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Film fans find calm in fading cinema

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Aden's Hurricane theater offers just one screening a day, but a devoted band of Yemeni film lovers has kept the British colonial-era cinema going through communism, civil war and al-Qaida.

Jobs program to give black men a boost

[2015-03-19 07:34]

For years, Justin Williams has been bouncing around from job to job, never holding down anything stable, feeling frustrated and "really down and out," until Save Our Sons threw him a lifeline.

Furor erupts over beauty pageant winner's African-American ethnicity

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Eriana Miyamoto being crowned Miss Japan 2015 has caused something of a furor in the nation as the 20-year-old beauty's detractors are claiming she is not Japanese.

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[2015-03-19 07:34]

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Teheran downplays chances of agreement

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played down the chances of reaching a nuclear agreement during talks underway in Switzerland on Wednesday.

At talks, Kerry can't get into gear

[2015-03-19 07:34]

US Secretary of State John Kerry has a history with broken planes, but during Iran nuclear talks in Switzerland this week, even his bike needed fixing.

Search ends for AirAsia victims

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Indonesia has called off the search for the remaining victims of the AirAsia plane crash in the Java Sea, an official said on Wednesday.

Solar plane to land in Indian holy city

[2015-03-19 07:34]

The world's only solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, is scheduled to make a stopover in the Indian holy city Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday after flying over the Ganges River, organizers said.

US drone downed over 'IS-free area'

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Syria's military downed a US drone over the coastal province of Latakia because it was snooping in an area where Islamic State jihadists are not present, a military source said on Wednesday.

Founding PM Lee 'critically ill', and condition worsening

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Singapore's founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was "critically ill" and his condition was worsening while on life support in a hospital, the government said on Wednesday.

Vanuatu struggles to recover from cyclone

[2015-03-19 07:34]

International aid agencies increased aid appeals for cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu on Wednesday, warning the powerful storm that affected more than two-thirds of the South Pacific island nation had wiped out crops and destroyed fishing fleets, raising the risk of hunger and disease.

Police, anti-austerity protesters clash

[2015-03-19 07:34]

At least 88 policemen were injured and more than 500 people were arrested after anti-austerity protests in Frankfurt turned into clashes between protesters and police on Wednesday, local media reported.

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