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X-ray vision software developed

[2015-12-23 07:58]

X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT.

New York lays out transgender protection guidelines

[2015-12-23 07:58]

New York City has warned landlords, employers and businesses they could be running afoul of the law by purposely calling a transgender woman "him" or "Mr." when she prefers a female title and pronoun, or by barring her from using a women's restroom.

Bank rescue leaves bitter families marooned

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Whenever retired tailor Meri Giannoni spoke to the director of her bank branch about how to invest her savings, she said to him: "Please treat me as if I were your mum."

New stadium picked for Olympics

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Japan chose a scaled-down design on Tuesday for the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, five months after scrapping the initial design and construction plan for being too costly.

Coal port expansion near Great Barrier Reef wins approval

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Australia's federal government formally approved a plan on Tuesday to dredge vast swathes of seabed sediment from an area near the Great Barrier Reef as part of a major coal port expansion, after rejecting arguments by environmentalists that it will hurt the area's fragile ecosystem.

Downed warplane's damaged black box 'not yet' readable

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Russian military officials said on Monday they would call on more specialists to help decipher the damaged black box of a warplane shot down by Turkey after a first attempt to read the device failed.

Muslims protect Christians during al-Shabaab attack

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Somali Islamist militants sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday, killing two people, but a passenger said he and fellow Muslims defied demands from the attackers to help identify Christians traveling with them.

ROK court awards compensation for fabricated spy case

[2015-12-23 07:58]

A court in the Republic of Korea has awarded millions of dollars in compensation to victims of a fabricated espionage case that took place four decades ago, a court spokesman said on Tuesday.

Saudi warns of reprisals against rebels

[2015-12-23 07:58]

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen threatened severe reprisals late on Monday against rebels in the neighboring country, after they fired a fourth ballistic missile in as many days toward Saudi territory.

Companies punished over deadly forest fires

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Indonesia is punishing more than 20 companies in an unprecedented move for starting deadly forest fires that killed 19 people, a government official said on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-12-23 07:58]

Panama's top court has ordered the detention of former president Ricardo Martinelli, prompting the absent millionaire supermarket tycoon on Tuesday to furiously dismiss the ruling as a "political trial".

Mild weather is a mixed bag for bears

[2015-12-22 08:00]

For now, the El Nino-driven mild weather is a boon to some wildlife, which are able to forage for more food and are using less energy surviving, experts say.

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