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Deadly suicide bomber targets foreign convoy in Afghanistan capital
World
May 17, 2015
Deadly suicide bomber targets foreign convoy in Afghanistan capital
A suicide car bomber struck a foreign convoy near Kabul airport, killing at least two people and wounding 18 others…
Police: Gunmen shoot dead three Egypt judges in Sinai
Egypt
May 16, 2015
Police: Gunmen shoot dead three Egypt judges in Sinai
Gunmen shot dead three Egyptian judges Saturday in the strife-torn Sinai Peninsula, where security forces are battling an Islamist insurgency…
US pushes pedal on car-to-car communication
Science
May 16, 2015
US pushes pedal on car-to-car communication
Engineers have known for some time that if cars could only "talk" to each other, they could avoid a lot…
Move over superheroes, video-game movies are going upscale
Cinema/TV
May 16, 2015
Move over superheroes, video-game movies are going upscale
There was a time when a new video game adaptation was enough to make film critics gag, but the big…
Russia loses Mexican satellite after rocket failure
Science
May 16, 2015
Russia loses Mexican satellite after rocket failure
Russia's space agency said Saturday that a satellite launch had suffered an "emergency situation", with the carrier rocket apparently suffering…
Zombies invade Tokyo park for lurch of the living dead
Life & Style
May 16, 2015
Zombies invade Tokyo park for lurch of the living dead
The living dead stalked Tokyo on Saturday as some 100 zombie fans lurched around a city park for an annual…
Egypt’s Morsi faces death penalty in spy, jailbreak trials
Egypt
May 16, 2015
Egypt’s Morsi faces death penalty in spy, jailbreak trials
Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, already jailed for 20 years for inciting violence against protesters, faces the death penalty Saturday…
UN: Shelling kills eight children in Libya’s Benghazi
Middle East
May 16, 2015
UN: Shelling kills eight children in Libya’s Benghazi
Shelling of residential areas of Libya's second city Benghazi killed at least eight children this week, the United Nations said,…
Cairo blasts strain Egypt’s bomb squad
Egypt
May 16, 2015
Cairo blasts strain Egypt’s bomb squad
Egyptian bomb disposal expert Diaa Fathy had long predicted he would die in a flash, before that fateful day in…
It’s time to cool down Bikram yoga: study
Health & Fitness
May 15, 2015
It’s time to cool down Bikram yoga: study
A shorter duration, lowered temperature and increased attention to hydration are the recommendations from a team of exercise scientists who…