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Putin: US among security threats

[2016-01-04 07:57]

A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia's national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the West have deteriorated in recent years.

Mayor slain a day after taking office

[2016-01-04 07:57]

The mayor of a city south of Mexico's capital was shot to death on Saturday, less than a day after taking office, officials said.

Driver had jihadi propaganda in computer

[2016-01-04 07:57]

French investigators found jihadist propaganda material on Saturday in the computer of a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in France on New Year's Day but said it did not prove he had links with any terrorist groups.

California twins born in two different years

[2016-01-04 07:57]

Twin infants born just as New Year's Champagne corks were popping share the same parents, but different birth years.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2016-01-04 07:57]

Al-Qaida's East African affiliate has released a recruitment video targeting US blacks and Muslims that includes a clip of presidential candidate Donald Trump calling for Muslims to be banned from entering the United States.

Clean river delivers riches for dinner tables

[2016-01-02 07:46]

It is dark and foggy at 4 am as Xu Chunfu sets sail on the Wusuli River, the border between China and Russia.

Iceland's language as tough as its challenging landscape

[2016-01-02 07:46]

Iceland's challenges include boiling hot springs, frigid waters and vast wildernesses where sudden fogs leave you terribly alone. For me, the most daunting challenge was the tungumalanamskeidid - a course in trying to learn the language.

Maestro fulfilling dream of homeland

[2016-01-01 07:35]

During the 2014-15 season at La Scala opera house in Milan, a Chinese-born conductor won over the pickiest of audiences with his precise pacing and incredible vigor while interpreting Rossini's Otello.

New Delhi gears up for car ban to cut smog

[2015-12-31 08:00]

Millions of Delhi residents will have to find alternative ways to work beginning on Friday, when authorities launch a trial of draconian traffic restrictions to try to clean up the world's most polluted capital.

'Un-Islamic' vaping catches backlash

[2015-12-31 08:00]

At Malaysian e-cigarette outlet Vape Empire, customers kick back and puff out thick, aromatic clouds of vapor in funky flavors like Horny Mango and Creamy Suckerz' Banana Anna.

Public granted access to WWII govt archives

[2015-12-31 08:00]

Hundreds of thousands of files on members of the French resistance, communists and Jews hunted by the collaborationist Vichy government in France during World War II are now accessible to the public.

Gorkha's soldiers fail to change fate of own communities

[2015-12-31 08:00]

Nepal is home to world class warriors, who are recognized for their bravery as Gurkhas. These Gurkhas originate from the northeastern hilly district of Gorkha, which itself is steeped in 240 years of monarchic history.

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