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Fossils are new clue in the human story

Jaw and teeth fossils found on the silty clay surface of Ethiopia's Afar region represent a previously unknown member of humankind's family tree that lived 3.3 to 3.5 million years ago alongside the famous human ancestor "Lucy", scientists say.

Self-healing robots step toward reality

Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step toward machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals.

HIV patients face medication shortage

A group of Ukrainians infected with HIV warned on Wednesday that thousands could soon perish because the war-torn country was running out of treatment for the AIDS virus.

US military sends live anthrax to air base, four labs

As many as 22 people in South Korea and four US lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax after the US military accidentally shipped out at least one live sample, officials said.

Poor, elderly at risk as heat wave goes on

Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could on Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,400 in the past month.

One body per grave found at trafficking camps

The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, Malaysia's deputy home minister said on Thursday, after earlier suspicions that they could contain multiple corpses of trafficked migrants.

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Nebraska abolished the death penalty on Wednesday in a landmark vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment.

Old cars preserve history

For an elite but passionate group of vintage-car collectors in Pakistan, restoring antique autos is like traveling back in time - and money seems to be no obstacle when the prize is a Lincoln convertible that belonged to an Afghan king or a Rolls-Royce once used by India's last viceroy.

National elections delayed until 2016

Thailand's junta confirmed on Wednesday that elections will not be held until September 2016, dealing a further blow to hopes that the kingdom's generals will swiftly hand back power to a civilian government.

Closed-door trial of US journalist begins

An Iranian security court has begun the closed-door espionage trial of an Iranian-US reporter for The Washington Post who has been detained for more than 10 months.

Grim secrets of trafficking camps found

Malaysian police forensic teams, digging with hoes and shovels, began on Tuesday to pull out bodies from shallow graves found in abandoned jungle camps, where it is thought hundreds of victims of human traffickers may be buried.