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5 terror attacks 'foiled', says PM

[2015-04-24 07:46]

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Thursday that five terror attacks had been "foiled" in France in recent months.

Compensation eludes many poisoned by toxic dumping

[2015-04-23 08:33]

Andoudoua Blonde said he will have to live forever with blindness in one eye, headaches and skin rashes caused by a 2006 dumping of toxic waste near his farm in Cote d'Ivoire.

Free self-defense classes provide aid to visually impaired women

[2015-04-23 08:33]

There are times when Sarita Lamichane is navigating the chaotic streets of Katmandu and someone will offer to help her through the heavy traffic. She is blind, and rush hour for her is no easy thing. But sometimes, those helpers will grope her the first chance they get.

Plans for best-ever telescope proceed

[2015-04-23 08:33]

As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years in space this week, NASA and its international partners are building an even more powerful tool to look deeper into the universe than ever before.

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[2015-04-23 08:33]

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Negotiations resume with sanctions in the spotlight

[2015-04-23 08:33]

The timing and scope of sanctions relief are among crucial sticking points as Iran and the six major world powers resumed talks in Vienna, Austria, on a nuclear agreement by June 30 aimed at curbing Teheran's nuclear activities.

Deal curbs ability to reprocess spent fuel

[2015-04-23 08:33]

The Republic of Korea and the United States reached a deal on Wednesday to revise a 40-year-old civil nuclear pact that gives the Asian country limited freedom to produce fuel for power generation but continues to curb its ability to reprocess spent fuel.

Nuclear reactors prepare for restart

[2015-04-23 08:33]

A Japanese court has rejected a legal bid to block the reopening of the Sendai nuclear power station on safety grounds, removing one of the last big hurdles to switching reactors back on after the 2011 Fukushima crisis paralyzed the industry.

Thailand reacts to 'yellow card' from EU

[2015-04-23 08:33]

Thailand warned on Wednesday that it risked losing nearly $1 billion a year if the European Union makes good on a threat to ban fish imports unless the kingdom does more to halt illegal fishing.

Taliban announces coming offensive

[2015-04-23 08:33]

The Taliban in Afghanistan said their annual "spring offensive" will begin on Friday, vowing nationwide attacks in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade as NATO forces pull back from the front lines.

Strikes continue despite declared halt of air war

[2015-04-23 08:33]

Fresh airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition were reported in Yemen on Wednesday hours after the air war was due to end.

PM calls for EU action to tackle 'slave' traffickers

[2015-04-23 08:33]

The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.

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