly with his tent and rambling speeches. This year the rebels who ousted him...

Armenian emigration creates 'women-only' villages - 09/19/2011

In the midst of the harvest season in Vardadzor, around 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the ex-Soviet state's capital Yerevan, women do the hard agricultural labour, prepare for the long winter ahead...

Strauss-Kahn in primetime bid to escape trial shame - 09/18/2011

PARIS - Dave Clark- Four months after he was paraded hand-cuffed by New York police, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was Sunday to try to put two attempted rape accusations behind him in a...

Greek PM to chair cabinet meet on debt crisis - 09/18/2011

ATHENS, September - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is to chair a cabinet meeting on the country's festering debt crisis later Sunday after calling off a planned visit to UN headquarters in...

22 killed in Syria as pressure mounts on Assad - 09/17/2011

Erdogan is expected in New York next week, and the White House said President Barack Obama would discuss with him the crisis in Syria and wider turmoil in the Middle East. Four people were shot...
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