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Greece misses IMF payment as crisis deepens
Greece has missed its deadline to make a €1.6 billion repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), placing it in arrears. It ...Cuba named first country to end mother-to-child HIV transmission
The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis ...Europe to end mobile roaming charges
The European Union has agreed to end mobile roaming charges within two years and allow travelers with European phone plans to pay ...Berlusconi gave dancer millions for Bunga Bunga silence
Silvio Berlusconi paid an exotic dancer and other young women some ten million euros for their silence over what went on at ...More than 110 feared dead after Indonesian military plane crashes
More than 110 people were feared dead after a military transport plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern ...Greece set to default on IMF payment
Greece on Tuesday looked set to miss an IMF payment and default, with a defiant Athens urging Greeks to reject creditors\' demands ...Swedish woman gets $18M in sex harassment suit against boss
A young Swedish woman who sued her former Wall Street executive boss over lurid allegations of sexual conquest, betrayal and stalking was ...Two feared dead in Japan bullet train suicide fire
Two people were feared dead and two others seriously injured after a man apparently set himself on fire aboard a moving shinkansen ...Solar Impulse leaves Japan on delayed Pacific flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft passed "the point of no return" Monday after it left Japan bound for Hawaii, the most ...Taliban ambush kills 11 Afghan soldiers
At least 11 Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in western Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as security forces face their ...