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Endangered eagle born in captivity

[2015-12-11 07:59]

A monkey-eating eagle has been hatched in captivity in the Philippines, boosting the critically endangered giant bird's fight against extinction.

Grave-obsessed cemetery hunters seek stories 'of heroes and villains'

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Some prefer to spend their leisure time immersed in music or on the sports field, but for a small group of tombstone tourists, Britain's graveyards are their playground.

Hackers bring down Abe website

[2015-12-11 07:59]

A hacking group said on Thursday it has crashed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official website to protest Japan's plans to hunt whales.

Embattled PM vows 'no surrender' amid unabating funding scandal

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday defiantly rejected calls to step down over a political funding scandal as the ruling party doubled down on its support for him in the face of an uncertain electoral outlook.

Spiders on the menu as nation's northeast embraces slow food

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Welhite Naro proudly proffers his fried spiders and grilled crickets along with a somewhat less exotic dish of millet and squash - a small sample of the disappearing delicacies of India's remote northeast.

Govt mulls Mandarin road signs

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Australian road signs could soon be translated into Mandarin in a move to attract more Chinese tourists, and make it easier for the growing number of "self-drive" Chinese tourists to find their way around.

Five people charged in Australia over terror

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, were charged on Thursday in Sydney over a terror plot targeting a government building, with authorities expressing alarm at the age of those being radicalized.

More than 2,400 were killed in September stampede

[2015-12-11 07:59]

The September stampede during the hajj in Saudi Arabia killed at least 2,411 pilgrims, a new Associated Press count shows, three times the number of deaths acknowledged by the kingdom three months later.

President blasts incoming leaders in her final speech

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Tens of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina's most famous square on Wednesday night to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez, who lauded her government's achievements while blasting the incoming administration in the same withering tones she aimed at opponents throughout her eight years in office.

Warming opens famed waterway through Arctic

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Beneath the aurora borealis, an oil tanker glides through the night past the Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen and vanishes into the maze of shoals and straits of the Northwest Passage, navigating waters that for millennia were frozen over this time of year.

World's first dengue fever vaccine cleared by Mexico

[2015-12-11 07:59]

The world's first dengue vaccine won regulatory approval in Mexico on Wednesday, raising hopes that it could prevent more than 100 deaths there a year and eventually perhaps millions around the world.

Greece moves stranded migrants to Athens

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Greek police rounded up about 2,300 migrants who had been stranded for three weeks at the border with Macedonia and transported them to Athens on Wednesday, dashing their hopes of seeking asylum in northern Europe.

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