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Published:Thursday | October 31, 2013 | 1:57 PM

Syria's declared equipment for producing, mixing and filling chemical weapons has reportedly been destroyed.

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

EL PASO, Texas (AP):United States immigration officials on Tuesday night released 11 of 25 people who were still detained after surrendering last month at the Texas-Mexico border to protest immigration policies.Five of the 11 immigrants released were...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BELMOPAN (CMC): The opposition People's United Party (PUP) says it has filed a motion requesting a Senate inquiry into the controversy that has already led to the dismissal of Immigration Minister Elvin Penner....

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2013 | 10:03 AM

The head of US intelligence has told lawmakers that discerning foreign leaders' intentions is a key goal of the nation's spying operations.

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2013 | 4:10 PM

Famous fashion designer Christian Louboutin has launched an app that enables users to match a shade of nude shoes to their own skin tone.

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2013 | 11:29 AM

The twenty were sentenced to jail terms ranging from five to 35 years for high treason, plotting to kill Nelson Mandela and other charges in one of the country's biggest post-apartheid treason trials.

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP): Several hundred hospital workers in white coats and surgical masks staged a rare protest in eastern China against attacks on medical workers after a patient stabbed three of their doctors, killing one.The staffers assembled yesterday...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Gunmen killed three policemen at a security checkpoint north of Cairo yesterday, the Interior Ministry said as suspected Islamic militants waging an insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula increasingly spread their campaign to mainland...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2013 | 8:40 AM

Rail services across much of southern Britain were cancelled for the morning rush hour as a storm continued to batter parts of England and Wales.

Published:Monday | October 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

The candidate backed by Georgia's billionaire prime minister easily won yesterday's presidential election in this United States-aligned former Soviet republic, exit polls indicated...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JERUSALEM (AP): Israel agreed yesterday to release 26 long-serving Palestinian prisoners as part of a United States-brokered deal that led to the resumption of Mideast peace talks....

Published:Monday | October 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Secretary of State John Kerry went to Europe to talk about Mideast peace, Syria and Iran.

Published:Monday | October 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):A Chinese immigrant was arrested yesterday on five counts of murder in the deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children in a stabbing rampage in their Brooklyn home.The New York Police Depart-ment said the suspect, 25-year-old Ming...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2013 | 5:28 PM

A Chinese immigrant who neighbours said struggled to survive in America was arrested today on five counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his cousin's wife and her four children.

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2013 | 12:06 PM

The exit polls show Giorgi Margvelashvili with nearly 67 percent of the vote.

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2013 | 11:29 AM

Two girls, 9-year-old Linda Zhuo and 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, were pronounced dead at the scene, along with the youngest child, 1-year-old William Zhuo.

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):William Potts burned with the desire to change the world. Nothing really turned out the way he planned.

Published:Friday | October 25, 2013 | 7:19 AM

This announcement by German Chancellor Angela Merkel follows claims that her mobile phone and millions of French calls may have been monitored by the US National Security Agency.

Published:Friday | October 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CHINO, (AP):Three children were injured by shrapnel after a fellow elementary-school student pulled the trigger of an assault rifle mounted on a police motorcycle during a school assembly, authorities said.The AR-15 was locked to the side of the...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

KABUL (AP): Hundreds of men, some on crutches, all wearing tattered clothing, gather shortly before dawn at major intersections throughout Kabul and other Afghan cities.

Published:Friday | October 25, 2013 | 12:00 AM

FERNDALE, Michigan (AP):Ounce by ounce, 30 Ferndale city workers began to change their lives one year ago.Today, they are 1,052 pounds lighter, and they're saving the city big bucks, an estimated $131,000 this year alone, in health-care costs, according...

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2013 | 8:24 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly contacted US President Barack Obama after she was informed that the US may have spied on her mobile phone.

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

KANO, (AP):Officials say an outbreak of cholera in Nigeria's northwest Zamfara state has infected 536 people and killed 50 in the past week.Medical director of the state hospital, Dr Labaran Anka, blamed contaminated water in rural areas that have no...

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Four Haitians who were among a group of Caribbean nationals found clinging to the hull of their capsized boat off the coast of Miami have been released from federal...

Published:Thursday | October 24, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MADRID (AP):Spain's crushing two-year recession ended in the third quarter, the central bank said yesterday.

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