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Blast hits police station in Libya's Benghazi
An explosion hit a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday, causing extensive damage but no casualties.
28 April 2013
EU foreign policy chief Ashton holds talks in China
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton held talks Saturday with officials in China in the first visit by a top-ranking EU official to the country under its new leadership.
28 April 2013
Routes of 2nd Almaty Charitable Marathon
Vesti.kz correspondent reviewed the Marathon's routes and even tried one of them prior to the event.
28 April 2013
Google Glass for consumers will 'take a while': Schmidt
Consumers can expect to wait a while before they're able to lay their hands on Google's much-hyped Internet-connected eyewear.
27 April 2013
Japan's ANA to test modified Dreamliner
Japan's ANA is to test one of its modified Dreamliner jets on Sunday, three months after the worldwide fleet of 787s was grounded, as Boeing seeks to reassure passengers that the planes are safe.
27 April 2013
China's Sichuan mourns quake dead one week later
China's southwestern Sichuan province stopped Saturday to mourn the victims of a deadly earthquake that struck exactly a week ago.
27 April 2013
Obama warns, but urges prudence on Syria arms
US President Barack Obama issued a new warning to Syria Friday that using chemical weapons would be a "game changer" as he faced rising pressure at home and abroad to intervene in the civil war.
27 April 2013
Spain begs time to fix finances, eyes growth
Spain forecast Friday it would climb out of its bitter recession in 2014 but needed two extra years to meet the European Union's target for reining in its public deficit.
27 April 2013
Brazil's WTO candidate says his election would unblock talks
Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo, the Brazilian candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO).
27 April 2013
Google boss sees autocrats' pushback against Internet
Life in authoritarian states is likely to get tougher before it gets better as their citizens gain more access to the Internet.
27 April 2013
'Bend it Like Beckham' star agrees palimony suit
British actress Parminder Nagra, who shot to fame in 2002's "Bend it like Beckham," has settled a palimony lawsuit after her ex-husband claimed a share of her earnings.
27 April 2013
Bangladesh arrests owners of collapsed garment factory
Bangladeshi police said Saturday they had arrested two owners of garment factories based at the eight-storey building that collapsed outside the capital as the death toll rose to at least 324.
27 April 2013
C.Africa elephant population down 62% in 10 years: NGOs
Poaching on an "industrial" scale has slashed the elephant population in the countries of central Africa by nearly two-thirds.
27 April 2013
Australia rejects calls to boycott Sri Lanka meet
Australia has vowed not to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights violations, despite mounting calls not to attend.
27 April 2013
AT&T lets people control homes using smartphones
US telecom titan AT&T launched a service Friday to use smartphones or tablets to activate home alarm systems and perform other duties like open doors for guests or adjust the temperature.
27 April 2013
Zuckerberg paid more than $2 bln at Facebook in 2012
Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg scored more than $2 billion worth of stock and $503,000 in base pay last year for running the world's leading social network.
27 April 2013
French teen killer bought Kalashnikov on Internet
A French teenager who used a Kalashnikov to shoot three men dead obtained his murder weapon on the Internet.
27 April 2013
EU tests Google's vows to provide fairer search results
EU anti-trust authorities are from Thursday testing for a month changes to Google's search results meant to respond to competitors' complaints that the US online giant was giving unfair prominence to its own links and ads.
27 April 2013
Dutch love their Argentine queen despite father's past
Maxima, the Argentine-born future queen of the Netherlands, has worked hard to win over Dutch hearts and is immensely popular despite her father's murky role in his country's military junta.
27 April 2013
Belarus to transfer pit vehicles production technologies to Kazakhstan
Belarus will transfer to Kazakhstan technical documents and technologies for production of pit vehicles within two months.
26 April 2013