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Cutting edge of a cosmetic craze

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Lying on an operating table in northern Teheran, Nazanine said she wanted it all: a third nose job, her eyebrows tattooed and liposuction on her thighs to "fix" her figure.

Govt calls for return of multiplication tables for young pupils

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Generations of older people in England were drilled almost daily in their math lessons to learn by heart their 'times' tables'. Computers, calculators and changes in teaching methods saw an end to the tradition.

Quake strikes India, neighboring countries

[2016-01-05 07:59]

A powerful earthquake struck South Asia before dawn on Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring nearly 200, with efforts to rescue those trapped in rubble hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links.

New York State communities told to get homeless off streets

[2016-01-05 07:59]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday signed an order requiring communities statewide to take homeless people from the streets to shelters when temperatures reach freezing, saying he was ready for a legal challenge from anyone who believes "people have a civil right to sleep on the street and freeze to death".

Abe declares summit with Putin needed to resolve territorial row

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin must take place in order for the countries to forge a peace treaty.

Troops fight gunmen near Indian consulate

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Afghan special forces fought with insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Monday after an overnight attack that coincided with an assault on an Indian air base near the border with Pakistan.

Price of postage stamp rises

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Australians will be required to pay around 40 percent more for a postage stamp as new costs for mail services rolled out on Monday.

Facebook's Zuckerberg unveils plan to build artificially intelligent butler

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Mark Zuckerberg wants to build an artificially intelligent assistant in 2016 to help run his home and assist him at work, the Facebook Inc founder and chief executive said on Sunday.

Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control

[2016-01-05 07:59]

US President Barack Obama is slated on Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening US gun laws, kicking off his last year in office with a clear signal that he intends to prioritize one of the country's most intractable issues.

Sweden imposes ID checks at border

[2016-01-05 07:59]

All train, bus and ferry passengers traveling from Denmark to Sweden will be required to show photo identification before being allowed across the border starting on Monday in a drastic move by the Swedish government to stem an unprecedented migrant influx.

Nanjing Massacre-themed museum opens

[2016-01-05 07:59]

The US first Nanjing Massacre themed museum, LA Memorial Hall of American Heroes during Nanjing Massacre, has opened in Los Angeles.

Citizen journalism investigation to be studied

[2016-01-05 07:59]

Dutch prosecutors said on Sunday they would "seriously study" claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014.

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