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Number of suicides in US military drops in 2013 The number of suicides in the US military dropped by 18 percent in 2013 but rose among part-time soldiers in the reserves, the Pentagon said.
26 April 2014
Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966 US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power and the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
26 April 2014
New pictures confirm North Korea nuclear activity A North Korean nuclear test within days "cannot be ruled out" analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site.
26 April 2014
G7 to impose new sanctions on Russia as Kiev warns of 'world war' The Group of Seven rich countries agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a "third world war".
26 April 2014
Bryan Singer. Photo courtesy of thesource.com 'X-Men' director to miss film launch, slams sex claims US filmmaker Bryan Singer said Thursday he will not help promote the release of his latest "X-Men" blockbuster next month, to keep the launch free of distraction by sex abuse claims against him.
26 April 2014
Director Peter Jackson. ©Reuters/Phil McCarten 'Hobbit' filmmaker changes name of trilogy finale The final installment of the blockbuster "Hobbit" film trilogy has been given a new name, AFP reports citing director Peter Jackson.
26 April 2014
William James Vahey. Photo courtesy of fbi.gov FBI seeks victims of major international pedophile The FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial pedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching at international schools around the world.
25 April 2014
Obama lands in Seoul as N. Korea nuclear test fears grow Barack Obama arrived in Seoul Friday to growing signs North Korea was defiantly readying another nuclear test, and with South Koreans in a state of national mourning over the sinking of a ferry full of schoolchildren.
25 April 2014
Vic Gundotra. ©Reuters/Beck Diefenbach Google+ boss leaving the company The executive credited with bringing the Google+ social network to life is leaving the Internet colossus after playing a key role there for nearly eight years.
25 April 2014
©Reuters Aspirin halves colon cancer risk -- if you have certain gene Aspirin can reduce the risk of colon cancer by half, but only in people who carry high levels of a specific type of gene, a study found.
25 April 2014
U.S. director Quentin Tarantino. ©Reuters/Robert Pratta US judge dismisses Tarantino lawsuit against website A US judge threw out Wednesday a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking $1 million from a gossip website for helping leak a screenplay for his latest planned movie.
25 April 2014
Obama says Russia not abiding by deal on Ukraine US President Barack Obama accused Russia on Thursday of failing to respect an agreement to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, the latest salvo in the Cold War-like duel between Washington and Moscow over the future of the ex-Soviet nation.
25 April 2014
Photo ©REUTERS Caspian Five to limit third party military forces in the region Five Caspian countries are considering a convention on independence of the Caspian Sea that limits third party troops based in the region.
24 April 2014
Camilla and her brother Mark Shand. Photo courtesy of mirror.co.uk Britain's Camilla 'devastated' by brother's death in fall Camilla, wife of Britain's Prince Charles, was on Wednesday left "utterly devastated" after her brother died in an accident during a night out in New York, Clarence House said.
24 April 2014
Oscar winner Nyong'o named People's most beautiful Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o was named Most Beautiful person of 2014 by People magazine Wednesday, following in the footsteps of stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Tom Cruise.
24 April 2014
Abe, Obama affirm Japan-US alliance at summit Barack Obama and Shinzo Abe were Thursday discussing the future shape of the Japan-US security alliance as they met for talks at the start of the president's tour of a tense Asia.
24 April 2014
The star on the map shows the location of a 6.7 magnitude earthquake reported off Vancouver Island in Canada. Photo courtesy of latimes.com Strong 6.6 earthquake strikes off Canada's Vancouver island: USGS An earthquake measuring 6.6 struck late Wednesday off Canada's Vancouver island in the Pacific, the US Geological Survey said.
24 April 2014
Apple splitting stock as iPhone sales soar Apple on Wednesday courted investors with stock split plans as hot iPhone sales pushed up profits while underscoring pressure for the company to unveil "the next big thing."
24 April 2014
Actress and director Jodie Foster. ©Reuters/Fred Prouser US actress Jodie Foster marries girlfriend Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster has married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison, a spokeswoman for the veteran US actress told AFP.
24 April 2014
Brazil passes trailblazing Internet privacy law Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping.
24 April 2014

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