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Quebec moves to allow assisted suicide The government of Canada's mostly French-speaking Quebec province on Wednesday unveiled legislation allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help.

14 June 2013

Video game hacks straight into US surveillance storm A video game with a protagonist who controls the world around him by hacking into systems is generating growing buzz, for its eerie parallels with the current storm about US surveillance.

14 June 2013

Obama on campaign trail amid controversies President Barack Obama rallied voters Wednesday to elect fellow Democrats, defending the role of government as he faces a series of high-profile controversies.

14 June 2013

Facebook adds Twitter-style hashtags for topics Facebook on Wednesday added Twitter-style hashtags to help the more than one billion members of the social network tune into topics of interest at the leading social network.

13 June 2013

US eases trade restrictions on Syrian opposition The United States eased restrictions on trade with Syria's opposition Wednesday, in a move aimed at helping supply the critical needs of Syrians in "liberated areas."

13 June 2013

Gillard teams with Schwarzenegger on climate action Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined forces with former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday to urge global action on climate change, saying politics must be put aside.

13 June 2013

Colorado fires destroy homes, thousands evacuated Forest fires raged Wednesday across the western US state of Colorado, destroying dozens of houses and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

13 June 2013

Bloomberg to donors: shun US senators over gun vote New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally wrote Wednesday to hundreds of Big Apple donors, asking them to stop funding four Democratic senators who opposed tougher gun laws in Congress.

13 June 2013

HIV regimen prevents infection among drug users Giving injecting drug users a daily pill against HIV nearly halved their risk of infection by the AIDS virus.

13 June 2013

World Bank sees less global growth, more stability The World Bank on Wednesday lowered its growth estimate for the global economy in 2013, but said that expansion appeared better balanced than just before the 2008 financial crisis.

13 June 2013

Syria helicopter raid sparks Lebanon warning Lebanon's army has warned it will hit back against any new attacks from Syria after a helicopter gunship struck an eastern town, ratcheting up tensions amid US-British talks on the conflict.

13 June 2013

Spanish police leverage Twitter to fight crime Spain's national police has built up an army of over half a million followers on Twitter, using them to help swoop on fugitives and get tip-offs on drug dealers in an open dialogue that has helped bring the force closer to the people.

13 June 2013

Facebook shareholders vent ire over sagging stock Facebook shareholders on Tuesday grilled leaders of the social network regarding how they planned to revive the company's stock and protect user privacy from snoops including US spy agencies.

13 June 2013

US mulls endangered status for captive chimpanzees The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday announced it is considering giving captive chimpanzees the same endangered status that currently protects chimps living in the wild.

13 June 2013

US envoy to Belgium denies soliciting prostitutes The US envoy to Belgium Tuesday denied "baseless accusations" that he trawled for prostitutes in a park, as the State Department hit out at charges top staff tried to hush up sex-and-drugs charges.

13 June 2013

Bloomberg's $19 bn plan to guard NY against climate change New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled Tuesday a $19.5 billion plan to boost the city's defenses against climate change, seven months after superstorm Sandy devastated the US East Coast.

12 June 2013

Few festival fans guard against smartphone loss: survey Ninety-two percent of music festival goers are more likely to bring a smartphone to an event than cash or ID, but many fail to guard against loss or theft.

12 June 2013

US intel leak sparks fierce Internet freedom debate A fierce debate about Internet privacy and the limits of US executive power erupted on Tuesday, in a victory for the young intelligence technician at the center of a global leak storm.

12 June 2013

Survivors of childhood cancer prone to adult illness: study Patients who successfully battled cancer during childhood face an extraordinarily high rate of chronic illness during their grown-up years.

12 June 2013

Americans banned from adopting children from Kazakhstan U.S. citizens will not be able to adopt Kazakhstan children until U.S. authorities explain how two orphans from Kazakhstan ended up at the American ranch.

12 June 2013

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