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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.

Muhammad Ali takes jab at Trump over Muslim comments

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, one of the best-known Muslims in the United States, appeared on Wednesday to join the chorus condemning the proposal by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to temporarily stop Muslims from entering the country.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, said on Thursday that accusations by Turkey that Moscow allegedly conducted "ethnic cleansing" in Syria are "groundless".

Govt forces, Taliban battle in Kandahar

[2015-12-10 08:00]

Afghan security forces were fighting the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Wednesday, a day after the insurgents raided the city's sprawling airport, killing at least 37 people and taking six people hostage, officials said.

Home of suspected bitcoin creator raided

[2015-12-10 08:00]

Australian police raided on Wednesday the Sydney home and office of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable bitcoin creator and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of the virtual currency, witnesses said.

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