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Boxing: Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin acknowledged Most Exciting Fighter of the Year Kazakhstan's professional boxer Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin has been acknowledged the Most Exciting Fighter of the Year 2013.

20 December 2013 17:56

Angry India tells US 'times have changed' after diplomat spat India angrily brushed aside fresh efforts Friday by the United States to defuse a row over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats, warning Washington that "times have changed".

20 December 2013 17:53

S. Sudan at 'precipice' amid growing violence: Obama US President Barack Obama warned that South Sudan stands at the "precipice" of renewed civil war, amid spiralling violence including an attack on a UN base that killed three Indian peacekeepers.

20 December 2013 17:11

Six countries sign US pacts in fight against tax fraud The United States has signed anti-tax fraud pacts with six countries and territories including some considered tax havens, the US Treasury Department said Thursday.

20 December 2013 15:32

Zuckerberg sells as Facebook offers new shares Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion, as part of a new share offering by the huge social network.

20 December 2013 13:34

Prismatic social network follows interests Prismatic chief Bradford Cross believes that online social networks should go beyond following people to pursuing interests.

20 December 2013 12:15

Mothers' caravan finds 12 kin in search for missing migrants Mothers from across Central America whose children went missing in Mexico while trying to reach the United States found 12 family members after a 16-day search, officials said Wednesday.

20 December 2013 10:02

'Breaking Bad' namesake meth dealer gets 12 years' jail A US judge has sentenced meth dealer Walter White to 12 years in prison, in a case of life mirroring art a few months after the end of cult TV show "Breaking Bad," local media reported.

19 December 2013 17:25

Google Glass eyewear lets winking snap pictures Google Glass on Tuesday announced updates to the software in its Internet-linked eyewear to allow users to snap pictures by winking

18 December 2013 17:07

New Oscars logo puts spotlight on Academy The body behind the Oscars has unveiled a new logo that it hopes will focus more attention on the organization's wider work in addition to Hollywood's biggest trophy fest.

18 December 2013 12:21

US Supreme Court to hear Kirill Denyakin murder case Kirill's mother has shared her further plans to turn around the case of Kirill Denyakin, who was unarmed by shot dead with 11 bullets by a U.S. policeman.

17 December 2013 15:15

NASA mulls spacewalks to fix space station A series of spacewalks might be necessary to fix a breakdown in the equipment cooling system aboard the International Space Station, NASA said Friday.

14 December 2013 22:08

Concern for US man held in UAE for comic YouTube video Comedians including Will Ferrell are lending star power to a campaign to free a 29-year-old American jailed since April in the United Arab Emirates after making a YouTube video poking fun at Dubai teenagers.

14 December 2013 14:44

Assad win may be Syria's best option: ex-CIA chief The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad's regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Thursday.

14 December 2013 14:19

US to cut funding on Turkish Chinese-missile purchase The US Congress is set to adopt a law next week forbidding Turkey from using American funds to acquire a $4 billion missile system from a Chinese company blacklisted by Washington.

14 December 2013 13:20

US, Chinese warships nearly collide in S. China Sea A Chinese naval vessel came dangerously close to a US warship during a tense incident in the South China Sea last week, US military officials said Friday.

14 December 2013 12:44

New US school shooting on eve of Newtown anniversary A schoolboy gunman wounded two fellow students Friday, one critically, before killing himself in the latest such US shooting on the the eve of the first anniversary of the Newtown massacre.

14 December 2013 11:09

Wine dealer 'lied over fake vintages': US trial Renowned wine collector Rudy Kurniawan forged some of the finest vintages in the world, a series of French experts told his New York fraud trial Thursday.

13 December 2013 18:04

'Slave,' 'American Hustle' lead crowded Globes race Historical drama "12 Years a Slave" and crime caper "American Hustle" won most nominations for the Golden Globes with seven nods each on Thursday, as Hollywood's awards season heats up.

13 December 2013 16:22

Scandal over 'schizophrenic' Mandela signer The South African government admitted Thursday it made a "mistake" in choosing a sign language interpreter for Nelson Mandela's memorial who was later exposed as a fake by experts, and who claimed to be schizophrenic.

13 December 2013 14:52

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