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Russians threaten to quit Cyprus over bailout levy Angry Russian residents of Cyprus are talking of giving up on the Mediterranean island over a eurozone bailout deal which they say unfairly targets their money.
22 March 2013 19:36
Pope sets out on mission to 'embrace the poorest' Pope Francis has donned the symbols of papal power, vowing to embrace the "poorest" at a grand inauguration in the Vatican as leader of a troubled Roman Catholic Church.
20 March 2013 18:27
Madagascar's hungry eat grasshoppers after deadly cyclone With small, silent steps, 10-year-old Borikely carefully picks her way through the tall grass of a Madagascar field in search of her dinner. She's hunting for grasshoppers, which she'll catch with a stick.
20 March 2013 10:51
French president's popularity dwindles at home: survey French President Francois Hollande's popularity plummeted in March, with 67 percent of his countrymen saying they were dissatisfied with his performance and less than a third of them saying they were happy with it.
19 March 2013 11:53
Chavez laid to rest after final farewell in Caracas Late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at a military museum on Friday after an emotional final journey through the streets of Caracas watched by hundreds of thousands.
16 March 2013 14:16
Aid flowing to Myanmar may hinder, not help: experts Governments and agencies must be wary of drowning Myanmar with well-intentioned but ill-targeted aid, experts warned Thursday, admonishing the global community to "first do no harm."
15 March 2013 18:05
Eternal viewing of Chavez may be impossible: Maduro Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro acknowledged Wednesday that it could be too late to have president Hugo Chavez embalmed "like Lenin" so that his body could be on view permanently.
14 March 2013 19:04
India to hand plots of land to rural poor: reports India's government is drawing up a major new welfare reform which would hand small plots of land to millions of homeless poor in the countryside.
14 March 2013 18:08
Paris train services with Brussels, London resume High-speed train services resumed Wednesday between Paris, London and Brussels after heavy snow stopped them the day before.
13 March 2013 16:58
Less sleep leads to more eating, weight gain: study Sleeping a mere five hours a night during a workweek with unlimited access to snacks isn't good for your waistline.
12 March 2013 13:31
In Mali, abandoned weapons kill and maim children Intrigued, Amadou picked up a discarded grenade to play with outside an earth hut in central Mali. When he threw it, it exploded and he lost all the fingers on his left hand.
12 March 2013 11:28
Thousands of ethnic Hungarians march for autonomy in Romania Around five thousand ethnic Hungarians rallied Sunday in the central Romanian city of Targu Mures to call for autonomy for the Szeklers' Land, home to most of their minority.
11 March 2013 18:19
Shortages of food, fuel, power as Syria battered by war "Yesterday I did not make anything to eat as there was no electricity for the entire day," says Umm Fadi, a resident of Artuz district near Damascus that has been caught up in the fighting between rebels and regime forces.
11 March 2013 14:57
Venezuela gives Chavez lavish farewell Venezuela gave Hugo Chavez a lavish farewell at a state funeral Friday that brought some of the world's most notorious strongmen to tears, with music, prayers and a fiery speech by his successor.
09 March 2013 10:26
Hope and despair as Japan marks tsunami anniversary In the dark months after a catastrophic tsunami smashed into Japan, killing almost 19,000 people and sparking a nuclear disaster, hopes for a rapid recovery and a national rebirth were frustrated by political paralysis.
08 March 2013 16:46
Chavez lies in state with open casket for farewell Venezuelans filed past the open casket of late President Hugo Chavez as he lay in state Wednesday after throngs of weeping loyalists gave the firebrand leftist a rousing farewell on the streets.
07 March 2013 11:34
Obama: US supports Venezuelan people after Chavez death President Barack Obama Tuesday said the United States was interested in a "constructive" future relationship with Venezuela after the death of President Hugo Chavez, a long-time American foe.
07 March 2013 10:27
Personality traits probed in high-res brain scans US researchers on Tuesday published incredibly detailed images of the human brain as part of an international project aimed at uncovering how brain architecture influences personality.
06 March 2013 11:32
Chavez breathing woes worsen: govt Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a "new and severe" infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy.
05 March 2013 12:42
Fishermen rescue another 63 Rohingya off Indonesia Fishermen in western Indonesia rescued more than 60 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers from Myanmar found adrift in a wooden boat, police said Friday, in the second such arrival this week.
01 March 2013 13:06
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