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Blind sailors find new horizons at sea

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Standing at the helm of a three-masted schooner, Alina Koralewska is having no trouble at all staying the course forward Barcelona despite being able to see neither compass nor stars.

Families living a nightmare over missing students

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Night has become the most difficult time for the parents of 43 students from a rural teachers college who disappeared a month ago.

Sierra Leoneans in Britain answer Ebola 'call of duty'

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Watching with horror as the Ebola crisis ravages their country, Sierra Leoneans in London are mobilizing to help their compatriots fight the deadly virus back home.

Australia suspends immigration from nations hit hardest

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Australia said on Monday it was suspending immigration from Ebola-affected West African countries to try to prevent the virus from crossing its borders.

East Jerusalem tensions build on housing plan

[2014-10-28 07:58]

The Israeli government is advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units in parts of Jerusalem that Palestinians demand for their future state, an official said on Monday.

Scandals, sluggish economy take toll on Abe's popularity

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's honeymoon with the voters is fading as scandals and a slowing economic recovery take a toll on his popularity and hinder progress on his policy agenda.

Japan's trade minister returns money to firm

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Japan's new trade and industry minister received contributions from a company in which foreign investors held a majority stake, but he was not aware of the possible violation of the political funding law at the time and has returned the money, an aide said on Monday.

Beach parties banned on Thai holiday isles

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Thai authorities have banned beach parties on some holiday islands to stop gatherings that can get out of control and lead to violence, after the murder of two British backpackers last month, an official said on Monday.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

[2014-10-28 07:58]

A US teen who had been fighting for her life after a fellow high school student shot her in the head in a Friday rampage has died, the hospital caring for her said.

Rousseff vows reform after victory in Brazil

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Leftist President Dilma Rousseff vowed to reconcile Brazil, reboot the economy and fight corruption after narrowly winning re-election on Sunday in the most divisive race since the return to democracy in 1985.

Ukraine voters embrace peace and West

[2014-10-28 07:58]

Ukraine's pro-Western and moderately nationalist parties were on course on Monday to score a major election victory, boosting President Petro Poroshenko's bid to merge his ex-Soviet country with Europe and end a revolt.

Brazil vote highlights social divide

[2014-10-27 07:59]

Brazilians went to the polls on Sunday in a bitterly contested election that pits a leftist president with strong support among the poor against a centrist senator who is promising pro-business policies to jump-start a stagnant economy.

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