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Tesla unveils new autopilot system in US

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Newer Tesla Motors Model S sedans will be able to steer and park themselves under certain conditions starting on Thursday, the carmaker said, although CEO Elon Musk cautioned that drivers should keep holding the steering wheel.

Houthis fire missile in retaliation for Saudi 'war crimes'

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Yemen's Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile on Thursday in retaliation for attacks by a Saudi-led coalition, a source in the group said, as a Houthi-linked television station reported that a Scud missile had been fired at a Saudi air base.

Top Iranian council approves nuclear deal

[2015-10-16 07:54]

A senior council of Iranian clerics and lawyers on Wednesday approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with world powers, sealing the final required step in the process despite hardliners' efforts to derail it.

Israelis rush to buy guns

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Cars are double- and even triple-parked outside a gun shop in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv. Inside, customers jostle each other as they wait to be served.

149 children rescued in sex trafficking raid

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Law enforcement officials rescued 149 minors from pimps, including one as young as 12, in a nationwide crackdown on human trafficking, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

Special Ebola beds helped save lives

[2015-10-16 07:54]

The introduction of thousands of Ebola treatment beds prevented an estimated 57,000 Ebola cases and 40,000 deaths in Sierra Leone, a new study has found.

UK denies request for Assange physical

[2015-10-16 07:54]

The United Kingdom government has refused to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange receive medical attention outside Ecuador's London embassy where he has been holed up for more than three years.

Cocaine 'air bridge' to be investigated

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Peru's defense minister announced on Wednesday an investigation into allegations of military corruption in the world's No 1 cocaine-producing valley, after The Associated Press reported that the armed forces turned a blind eye to the ferrying of cocaine abroad by small planes.

Report: 'Dozens of managers' involved in fraud

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Volkswagen's pollution cheating program was developed by dozens of managers, not just a handful of individuals as the company has suggested, news site Spiegel Online reported on Wednesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-10-16 07:54]

Barack Obama, the United States president, will deploy up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations against militant Boko Haram insurgents, he informed Congress on Wednesday.

Playboy to stop running nude photos

[2015-10-15 07:45]

Teenage boys in the United States for generations got their first look at a naked woman from Playboy, often from a copy swiped from Dad's sock drawer or filched from a newsstand.

Jamaican writer Marlon James wins Booker Prize for fiction

[2015-10-15 07:45]

Marlon James became the first Jamaican winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with a vivid, violent, exuberant and expletive-laden novel based on the attempted assassination of reggae musician Bob Marley.

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