Scientists study evolution of 'Little Red Riding Hood'"Little Red Riding Hood" may have been heading to her grandmother's house -- but anthropologists wanted to know where she came from and just how her story spread.
Baby born to brain dead mother in HungaryA healthy baby boy was born in eastern Hungary after his brain dead mother was kept alive for about three months to bring him to term, a hospital said Wednesday.
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Two Kazakhstan films nominated for Asian OscarKazakhstan films Shal (The Old Man) by Yermek Tursunov and Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin have been put on the nominees list of the 7th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumedThe remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
Aid steams in to Philippines as Obama launches appealThe United States said relief channels were belatedly opening up to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines on Thursday as President Barack Obama urged Americans to dig deep and other countries upped their aid.
Venezuela's Maduro closes in on powers by decreeVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was a step closer to getting the votes he needs to govern by decree after his ruling party ousted an opposition lawmaker from parliament on Tuesday.
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Da Vinci's instrument: the sound of geniusWith elegant black and tan keys it looks like a baby grand piano, but when tinkled they release the voluptuous tones of a cello.
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Euro "too strong", says European Commission's TajaniEuropean Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani said Wednesday the euro was overvalued and urged the zone's central bank to help exporters by weakening the single currency.
Swiss lawmakers support EXPO-2017 in KazakhstanToday President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev received Filippo Lombardi, President of the Council of States of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.
Afghan opium cultivation hits record high in 2013: UNOpium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record high this year as farmers seek to "insure" themselves ahead of NATO forces' withdrawal next year, the United Nations said Wednesday.