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Film sheds light on poison gas factory

[2017-08-19 08:44]

TOKYO - A new documentary film about Okunoshima, an island where Japan manufactured poison gas for its 1937-45 war of aggression against China, is attracting a great deal of attention.

Salt producers fear craft is drying up

[2017-08-19 08:44]

ANFEH, Lebanon - At 93, Elias al-Najjar has spent half a century harvesting salt by hand from ponds on Lebanon's Mediterranean shore, but he and his colleagues fear their way of life is dying.

Making a life out of chasing eclipses

[2017-08-19 08:44]

WASHINGTON - While Monday's total solar eclipse in the United States will be a once-in-a-lifetime sky show for millions, there's a small group of people who have experienced it all before - and they can't get enough of it.

Birds cut down by razor-sharp strings

[2017-08-19 08:44]

NEW DELHI - Razorsharp strings on kites flown as part of the traditional Indian Independence Day celebrations are taking a painful toll on birds.

Tourist spots take away welcome mat

[2017-08-18 09:21]

BARCELONA - Exasperated with the hordes of visitors they blame for making their city unlivable, Barcelona residents have risen in protest.

Shipwreck detective on trail of Senegal's slave trade secrets

[2017-08-18 09:21]

DAKAR, Senegal - Staring out to sea on a flawlessly sunny day, underwater archaeologist Ibrahima Thiaw visualizes three shipwrecks once packed with slaves that now lie somewhere beneath Senegal's Atlantic waves.

Models promote clothing, culture in show of unity on Kabul catwalk

[2017-08-18 09:21]

KABUL - Amid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional clothing and costumes of Afghanistan's many ethnic groups.

British PM chimes in on decision to silence Big Ben

[2017-08-18 09:21]

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that it is wrong for the London landmark Big Ben to go silent for four years.

Naturalist gets his wings after damselfly discovery

[2017-08-18 09:21]

PARIS - David Attenborough earned his wings on Wednesday after scientists named a 100-million-year-old damselfly after the veteran British broadcaster and naturalist.

'Anti-terror' course under fire

[2017-08-17 08:43]

EFRAT, Palestinian Territories - The foreigners yell "fire, fire, fire" before shooting their automatic weapons as Israeli instructors look on - but this is no military training.

Labor-short Japan at home with automation

[2017-08-17 08:43]

MORIYA, Japan - Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped and washed, wrapped into six-packs, and boxed at dizzying speeds on humming conveyor belts that zip and wind in a sprawling factory near Tokyo.

Dangerously cheesy? Cheetos pop-up restaurant opens in NY

[2017-08-17 08:43]

NEW YORK - Gourmet fun or just plain cheesy?

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