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Alliance told not to undermine others' interests

[2014-10-09 08:13]

The Japan-US alliance should maintain its bilateral nature rather than expand to undermine any third party's interests, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Wednesday.

Major new fault found in NZ capital

[2014-10-09 08:13]

A new geological fault capable of generating a magnitude-7.1 earthquake has been found in Wellington, confirming the New Zealand capital's status as one of the world's most seismically active cities, scientists revealed on Wednesday.

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[2014-10-09 08:13]

Investigators confirmed on Wednesday that the priority search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has moved farther south as end-of-flight scenarios indicated it may have spiraled into the Indian Ocean.

Another UN official in Liberia contracts Ebola

[2014-10-09 08:13]

An international medical official with the UN Mission in Liberia has tested positive for the Ebola virus and is receiving treatment, the UN said on Wednesday.

19 die in protests across Turkey

[2014-10-09 08:13]

At least 19 people were killed on Wednesday as pro-Kurdish protests raged across Turkey over the government's failure to act against jihadists attacking the majority-Kurdish Syrian border city of Kobane.

Nobel Prize shows size doesn't matter

[2014-10-09 08:13]

A German and two US scientists won the 2014 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for smashing the size barrier in optical microscopes, allowing researchers to see individual molecules inside living cells.

Health T-shirts, mind-reading bar unveiled in Japan

[2014-10-08 07:44]

Glasses that tell you how to get home, advertisements that know where you are looking, and a T-shirt that knows how fast your heart is beating were on display at a huge tech gathering in Japan on Tuesday.

Night Wolves ride for Russia

[2014-10-08 07:44]

Roaring through Moscow after dark with big motorcycles, long hair and leather jackets, the Night Wolves could be Russia's version of Hell's Angels. But these are riders with a cause, and that cause is the motherland.

Nobel Prize goes to inventors of LED lights

[2014-10-08 07:44]

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and US scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones.

Guessing game ahead of top literature prize

[2014-10-08 07:44]

Fevered speculation is raging over who will collect the Nobel Prize in literature, with punters and experts considering language, geography, genre and even age as they try to pin down the winner.

Morocco mulls legal marijuana growing

[2014-10-08 07:44]

Abdelkhalek Benabdallah strode among towering marijuana plants and checked the buds for the telltale spots of white, indicating they are ready for harvest.

Ebola infects nurse in Spain, widening worries

[2014-10-08 07:44]

In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain has come down with the disease - the first time the virus has been contracted outside Africa during the current epidemic.

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