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Russian, Chinese ships free from Antarctic ice
Reports from Antarctica say a Chinese icebreaker and a Russian research vessel broke free from thick ice on Tuesday, with both vessels ...First legal commercial Key West–Cuba flight in 50 years lands in Havana
The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years has landed in Havana, capping several years ...Twenty dead after refugee boat sinks on way to Australia
A boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia, most of them from the Middle East, has sunk off the Indonesian coast killing at ...Canadian woman arrested in Colombia for smuggling drugs in fake pregnant belly
A Canadian woman who used a fake pregnant stomach to smuggle two kilograms of cocaine has been arrested Wednesday at Bogota airport ...Google loses appeal in US street view case
Google has lost its appeal against a federal lawsuit which accuses the company of violating a wiretap law when it accidentally collected ...Apple unveils new iPhones at cheaper price
Apple has unveiled two new iPhones, including a cheaper plastic version in bright colours and an updated high-end device with a fingerprint ...200,000 from 140 countries apply for one-way ticket to Mars
More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture ...At least 43 dead in Guatemala bus crash
At least 43 people have been killed and 40 others injured after a bus carrying scores of passengers plunged down a steep ...Diana Nyad near end of Cuba to Florida attempt
US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is approaching Florida, on her fifth attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba without ...Australia police arrest five over people-smuggling
Australian police have arrested five men they say facilitated dozens of dangerous sea voyages for asylum seekers, in a nationwide raid authorities ...




