H1N1 flu outbreak in northern Chile kills 11
At least 11 people have been killed in an outbreak of H1N1 flu virus in northern Chile, where the rate of infection is more than six times higher than the rest of the country.
05 July 2013 11:31
Man drives bath tub in Almaty
Almaty drivers took a video of a man with soaped head and a towel over his back driving a portable bath tub down Abay street.
'Cousin marriage' doubles gene risk for babies: study
First cousins who marry run twice the risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities, according to the findings of a study in the English city of Bradford, published Friday in The Lancet.
Mandela on death and dying
Haunted by death during his long anti-apartheid struggle, Nelson Mandela looked toward his own "eternal sleep" as a man who fulfilled his duty to his people.
Computer mouse inventor dies at 88
Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88.
04 July 2013 16:47
'Amelie' star's dress is boon for young designer
"Amelie" star Audrey Tautou's choice of Yiqing Yin for the Cannes film festival generated more interest in one night than the Chinese-born French designer has enjoyed in her whole career.
04 July 2013 14:52
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Hundreds of tons of heptyl is a chemical attack: expert
Corresponding member and analyst of Tsiolkovskiy Russian Cosmonautics Academy Yuriy Karash commented the possible consequences of the crash of Proton-M at Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
03 July 2013 20:13
Cane toads wiping out crocodiles Down Under: study
Australia's noxious cane toad is wiping out populations of a unique miniature crocodile, researchers warned Wednesday, with fears the warty, toxic creature could extinguish the rare reptile.
Everybody spies on everybody: ex-intel officers
Europeans may express outrage over revelations of US spying but they know perfectly well how the espionage "game" is played -- everybody spies on everybody.
03 July 2013 13:02
Brief encounter for porn film at China railway station
A maintenance worker surprised passers-by near a Chinese railway station when he started watching a banned porn film, not realising his computer was connected to a giant screen
Halving world hunger by 2015 'within reach': UN
Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.
Man drives bath tub in Almaty
Almaty drivers took a video of a man with soaped head and a towel over his back driving a portable bath tub down Abay street.
Kazakhstan protests Russian rocket launches from Baikonur
A group of activists gathered near the Russian General Consulate in Almaty after the crash of Russian unmanned carrier rocket Proton-M at Baikonur.
