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Five people arrested in China after a teenager sold his kidney for an iPad
A group of five persons has been arrested in southern China after a 17-year-old student sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone...
Virginia Beach Navy F-18 fighter jet crash UPDATE
A US Navy F-18 fighter jet has crashed into an apartment complex in the suburbs of Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Navy confirmed. The fighter jet...
US Navy F-18 fighter jet crashes into Virginia Beach apartment
A US Navy F-18 fighter jet has crashed into apartment in the residential neighborhood of Virginia Beach, Virginia, local media reports. The two crew members ejected...
More than half a million Apple computers infected with Flashback Trojan
Dr. Web, a Russian anti-virus firm, has reported that more than half a million Apple computers have been infected with the Flashback Trojan. The report...
Japanese tsunami ghost ship has been blown up by the US Coast Guard
The crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami has been sunk by the US Coast Guard. The coast guard earlier said...
Tuareg rebels have declared independence of nothern Malian region Azawad
A group of Tuareg rebels has declared independence for a northern Malian region called Azawad, after seizing control of the area late last month. The...
Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi president, is clinically dead after cardiac arrest
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has died, doctors and cabinet ministers have said, but this has not been officially announced. One of the doctors who...
Invisible Children releases new video Kony 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous
US activist group Invisible Children has released the second part of its video Kony 2012, which highlights the activities of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph...
Hundreds of Chinese websites defaced by Anonymous
Almost 500 Chinese websites have been defaced in an Anonymous attack, the hacking group claims. Targets hit in the mass defacement included government sites, its official...
iBrain, the NeuroVigil device that may be able to read thoughts, tested on Prof. Stephen Hawking
iBrain, a new device invented by Dr. Philip Low, CEO of California-based NeuroVigil, which was designed for sleep monitoring, may also be able to...
Athens clashes between protesters and riot police after pensioner suicide beside parliament
New clashes between Greek protesters and riot police took place in Athens, hours after a pensioner shot himself dead outside parliament. The 77-year-old man killed...
Five New Orleans policemen sentenced in Katrina Danziger Bridge shootings case
Five former New Orleans police officers, who shot dead two unarmed civilians and wounded another four on a bridge in the wake of Hurricane...
Clint Hill, Jackie Kennedy’ secret agent, recalls the terrifying moments after JFK’s assassination
Clint Hill, the secret service agent employed to protect Jackie Kennedy has recounted the terrifying moments after JFK's assassination in 1963, and how the...
Somalia’s Olympic committee officials among 7 people killed in an explosion at Mogadishu’s national theater
Members of Somalia's Olympic committee and Football Federation heads are among seven people killed in a suicide blast at Mogadishu’s national theater re-opening ceremony. Somali...
Texas tornadoes: thousands of homes reduced to rubble and more than a dozen people injured
An unprecedented cluster of tornadoes ripped through major towns and cities in Texas yesterday leaving thousands of homes reduced to rubble and more than...
Dallas tornado tosses trucks across the skies as dangerous twister targets Texas
Millions of people from Dallas and Forth Worth are being urged to seek shelter immediately as dramatic news footage shows trucks and other massive...
Oakland shooting: suspect One L. Goh was targeting an Oikos University official
One L. Goh, the man who allegedly shot seven people dead and injured three more at Oikos University in Oakland, California, was targeting a...
Robert Redford will produce Watergate documentary with Discovery Channel
Robert Redford will produce a documentary about Watergate, more than 30 years after appearing in a film about the US political scandal. Robert Redford, 75,...
IBM is designing the most powerful computer in history to unravel the origin of the universe
IBM is developing a computer which will digest twice as much information every day as the entire internet, sifting through radio waves from space...
One Goh named as suspect in Oikos University shooting
One Goh has been named by police as the man believed to have shot dead seven people and injured three others at Oikos University...
California: at least 5 people killed in a shooting at Oikos University
At least five people are believed to have been injured in a shooting at a Christian university in Oakland, California, police say. US TV footage...
Olympics 2012: risk of a flu pandemic spreading will increase at Olympic Games
The already "extreme" risk of a flu pandemic spreading in the UK will increase during the Olympics, a report has said. Britain has been ranked...
Almost 1.5 million US Visa and MasterCard accounts have been hacked
Nearly 1.5 million US Visa and MasterCard accounts have been hacked in a major credit card heist. The data leak was revealed on Friday, when...
Russia: at least 32 people killed after an UTair passenger plane crashed in Siberia
An UTair passenger plane having 43 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off in Siberia, Russian officials say. Thirty-two people were killed and 11...
More than 600 ice floe anglers rescued in Russia
More than 600 Russian anglers stranded on an ice floe in far east have been rescued. The operation to airlift them off the ice involved...
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