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Having babies from abroad

[2014-10-08 07:42]

Tang Zhou and his wife are planning to have their second child, a test-tube baby.

Surrogacy controversy

[2014-10-08 07:42]

An Australian couple was reported to have abandoned a baby with his surrogate mother in Thailand because the baby had Down syndrome - but accepted the boy's healthy twin sister.

Worldwide differences

[2014-10-08 07:42]

Rules on surrogacy vary from country to country, which can lead to pitfalls and complications for would-be parents.

Ebola patient in US struggles for life

[2014-10-07 08:26]

The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital, a top US health official said, adding that one of the experimental medicines for the virus was not available, while another carries risks that were being weighed by the victim's family.

Three share Nobel for discovering brain's 'GPS'

[2014-10-07 08:26]

US-British scientist John O'Keefe and a Norwegian married couple, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate through the world.

Brazil vote sets up two-way runoff

[2014-10-07 08:26]

Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff won a first-round election on Sunday and will face business favorite Aecio Neves in what is shaping up to be a hard-fought runoff.

Letter: IS hostage 'scared to die'

[2014-10-07 08:26]

WASHINGTON - Hostage Peter Kassig wrote in June that he was "scared to die" at the hands of his Islamic State jihadist captors, his parents said in a statement released on Saturday.

IN BRIEF (Page 4)

[2014-10-07 08:26]

Venezuela signed an agreement with a Chinese State-owned company on Sunday to build and send into orbit the country's third satellite using Chinese technology.

Runoff likely as Brazil goes to polls

[2014-10-06 08:23]

The twists and turns in Brazil's presidential race ended on Sunday, at least for a few hours, as millions of Brazilians cast ballots in an election expected to force a three-week runoff campaign between incumbent Dilma Rousseff and one of her two top challengers.

ROK official: Kim in good health

[2014-10-06 08:23]

The Republic of Korea's Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae said he was told by Kim Yang-gon, a senior member of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, that there was no problem with the health of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday.

British hostage freed in Libya after 5 months

[2014-10-06 08:23]

British schoolteacher David Bolam has been released after nearly five months of captivity in Libya, reportedly after payment of a ransom to his Islamist captors.

Allied forces slow IS attempts to capture key town

[2014-10-06 08:23]

Smoke billowed over the key Syrian border town of Kobane on Sunday as Kurdish fighters supported by US-led airstrikes battled to hold back intensified attacks by Islamic State jihadists.