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German-born big band leader James Last dies at age 86
Big band leader James Last, whose style of light orchestral entertainment appealed to a wide audience in his native Germany and abroad, ...Woman gives birth after transplant of ovarian tissue
A woman who had ovarian tissue removed and frozen during childhood has given birth to a baby after the tissue was successfully ...Syrian rebels seize largest army base in Deraa
An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new ...Egypt court sentences 11 to death over soccer violence
An Egyptian criminal court from the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death over a 2012 soccer ...German woman, 102, gets doctorate 77 yrs after Nazis blocked her
A 102-year-old woman received her doctorate from a German university Tuesday -- nearly 80 years after the Nazis prevented her sitting the ...Massive blaze at Ukraine fuel depot
Emergency services stopped a fuel depot fire outside Kiev from spreading on Tuesday, officials said, but the fate of three firemen missing ...Colombia accuses FARC rebels of oil spill
Colombian authorities accused the leftist FARC guerrillas Monday of forcing 19 oil tanker drivers to dump their cargo of crude on the ...Argentine Congress considers making street harassment crime
When she left her house each day, Aixa Rizzo would brace for a barrage of sexually-laden comments from male electricians working on ...Mexico ruling party wins Congress vote after rocky polls
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto\'s party retained its simple majority in Congress on Sunday despite his falling approval ratings and violent election ...Nepal families of US copter crash victims seek compensation
The families of the five Nepalese who were killed in a U.S. military helicopter crash last month while on an earthquake relief ...