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35 killed in Moscow airport suicide bombing - 01/25/2011

MOSCOW, Dmitry Zaks and Anna Malpas- A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens Monday when he blew himself up in the packed arrivals hall of Moscow's largest airport in an attack...

Weighty mission for scientists: redefine the kilo - 01/25/2011

LONDON- Scientists said Monday they were moving closer to coming up with a non-physical definition of the kilo after discovering the metal artefact used as the international standard had shed a...

Indian music maestro Bhimsen Joshi dies at 89 - 01/25/2011

NEW DELHI- Legendary Indian singer Bhimsen Joshi, who was best known for promoting classical Indian music to audiences around the world, died on Monday at the age of 89. Joshi died at a hospital...

Al-Jazeera reveals 'historic concession' on Jerusalem - 01/24/2011

DUBAI- Palestinian negotiators offered in 2008 to cede vast swathes of annexed east Jerusalem in peace talks with Israel, Al-Jazeera news channel reported on Sunday, citing "secret documents."...

Syrian court jails four communists: rights groups - 01/24/2011

DAMASCUS- A Syrian security court on Sunday sentenced four communist dissidents, arrested in May 2009, to jail terms of four to over seven years on charges of belonging to a secret organisation,...

Saudi king in Morocco for rest after US surgery - 01/23/2011

RIYADH, Acil Tabbara- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the octogenarian ruler of the world's largest oil exporter, flew in to Morocco on Saturday to convalesce after undergoing back surgery in the...

Chess experts use brain differently than amateurs - 01/22/2011

WASHINGTON- Experts use different parts of their brains than amateurs, maximizing intuition, goal-seeking and pattern-recognition, said a study out Thursday that examined players of shogi, or...

France to back 'moderate' Israel settler resolution - 01/20/2011

TEL AVIV, Philippe Rater- France will vote for a UN Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements drafted by Arab states if it is moderate and does not halt a resumption of peace talks, its...

Swiss return world's oldest mummies to Chile - 01/20/2011

GENEVA- Switzerland has returned four mummies to Chile, including two of them among the world's oldest, after their private owner agreed to their restitution, cultural authorities said Thursday....

Eighth Algerian sets self on fire: report - 01/20/2011

ALGIERS- Three people in Algeria attempted suicide by fire Wednesday, bringing the total number of such actions to eight in a week, in a replica of protests that ousted the president of neighboring...
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