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Pakistan students wounded in Valentine's Day clash - 02/14/2014

PESHAWAR- At least three students were wounded Friday in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply...

Prince Charles visits British flood victims as storm sweeps in - 02/05/2014

LONDON, Danny Kemp- More bad weather left thousands of British homes without power on Tuesday, hours after Prince Charles visited flood-hit villages marooned by the wettest January for more than a...

Asia rings in Year of the Horse with fireworks, festivities - 02/01/2014

BEIJING, Felicia Sonmez- Fireworks illuminated the skies across Asia and millions of families gathered together Friday to usher in the Year of the Horse, kicking off a week of celebrations that...

US judge orders pregnant woman taken off life-support - 01/25/2014

CHICAGO- A US judge ordered a Texas hospital Friday to pull the plug on a brain-dead, pregnant woman it had kept on life support against the family's wishes. Texas is among 12 US states that have...

Islamisation fears at top Pakistan university - 01/17/2014

ISLAMABAD, Gohar Abbas- The Pakistan studies lecturer is in mid-flow when his students stand and rush for the door -- his class interrupted yet again by the call to prayer. "They won't come back for...

Advance in gene therapy for rare form of blindness - 01/16/2014

PARIS- A groundbreaking experiment to treat a rare form of inherited blindness has notched up startling success in early tests on half a dozen volunteers, doctors reported on Thursday. The technique...

Indian maid, 11, tortured with chillies: police - 01/14/2014

MUMBAI- Indian police have arrested a trader for allegedly torturing a 11-year-old maid who was forced to eat chillies which were also rubbed on her body, an official said Monday, in the latest abuse...

Is life better with kids? Not always, says study - 01/14/2014

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- Are people with kids happier than people without? In the United States, those with and without kids rate their lives about the same, but globally children tend to diminish...

Legs bared around the world for annual 'No Pants' commute - 01/13/2014

NEW YORK, Brigitte Dusseau- Bare legs and briefs filled train cars from Sydney to New York Sunday as passengers traveled trouserless -- provoking laughs and perplexed looks -- for the 13th annual "No...

Greek bronzes raise hope of revival in southern Italy - 01/12/2014

REGGIO CALABRIA, Sonia Logre- Two remarkably life-like Greek bronze statues have gone on show in the same Calabria region in southern Italy where they were found by an amateur diver 42 years ago. The...
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