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Pumpkin spice is everywhere for Halloween

[2014-11-01 07:42]

Trick or treat! While youngsters dress up as ghosts and goblins and go door to door for Halloween, grown-ups across the United States are indulging in all things pumpkin spice.

Australians seeking surrogacy denied visa

[2014-11-01 07:42]

Australian couples seeking surrogate mothers in India are being denied entry to the country following reports that a surrogate twin was left there by an Australian couple wanting just one child.

Flu season set to stir up Ebola fears

[2014-11-01 07:42]

After weeks of Ebola panic, false alarms and quibbles over quarantine in the United States, health authorities are bracing for a new battle: flu season.

Life goes on for nurse in 'voluntary' quarantine

[2014-11-01 07:42]

In between going on a bike ride and taking delivery of a pizza, nurse Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend did chores and watched a movie while state officials struggled to reach a compromise in a standoff that has become the nation's most closely watched clash between personal freedom and fear of Ebola.

Trooper ambush suspect caught; death penalty eyed

[2014-11-01 07:42]

A survivalist accused of ambushing two Pennsylvania state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured on Thursday by US marshals in an abandoned airplane hangar, ending a seven-week man hunt that had rattled the nerves of are are sidents.

British press fights 'Big Brother' after sources outed

[2014-11-01 07:42]

Britain's security services are set to clash with Parliament and the country's powerful press over revelations that police secretly used a controversial law to identify journalists' sources, triggering a wider debate about media freedom in the digital age.

UN warns of large number of foreign militants

[2014-11-01 07:42]

Jihadi fighters from more than 80 countries have flocked to fight in Iraq and Syria on an "unprecedented scale", according to extracts from a UN report published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Friday.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2014-11-01 07:42]

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore announced his resignation in a statement on Friday and called for a 90-day transition to "free and transparent" elections in the West African country, local media said.

Sweden recognizes Palestine

[2014-10-31 07:55]

Sweden officially recognized the State of Palestine on Thursday, becoming the first major Western European country to do so.

UN urged to end Israeli settlements

[2014-10-31 07:55]

Palestine urged the UN Security Council on Wednesday to demand that Israel immediately reverse plans to build more Jewish settlements.

China calls for parties to resume peace talks

[2014-10-31 07:55]

China urged Israel on Wednesday to be serious in halting all settlement activities immediately and to resume peace talks with Palestine.

Australia outlaws travel to hot spots

[2014-10-31 07:55]

Australia on Thursday passed a law criminalizing travel to terror hot spots, a tough counter-terrorism measure aimed at stopping jihadists from going to Iraq and Syria to fight.

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