Chinese movies shine in Morocco

RABAT, MOROCCO - The 23rd edition of the International Mediterranean Film Festival opened on Saturday in Morocco's northern city of Tetouan, with China as the guest of honor. The festival, which runs until April 2, will screen several Chinese movies reflecting various areas of China's film industry.

Weary flyers shrug as laptop ban takes off

DUBAI - A controversial ban on carry-on laptops and tablets on flights from the Middle East to the United States and Britain went into effect on Saturday - with less fanfare and frustration than expected.

Businesses cursed by 'devil's waters' of South Korea ferry sinking

JINDO, SOUTH KOREA - When South Korea's Sewol ferry sank three years ago killing more than 300 people, it also devastated businesses close to the wreck site. Now owners hope its salvage will herald a change in their fortunes.

Police identify British-born attacker

The man who killed four people in a terrorist attack on the British Parliament on Wednesday was a convert to Islam who had spent several spells in jail for criminal activity, police said.

Around 250 feared dead after bodies found off Libya

ROME - More than 250 African migrants were feared drowned in the Mediterranean on Thursday after a charity's rescue boat found five corpses close to two sinking rubber dinghies off Libya.

China to dust off classic British editions

Literature lovers in China are in for a treat as some of the British Library's most iconic books go on display in Beijing for the first time.

Tears for victims on ferry's final journey

SEOUL - South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry was sailed away from its watery grave on Friday, beginning its final journey nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives.

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German scientists test 'largest artificial sun'

LONDON - Scientists in Germany are testing what they describe as "the world's largest artificial sun," which they hope could pave the way toward creating hydrogen to use as a green fuel.

London greyhound racing goes to dogs

LONDON - Once a hugely popular working man's sport, Saturday marks the final demise of greyhound racing in London, closing a chapter of British social culture in the capital.

Town of Reduction, population 60, up for sale in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, UNITED STATES - Got $1.5 million to spare? If so, tiny Reduction, a one-time company town built to house workers at a long-vanished garbage-processing plant in western Pennsylvania, could be yours for the asking.

Movie reveals how zoo couple hid Jews

WARSAW - The director of Warsaw zoo and his wife always carried cyanide during World War II. Danger was ever-present but they were ready to take their secret to the grave.