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Islamic State uses softer messages to attract recruits

[2014-12-17 07:46]

The three teenage girls from the US state of Colorado swapped Twitter messages about marriage and religion with recruiters for the Islamic State group, then set out for Syria with passports and thousands of dollars in stolen cash. Authorities intercepted them in Germany, then returned them to their families without criminal charges.

Washington under fire from Maduro

[2014-12-17 07:46]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro slammed the US government on Monday over sanctions against senior officials of his administration for alleged violations of human rights.

Good atmosphere prevails in Iran-US talks

[2014-12-17 07:46]

Iran said on Tuesday bilateral nuclear talks with the United States were proceeding in a good atmosphere despite lingering gaps over key issues such as Teheran's uranium enrichment capacity and how fast economic sanctions should be lifted.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2014-12-17 07:46]

Palestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour told member states of the International Criminal Court in a first address on Monday that Palestine plans to join the ICC "at an appropriate time".

'I saw death so close'

[2014-12-17 07:46]

A teenage survivor of Tuesday's Taliban attack on a Pakistani school described how he played dead after being shot in both legs by insurgents hunting down students to kill.

What they say

[2014-12-17 07:46]

I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold-blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us. Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this."

Time and tide have no respect for vulnerable coastal residents

[2014-12-16 08:01]

Bryony Nierop-Reading has what she calls a million-dollar view from her cliff top property in east England, looking out over North Sea swells beyond a sandy beach where gulls wheel overhead.

Dutch turn to sand in battle with nature

[2014-12-16 08:01]

A pile of sand about eight times the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza is shaping up as a cut-rate model for protecting coasts from rising seas.

Cancer patients pay labs big bucks to breed mice for tests on tumors

[2014-12-16 08:01]

Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same - with the hope of curing their own disease.

Dump offers living amid Maputo's stark poverty gap

[2014-12-16 08:01]

In an acrid brown fog, hundreds of figures like ghosts pick their way across an ocean of garbage.

Abe to face tough reform battle despite House election victory

[2014-12-16 08:01]

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Monday to prevail over resistance to his plans for economic and political change following a weekend election victory that gives him up to four more years in power.

Japan's opposition leader resigns

[2014-12-16 08:01]

The leader of Japan's largest opposition party stepped down on Monday after losing his seat in a weekend election.

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