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AfD proves a force to be reckoned with

[2016-03-14 08:08]

Populist party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) began life at the height of Europe's sovereign debt crisis in 2013 on an anti-euro platform.

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[2016-03-14 08:08]

At least five laborers were killed when a coal mine collapsed in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, with two more still missing.

Five years after tsunami, 'we still feel the scars'

[2016-03-12 08:35]

Japan on Friday mourned the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago.

UN chief calls for efforts to learn lessons from past to reduce calamities

[2016-03-12 08:35]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called upon the international community on Thursday to learn lessons from the past Tsunami calamities and to raise public awareness of the importance of prevention and mitigation.

Norwegian teens play refugees for 24 hours

[2016-03-12 08:35]

In a dark snowy forest, two military vehicles thunder by, the wailing sirens waking those who have just dozed off. Exhausted, they must quickly pack up camp and resume their night march.

Scientists create world's thinnest camera lens

[2016-03-12 08:35]

Australian scientists have created the world's thinnest camera lens, in a breakthrough set to result in mass advancements in medicine and nanotechnology. The lens, developed at the Australian National University in Canberra, is just 6.3 nanometers thick, eight times thinner than the previous record holder, which was 50 nanometers thick.