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Teen girls may have tried to join IS fighters

[2014-10-23 07:57]

Investigators are trying to discover whether three teenage girls from suburban Denver who may have been trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria have friends or associates with similar intentions.

Paralyzed man walks thanks to new treatment

[2014-10-22 07:49]

A paralyzed Bulgarian man can walk again after receiving revolutionary treatment in Poland in a breakthrough hailed by one of the British scientists responsible as "more impressive than a man walking on the moon".

Study finds antibiotics harm animal health

[2014-10-22 07:49]

Giving animals antibiotics may make them sicker and could lead some to spread even more salmonella than they would have otherwise, US researchers experimenting on mice said Monday.

Australia mourns its former PM

[2014-10-22 07:49]

Gough Whitlam, a flamboyant Australian prime minister and controversial social reformer whose grip on power was cut short by a bitter constitutional crisis, died on Tuesday at the age of 98.

Leader who sowed seeds of trust

[2014-10-22 07:49]

China is mourning the loss of a dear old friend - former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, who died on Tuesday, a man who will always be remembered as a major figure in China-Australia relations.

Widodo rethinks Cabinet postings

[2014-10-22 07:49]

New Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday he was re-evaluating some of his choices for Cabinet jobs after an anti-graft agency raised concern about possible problems with some candidates.

Iran offering new compromise in nuclear talks

[2014-10-22 07:49]

Iran is pushing what it portrays as a new compromise proposal in nuclear talks, but Western negotiators say it offers no viable concessions, underscoring how far apart the two sides are as they enter crunch time before a Nov 24 deadline.

French oil CEO killed in Moscow plane crash

[2014-10-22 07:49]

Drunken driver, 'error' by air traffic controllers to blame for accident

De margerie: 40 years with total

[2014-10-22 07:49]

Christophe de Margerie had been chief executive of Total, Europe's third-largest oil company after BP and Shell, since 2007.

Pinochet bodyguard arrested for murders at notorious military base

[2014-10-22 07:49]

A former bodyguard of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested on Monday along with nine other former officials for the kidnapping and murder of 13 people during Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship.

Sex offender's confession leads Indiana police to six more bodies

[2014-10-22 07:49]

A convicted sex offender suspected of murdering at least seven women and leaving the bodies in abandoned houses in northwest Indiana may be a serial killer who has killed others in the state as far back as 20 years ago, police said on Monday.

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[2014-10-22 07:49]

Research into an Ebola vaccine will produce data about its safety by December, and could be in experimental field use by January.

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