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Spanish founder of aid organisation in India in hospita - 03/22/2009

Vicente Ferrer, the founder of a humanitarian organisation in India and considered Spain's equivalent to Mother Teresa, is in critical condition after suffering a stroke, his foundation said Sunday....

Time offering 'customized' experimental magazine - 03/21/2009

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - US news weekly Time, which like other publications has been looking for ways to reinvent itself in print and on the Web, is allowing readers to put together their own personalized...

Phil Spector could see lesser murder charge - 03/21/2009

Jurors in music titan Phil Spector's murder retrial can consider a lesser involuntary manslaughter offense instead of second-degree murder for the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson, a...

Madoff loses bail appeal as victims' rage revealed - 03/21/2009

A US appeals court on Friday denied bail to Wall Street fraudster Bernard Madoff, as prosecutors highlighted public outrage in a slew of emails demanding retribution. The three-judge panel at the...

Pope urges oil-rich Angola to fight poverty, corruption - 03/20/2009

Pope Benedict XVI urged Angola's oil-rich government to do more to fight poverty and graft as he arrived Friday on the last stop of an African tour overshadowed by his denunciation of condoms. On...

'Change you can eat:' First lady starts White House garden - 03/20/2009

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2009 (AFP) - As US President Barack Obama hopes for green shoots of economic recovery, his wife Michelle is seeking a different return to growth, from the first White House...

Google removes street images after privacy complaints - 03/20/2009

LONDON (AFP) - US software giant Google said Friday it had removed several images from its Street View software, which allows web surfers to view parts of 25 British cities, after users raised...

Feathers fly over new dinosaur find - 03/19/2009

PARIS,(AFP) - The discovery of a petite, plant-eating dinosaur with primitive plumage could mean that the dinosaur from which all others evolved had feather-like protrusions, said a study released...

Tesla to unveil electric 5-seat sedan next week - 03/19/2009

LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - US electric automaker Tesla Motors, which launched a breakthrough gas-free sports car last year, announced Thursday it will unveil in coming days a five-seat sedan, to roll off...

Fossil puzzle reveals a new monster predator - 03/19/2009

The fossils of a monster predator with a circular jaw and a pair of claws on its head has been discovered in the old collections of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, researchers said Thursday....
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