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Candlelight vigil to mourn shooting victims in California

UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.

Boao forum experts warn of further debt crisis

2013-04-08 21:16

A fresh debt crisis may break out in the short or medium term, economic experts have warned at the Boao Forum for Asia, which opened on Sunday in South China's Hainan province.

CIC eyes infrastructure investment in Europe, US

2013-04-08 20:41

Eyeing returns in the long run, China's sovereign wealth fund will focus more on infrastructure investment in Europe and the United States, the fund's vice chairman and president said Monday.

Heart disease culprit found in red meat

2013-04-08 13:16

The cholesterol and saturated fat in red meat may not the real culprit for heart disease as another compound -- carnitine -- could harden the arteries.

3 children die in Texas fire

2013-04-08 12:43

Three children died Sunday in a house fire in the US state of Texas, officials said.

Opposition holds big rally in Venezuelan capital

2013-04-08 11:45

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan opposition supporters rallied in a staunchly pro-government part of the capital on Sunday, answering a call by their candidate Henrique Capriles and showing strength a week before the presidential election.

Helicopter with 13 aboard crashes in Peru

2013-04-08 11:25

A helicopter with nine employees of French oil company Perenco and four crew members aboard -- all Peruvians -- crashed in a remote jungle in Peru's northeastern province of Loreto Sunday, and no surviviors have been found, Perenco said in a statement.

Immigration bill expected this week

2013-04-08 09:31

A bill to overhaul the US immigration system would likely be completed by the end of this week, two senior US senators said on Sunday.

Beyonce, Jay-Z cause waves with visit to Cuba

2013-04-08 09:14

Two US Republican lawmakers want to know if popular US pop star Beyonce and her husband, rap singer Jay-Z, had the US government's permission to travel to Cuba despite an economic embargo.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York

2013-04-08 09:02

People attend a memorial at the Temple Emanu-El during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York April 7, 2013. The day brings together Holocaust survivors and their families to remember the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust.

Online translator breaks down barriers

2013-04-08 08:04

Google is now doing a record billion translations a day, as much text as you'd find in 1 million books for everything from understanding school lunch menus to gathering national security intelligence.

Vaccine shows promise for ovarian cancer

2013-04-07 13:22

US scientists have developed an experimental vaccine against advanced ovarian cancer that triggers anti-tumor immune responses using cells made from patients' own tumor.

Venezuela's Maduro greets supporters in Amazonas

2013-04-07 10:09

Venezuelan Acting President and presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro (R), interacts with his supporters during a campaign event held at Puerto Ayacucho, state of Amazonas, Venezuela, on April 6, 2013.[

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