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Somalia’s al-Qaeda linked, terrorist group in Somalia, al-Shabaab. Photo courtesy of somalicurrent.com US forces launch missile strike against Shebab leader in Somalia The US military launched a missile strike in Somalia on Sunday targeting a suspected Shebab militant leader.
27 January 2014
Lorde's 'Royals' wins song of the year Grammy New Zealand singer Lorde's mega-hit "Royals" won the song of the year Grammy on Sunday, as music's biggest night drew towards its climax.
27 January 2014
©Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Oil prices mixed ahead of Fed policy meeting Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Monday as dealers focused on the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week in anticipation of further stimulus pullback.
27 January 2014
Samsung, Google sign patent-sharing deal Samsung said Monday it had signed a long-term cross-licence deal with Google in a move to help the South Korean technology firm stave off potential patent disputes in the future.
27 January 2014
Music stars rock the Grammys red carpet Music's brightest stars bared lots of skin on the Grammys red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday, oozing sex appeal and taking fashion risks on the industry's biggest night.
27 January 2014
Photo courtesy of mygazeta.com Growing beard popularity shaves P&G sales Procter & Gamble Friday revealed its latest challenge to earnings glory. This time it's a facial issue.
26 January 2014
©Reuters/Erik De Castro US nuns can opt out of contraception clause The US Supreme Court said Friday that religiously-affiliated groups could opt out of a provision in the new health care law that requires employers to provide insurance that includes contraception.
25 January 2014
©Reuters/Jim Young Google apologizes after online services stumble Google apologized Friday after the Internet giant's widely used free email and an array of other services were disrupted by apparent software woes.
25 January 2014
Apple mulling move into mobile payments Apple is considering launching a mobile-payments service for its iPhone and iPad, which would compete with major players such as PayPal, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
25 January 2014
Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears up With the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.
25 January 2014
Urban gardens greening Berlin rooftops, airfield Tomatoes, veggies and herbs are sprouting from Berlin parks, a shopping mall rooftop and even a former airfield in community gardens that pioneer farmers say add green spice to urban life.
25 January 2014
US kids read little on e-readers, tablets: study Two-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.
24 January 2014
Photo courtesy of redorbit.com NASA launches communications satellite NASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
24 January 2014
©Reuters/Jonathan Ernst US judge suspends Chinese units of 'Big Four' auditors A US judge has ordered Chinese units of the "Big Four" global accounting firms to be suspended from auditing US-traded companies for six months, saying they had "willfully violated" US laws.
24 January 2014
Bieber busted in Miami for DUI in drag racing incident Pop star Justin Bieber was charged with driving under the influence after police caught him drag racing in Miami Beach early Thursday -- allegedly after drinking and smoking marijuana.
24 January 2014
Microsoft tops expectations with record revenue Microsoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services.
24 January 2014
Photo courtesy of yk-news.kz Two students of Nazarbayev Intellectual School among world's best in Mathematics Two students from Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Semey city in eastern Kazakhstan Oblast have been acknowledged the world's best in Mathematics based on their SAT test results.
24 January 2014
Mars 'jelly doughnut' rock intrigues scientists A strange rock that looks like a jelly doughnut has appeared on Mars, and scientists are closer to figuring out how it got there.
24 January 2014
Angela Lansbury returns to West End after 40 years British-American actress Angela Lansbury, star of "Murder, She Wrote", is returning to London's West End for the first time in nearly 40 years -- in the same theatre where her mother made her debut in 1918.
24 January 2014
Photo courtesy of vitaminsall.com No health shield from vitamin D pills: study Vitamin D supplements have no significant effect on preventing heart attack, stroke, cancer or bone fractures.
24 January 2014

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