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Ghana's budding filmmakers have a home to call their own

KUMASI, Ghana - India has its Bollywood and Nigeria, Nollywood. Even New Zealand has a Wellywood.

Renowned violinist gives gift of music to young refugees

JERUSALEM - As a boy growing up in Palestinian refugee camps, Ramzi Aburedwan was immortalized in a well-known photo, holding stones to throw at Israeli soldiers.

Caught in the deadly crossfire

IRBIL, Iraq - After days of shelling by Iraqi forces, about 200 residents decided to take their chances and flee from one of the last pockets of Mosul controlled by the Islamic State group.

'No helmet, no fuel' policy targets road fatalities

NEW DELHI - With 400 deaths per day, or one every four minutes, India has one of the worst road safety records in the world.

NASA selects 12 from crush of applicants

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA chose 12 new astronauts on Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, hand-picking seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nation's next generation of spacecraft.

Museum celebrates products that flopped

HELSINGBORG, Sweden - Green Heinz ketchup? Fat-free Pringles? Colgate frozen lasagna? You don't need to be an expert to know these products weren't successful.

Diamonds shine with millennials

NEW YORK - Diamonds are making a comeback in the United States as more millennials fall for crystals long associated with "eternal" love.

Dinosaur restores image as scaly killer after feather flap

PARISTyrannosaurus rex had scales, not feathers, said a study on Wednesday, which rescues the giant lizard's reputation as a fearsome killer with a rough-and-tough hide.

Czech 'GyroDrive' soars past rivals with copter-car hybrid

BOCHOR, Czech Republic - As global automakers compete to bring the first flying car to market, Czech pilot Pavel Brezina is trying a different tack: instead of creating a car that flies, he has made a "GyroDrive" - a mini helicopter you can drive.

New app helps skin doctors reach out to distant, impoverished patients

BAMAKO, Mali - In Mali, where skin conditions are widespread and skin doctors are scarce, physicians have turned to technology to treat patients remotely.

Terminally ill cancer patient conquers Qomolangma

Ian Toothill, a terminally ill cancer patient who has been given only months to live, climbed the world's highest mountain Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West.