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Smoking ban reduces pre-term births, childhood asthma Bans on smoking in public and the workplace led to a 10 percent drop in premature births and in emergency asthma treatment for children.
28 March 2014
Kim Dotcom. ©Reuters/Nigel Marple Kim Dotcom launches New Zealand political party Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom, who is battling extradition to the United States, launched his own political party in New Zealand on Thursday campaigning for a "free and fair" society.
27 March 2014
A combination picture shows the Sydney Opera House before Earth Hour, and during Earth Hour. 
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Earth Hour to tap crowdfunding for green campaigns Lights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend's Earth Hour event, which will aim to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for environmental projects worldwide.
27 March 2014
Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, 21st Century Fox CEO. ©Reuters/Rick Wilking Prodigal son returns as Murdoch sets succession plan Rupert Murdoch's prodigal son is back, with key roles in the family's media entertainment empire in what appears to be a succession plan for the 83-year-old tycoon.
27 March 2014
The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. ©Reuters/Gary Cameron US top court rules domestic abusers can't own guns The US Supreme Court upheld a federal law Wednesday barring anyone convicted of even a minor domestic violence charge from ever owning a gun.
27 March 2014
Bin Laden son-in-law found guilty on US terror charges A New York jury on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's son-in-law guilty of conspiracy to kill Americans and supporting terrorists as an impassioned Al-Qaeda spokesman in 2001-2002.
27 March 2014
©Reuters/Eric Thayer Twitter ramps up photo sharing features Twitter on Wednesday added Facebook-style photo "tagging" and bumped up the number of images that iPhone users can share in a single post.
27 March 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Rome Airport. ©Reuters/Stefano Rellandini Obama meets Pope Francis, looks for Catholic boost Barack Obama will meet Pope Francis for the first time Thursday for talks on a shared agenda to fight inequality which the US President hopes will help boost support at home.
27 March 2014
N. Korea test-fires missiles as Obama hosts summit North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, prompting a stern US reaction after President Obama hosted a landmark Japan-South Korea summit.
26 March 2014
Intel buys fitness-tracking band maker Basis Intel on Tuesday announced it has bought fitness-tracking band maker Basis Science as part of a move into the hot wearable computing market.
26 March 2014
Obama in Brussels for EU-US summit President Barack Obama pays his first visit ever to European Union headquarters, cementing US-EU opposition to the takeover of Crimea after hitting out at Russian expansionism as a "sign of weakness".
26 March 2014
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin call it quits  Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin announced their separation on Tuesday, signaling the end of the A-list couple's 11-year marriage.
26 March 2014
'Green Revolutionary' Borlaug honored in US Capitol Norman Borlaug, whose work on disease-resistant wheat is credited with saving up to one billion lives, on Tuesday received his latest posthumous honor -- a statue in the US Capitol.
26 March 2014
Russian-US crew blast off for ISS from Kazakhstan A crew of two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut blasted off Tuesday from Kazakhstan on a Russian Soyuz rocket for the International Space Station, with US-Russia space cooperation pressing on despite the diplomatic standoff over Ukraine.
26 March 2014
©Reuters/Washington State Department of Transportation Up to 18 unaccounted for in deadly US landslide Up to 18 people were unaccounted for more than 24 hours after a massive landslide slammed into a mountainside community killing four in the northwestern United States, officials said Sunday.
24 March 2014
Russell Crowe slates Rio's traffic chaos Ten weeks before the city expects to welcome throngs of World Cup fans, Hollywood star Russell Crowe slated Rio's chaotic traffic during a visit to promote biblical epic Noah.
24 March 2014
Barack Obama. © RIA Novosti Barack Obama congratulates world on Nauryz Around the world and here in the United States you're gathering at the Nauryz table to give thanks for loved ones, reflect on your blessings and welcome all the possibilities of a new season: Barack Obama.
21 March 2014
Photo courtesy of news.nationalgeographic.com 'Chicken from hell' sheds new light on bird-like dino Nicknamed the "chicken from hell," a newly identified species of feathered dinosaur as tall as a human roamed North America at least 66 million years ago.
21 March 2014
©Reuters/Jon Nazca US, S. Korea to launch massive landing drill More than 10,000 US troops will participate in a large-scale landing drill in South Korea next week, the US military said Thursday, days after North Korea test-fired 25 projectiles in apparent protest at the continuing joint exercises.
21 March 2014
©Reuters/Albert Gea Google, Facebook drive gains in mobile advertising The market for mobile device advertising doubled in 2013 to $17.9 billion and is on pace for strong gains this year, led by Facebook and Google.
20 March 2014

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