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Hepatitis outstrips AIDS, TB as killer: report
Virus-caused hepatitis has become a leading cause of death and disability in the world, killing more people in a year than AIDS, ...Britain to have first female Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher
Britain will have its first female prime minister since Margaret Thatcher after Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom made the shortlist on Thursday ...Poland wants emigrants in Britain to return, just not yet
Poland\'s eurosceptic government has long said it would like Poles living in Britain to return home, but it is now promising to ...Syrian army, rebels agree to 72-hour Eid truce, but fighting continues
A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced ...French court jails two Rwandan mayors for life over genocide
In a landmark ruling, a Paris court jailed for life Wednesday two former Rwandan mayors accused of orchestrating the massacre of hundreds ...Obama slows Afghanistan pullout, 8,400 troops to stay
President Barack Obama on Wednesday put the brakes on the US pullout from Afghanistan, saying 8,400 troops will remain in the war-ravaged ...Messi given 21 months for tax fraud, likely to avoid prison
- Barcelona star Lionel Messi will appeal and vowed to clear his name after a court in Spain on Wednesday sentenced him ...Four U.S. airports to open automated security lanes this fall
Four major U.S. airports plan to speed up security checks by automating the distribution of bins for travelers\' carry-on bags, the U.S. ...Iraq mourns after more than 200 killed in Baghdad bombing
Iraqis on Monday mourned the more than 200 people killed by a jihadist-claimed suicide car bombing that was among the deadliest ever ...IS-claimed Baghdad blast kills at least 130
A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 130 people in a Baghdad shopping district in the ...