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Australia investigates possible debris from Malaysian plane in Indian Ocean
Australia has sent an aircraft to investigate two objects spotted by satellite floating in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris ...EU mulls fresh sanctions on Russia over Crimea annexation
European Union leaders are due to meet in Brussels to discuss further targeted sanctions in response to Russia\'s annexation of Crimea from ...Indian court convicts four men in gang rape of photojournalist in Mumbai
A court has convicted four men of gang raping a photojournalist in India\'s financial capital of Mumbai last year.Greece reaches deal with international lenders on next bailout loans
Greece says it has reached an agreement with its international debt inspectors that will allow the release of a long-delayed rescue loan ...Protesters continue to occupy legislative chamber in Taiwan
Hundreds of students and activists opposed to a trade deal with China have occupied Taiwan\'s parliament and defied police efforts to evict ...Israeli airstrikes escalate tensions with Syria
Israeli airstrikes against Syrian military positions in the Golan Heights killed one soldier and wounded seven in the most serious escalation between ...Earth narrowly avoided huge solar storm in 2012
American and Chinese scientists say that two years ago, only nine days saved the Earth from a potentially devastating magnetic storm hurled ...Sleep loss might cause brain damage, research says
Those of us who sleep longer on weekends to try to make up for the time we didn\'t get enough sleep during ...Russia warns West over Crimea sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Western sanctions over the Crimea dispute were "unacceptable" and ...Defiant Putin signs treaty making Crimea part of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and officials from Crimea signed a treaty Tuesday to make the Black Sea peninsula part of Russia, just ...




