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Life on Earth ‘may have begun on Mars’
Life on Earth may have started on Mars and been blasted onto our planet by meteorites or volcanic eruptions, a major scientific ...Measles-like virus linked to dolphin deaths along US east coast
A virus that is similar to measles in humans is suspected of killing hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July, US officials ...UN inspectors resume Syria chemical weapons probe
Two days after their convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers, UN arms inspectors resumed their probe into Syria chemical weapons attack ...Attacks kill at least 51 people in Iraq
At least 51 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings and attacks in and around Baghdad.US court martial sentences Fort Hood shooter to death
A US military jury has sentenced former army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan to death by lethal injection for killing 13 people in ...UN helicopters attack M23 rebels in eastern Congo
United Nations helicopters have fired on rebels fighting Congolese troops just outside the city of Goma, ratcheting up the UN\'s role in ...Stocks slide, oil up as Syria tensions escalate
Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of ...Two suspected Boko Haram attacks kill 24 in Nigeria
Two attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed 24 people in Nigeria\'s northeast in the latest violence believed to be in ...Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...




