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Pop stars climb stairway to heaven early: Australian study
A new Australian study has added scholarly credibility to the adage, finding that US musicians die up to 25 years earlier than the general population.
28 October 2014
FIFA fully supports 2018 World Cup in Russia: Blatter
World football boss Sepp Blatter said that FIFA categorically backs Russia's staging of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations.
28 October 2014
Hong Kong activists mark one month of 'Umbrella Movement'
Hong Kong democracy activists marked one month of mass protests, calling on supporters to gather for an evening rally wearing the masks.
28 October 2014
Troublesome boat forces Orbital to scrub rocket launch
Orbital Sciences postponed its planned launch of the Cygnus cargo ship toward the International Space Station.
28 October 2014
US school shooter 'invited victims to lunch'
The alleged shooter whose gun rampage in a US school left three people dead invited five friends to lunch before opening fire on them.
28 October 2014
USA has no imperialistic ambitions in Central Asia: Hoagland
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs said that the USA was not interested in advancing imperialistic ambitions in Central Asia.
28 October 2014
New York's hottest new trend: clubbing for kids
Welcome to one of New York's hottest nightclubs and a new generation of clubbers: six-year-olds.
28 October 2014
Kazakhstan’s President arrives in Dubai to attend 10th World Islamic Economic Forum
The World Islamic Economic Forum started off from a modest beginning as the OIC Business Forum, which was held on 15th October 2003, in conjunction with the tenth OIC Summit in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
28 October 2014
Rousseff must fight graft to placate angry Brazil
Brazilian President must now deliver on her pledge to crack down on corruption or be dogged by the scandals that nearly derailed her campaign.
28 October 2014
Plan won't save Great Barrier Reef: Australian scientists
Australian government plans to protect the Great Barrier Reef are inadequate, short-sighted and will not prevent its decline.
28 October 2014
Hawaii volcano lava wave nears homes
Smoldering lava from a slow-erupting volcano has reached within yards (several meters) of homes on Hawaii's Big Island, emergency officials said.
28 October 2014
Twitter hammered on growth fears
Twitter saw its shares hammered after reporting quarterly results that largely met expectations but failed to allay concerns about growth of the messaging platform.
28 October 2014
Spain moves to block symbolic Catalan independence vote
The Spanish central government said it will challenge in court plans by Catalonia to hold a symbolic vote on whether the wealthy region should be independent.
28 October 2014
Credit-card hacking is Americans' top crime worry: poll
Credit-card hacking is the number one crime on Americans' worry list, far above getting mugged or murdered.
28 October 2014
Tropical Storm Hanna forms off Nicaragua, Honduras coasts
Nicaragua and Honduras were bracing for severe weather after Tropical Storm Hanna formed off the Caribbean coast.
28 October 2014
Taylor Swift goes pop for giant release
Taylor Swift released a danceable pop album that the beleaguered record industry hopes will be the year's top-seller.
28 October 2014
French protester killed by 'explosion', questions over police involvement
A protester who died during a clash at the site of a contested French dam project was wounded by "an explosion''.
28 October 2014
Sanctions against Russia to have no impact on Kazakhstan: US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
I want to emphasize that when the USA and other nations were drafting sanctions, the sanctions were to be pin-pointed to be targeted at certain figures and companies, he said.
28 October 2014
China’s investors interested in constructing airport for Kinderly resort
Foreign consultants estimate the potential inflow of tourists to Kinderly at 640 000 people by 2020.
27 October 2014
Kukushkin wins Wawrinka in first round of Swiss Indoors
Kazakhstani tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin has won the fourth best tennis player in the world Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland in Basel.
27 October 2014