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Obama, Erdogan discuss Syria and Egypt
US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Wednesday to discuss developments in Syria and Egypt.
09 August 2013
Rare Schindler documents up for auction
Rare documents that a historian says fill in some major gaps in the story of Holocaust hero Oskar Schindler have gone up for auction online.
09 August 2013
Yemen says Qaeda plotted to take hostages at oil port
Yemen said Wednesday it had foiled an Al-Qaeda plot to storm a Western-run oil terminal and seize a port city, as a terror alert kept US Middle East missions closed.
08 August 2013
US,EU urge return to democracy in Egypt
The United States and the European Union on Wednesday urged Egypt's battling political factions and dominant military to agree a path for a return to democratic rule.
08 August 2013
Disney reaches for the skies with 'Planes'
As a lifelong aviation enthusiast and qualified pilot, filmmaker Klay Hall was the logical choice when Disney was seeking a director for its latest animated offering, "Planes."
08 August 2013
Kazakhstan ballet dancers win prizes in New York
Ballet dancers from Kazakhstan Assel Kumarova, Serik Nakyspekov and Azamat Askarov took part in Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition
08 August 2013
Obama scraps Moscow summit with Putin
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scrapped a Moscow summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
08 August 2013
US sues Bank of America for fraud over mortgage bonds
The US government on Tuesday sued Bank of America for defrauding investors in the sale of $850 million in mortgage-backed securities ahead of the housing bust.
08 August 2013
Facebook's Zuckerberg backs US immigration reform
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has taken his backing for US immigration reform public.
08 August 2013
Marilyn Monroe hoped to marry JFK: book
Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F. Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president.
07 August 2013
Facebook tunes ranking of stories in news feeds
Facebook's quest to be a personalized newspaper for the Internet age continued on Tuesday with tweaks aimed at making sure members spy hot stories from their friends.
07 August 2013
Iran's Rowhani urges 'serious' nuclear talks without delay
President Hassan Rowhani said Tuesday Iran was ready for "serious" talks on its nuclear programme without delay and that US calls for tougher sanctions showed a lack of understanding.
07 August 2013
Dolphins remember friends' whistles for decades: study
Bottlenose dolphins can remember each other's signature whistles for more than 20 years, a study said Wednesday -- the longest social memory ever observed in an animal.
07 August 2013
US actor Dustin Hoffman was treated for cancer: spokeswoman
US actor Dustin Hoffman has undergone successful treatment for cancer.
07 August 2013
Obama 'disappointed' with Russian asylum for Snowden
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was "disappointed" by Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who leaked details of vast US surveillance programs.
07 August 2013
Tablet sales slow in absence of new iPad model: IDC
Sizzling hot tablet sales have cooled a bit but should re-ignite with the release of a new iPad model later this year.
06 August 2013
Some blood pressure meds boost breast cancer risk: study
Postmenopausal women who take certain blood pressure medications for 10 years or more face twice the risk of developing breast cancer..
06 August 2013
US, Azerbaijani defense chiefs discuss Iran
US defense chief Chuck Hagel, meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, said Monday it was imperative Iran quickly resolve concerns about its nuclear program.
06 August 2013
Republicans to TV networks: Don't 'promote' Clinton
The US Republican Party on Monday threatened to prevent two US television networks from carrying party primary debates if they don't abandon planned documentaries on Hillary Clinton.
06 August 2013
Some mothers get meaner in bad economic times: US study
Mothers with a certain gene got meaner when the economy took a dive in 2007-2009, whether or not their own purses were shorter on cash.
06 August 2013
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