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$130 billion a year wasted on poor quality education: UN A quarter of a billion children worldwide are failing to learn basic reading and maths skills in an education crisis that costs governments $129 billion annually.

30 January 2014

Web gets new neighborhoods with '.guru' and more New online neighborhoods open Wednesday when a US company starts offering Web addresses ending in ".guru," ".bike" -- and even ".singles."

29 January 2014

Give diplomacy a chance, says Obama President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that America must move away from a permanent war footing to give diplomacy a chance to resolve some of the world's toughest problems, such as the nuclear standoff with Iran.

29 January 2014

Karzai suspects US behind Afghan bombings: report Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory.

29 January 2014

LatAm summit lashes out at US spying Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday railed against US spying as he opened a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders set up by Venezuela's late anti-US leader Hugo Chavez.

29 January 2014

Cuba opens 'megaport' with high hopes for more trade Cuba officially opened its new Mariel "megaport" on Monday, hoping the project will put it on the map as a regional shipping hub despite scant foreign investment and the US economic embargo.

29 January 2014

New GM CEO to join First Lady at Obama speech The first female CEO of the largest American automaker will be honored by sitting with Michelle Obama when the president delivers his State of the Union Address.

28 January 2014

US, tech firms agree on spy agency data disclosure The United States agreed to give technology firms the ability to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted by US spy agencies.

28 January 2014

New York to auction art looted by Hitler deputy Four Old Masters stolen by the Nazis, including Hitler's deputy Hermann Goering, go under the hammer in New York this week where they are expected to fetch up to $1 million.

28 January 2014

Sex, pregnancy poorly understood by women: US study Women are often in the dark when it comes to basic facts about sex, fertility, pregnancy and their own reproductive health, according to a US study Monday.

28 January 2014

Bitcoin dealers charged in US with money laundering US authorities Monday filed criminal charges against two operators of a Bitcoin exchange, including the head of a company with high-profile investment backers.

28 January 2014

US ship heads out to destroy Syrian chemical weapons A specially-equipped US naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria's most dangerous chemical agents.

28 January 2014

Apple shares tumble despite new revenue high Record iPhone and iPad sales pushed Apple quarterly revenue to a new high but shares tumbled Monday over concerns of weaker profits ahead in fierce mobile gadget markets.

28 January 2014

Yoko Ono in Beatles family reunion at Grammys The surviving Beatles on Sunday reunited in spirit with their late bandmates at the Grammys as Yoko Ono danced to the jamming of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

28 January 2014

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor discusses anti-drug-trafficking methods with United States Kazakhstan's General Prosecutor's Office will cooperate with the United States in the fight against drug trafficking.

27 January 2014

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

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

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