London Zoo's annual weigh-in, which includes weight and height measurements, is conducted for the general well-being of the animals and to help detect pregnancies in endangered species, as part of the zoo's international breeding programs.
"Paris! Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated! Liberated by itself. Liberated by its people..." These were the words of Charles De Gaulle to an ecstatic crowd cheering the capital's liberation from Nazi occupation after four long, painful, bitter years.
Quick resumption of indirect talks between two sides seems unlikely
Gaza gunmen killed 18 alleged spies for Israel on Friday, including seven who were lined up behind a mosque and shot after midday prayers, in response to Israel's deadly airstrikes against top Hamas military commanders.
The death toll from catastrophic landslides in western Japan could more than double, a police tally showed on Friday, as fears of a fresh collapse halted the search for 51 people still missing.
An Australian man jailed for life over the murder of one of the nation's top policemen had his conviction overturned on Friday after serving almost 20 years in prison.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea said on Friday that it will send a 273-member team, including 150 athletes, to the 2014 Asian Games to be held in the Republic of Korea's western port city of Incheon next month.
Authorities in Kerala have announced a ban on alcohol to tackle a growing abuse problem in the southern Indian state, which is also a popular tourist destination.
Kiev accuses Moscow of 'invasion' but says it will not attack the trucks
A chilling video showing the execution of journalist James Foley by Islamist militants marks the second time an American reporter has been beheaded by captors overseas, echoing the murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl in Pakistan in 2002.
The father of a student who died after being gang-raped on a moving bus in New Delhi spoke of his anger on Friday after a senior minister referred to the infamous attack as a "small incident".
Carried by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins containing the Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home on Friday to a country that is still searching the ocean for another doomed jet and whose government is battling the political fallout of the twin tragedies.
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