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The poor live with the dead in Peru neighborhood
World
August 4, 2015
The poor live with the dead in Peru neighborhood
When Manuel Garcia opens his house door near Peru's capital, his neighbors rest in a macabre tableau of tombs and…
Dozens of crocodile heads dumped in Australian town
Environment
August 4, 2015
Dozens of crocodile heads dumped in Australian town
Up to 70 rotting crocodile heads have been found in an old freezer dumped at a remote Australian town, police…
1,500 schools damaged or destroyed in Iraq’s Anbar
Middle East
August 4, 2015
1,500 schools damaged or destroyed in Iraq’s Anbar
More than 1,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the conflict in Iraq's troubled Anbar province…
Egypt seeks cash, prestige boost with ‘new Suez Canal’
Egypt
August 4, 2015
Egypt seeks cash, prestige boost with ‘new Suez Canal’
Egypt is set to inaugurate a "new Suez Canal" waterway touted as an achievement rivalling the digging of the original,…
Glaciers melt to lowest level on record: study
Science
August 3, 2015
Glaciers melt to lowest level on record: study
Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to levels not seen in 120 years of record-keeping, with melt-off accelerating in the first decade…
‘Fitness’ foods stimulate more eating, less exercise
Health & Fitness
August 3, 2015
‘Fitness’ foods stimulate more eating, less exercise
Foods like Clif Bars and Wheaties cereal are packaged to evoke connotations of promoting fitness, however, a new study says…
Get the holiday makeup look
Culture
August 3, 2015
Get the holiday makeup look
FROM perfect surf to rolling vineyards and some of the hottest nightspots in the US, California has it all.
Fears grow over Nepal’s ‘anti-women’ constitution
World
August 3, 2015
Fears grow over Nepal’s ‘anti-women’ constitution
Nepal's proposed new constitution has sparked fury from women who say their citizenship, property and other rights are being curtailed…
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to avenge Yazidis
Middle East
August 3, 2015
Iraqi Kurdish leader vows to avenge Yazidis
The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massud Barzani, promised Monday to avenge the Yazidi minority brutally attacked by…
French beach returns to public after Saudi royal take-over
World
August 3, 2015
French beach returns to public after Saudi royal take-over
Workers were busily returning a beach in southern France to its previous condition on Monday after the departure of Saudi…