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Earthlings watch as tiny Mercury sails past the sun
Tiny Mercury, the solar system\'s innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about ...Austrian chancellor quits after far-right triumph
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann quit Monday, bowing to intense pressure two weeks after the opposition anti-immigration far-right dealt his coalition a historic ...Cameron warns Brexit threatens peace in Europe
Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that a British exit from the EU would threaten peace on the continent, as the campaign ...Duterte favourite as Philippines votes for new president
Tens of millions of Filipinos jammed into schools and other voting stations on Monday to elect a new president, with anti-establishment firebrand ...BBC correspondent expelled from North Korea over reporting
North Korea detained a BBC journalist and ordered his expulsion over his reporting, the broadcaster said on Monday, as a large group ...Greece passes pension, tax reform bill
Greece\'s parliament on Sunday passed a package of unpopular pension and tax reforms that the country\'s leftist-led government hopes will help persuade ...Afghan road crash inferno leaves at least 73 dead
At least 73 people were killed Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision ...North Korea leader Kim sets five-year economic plan, vows nuclear restraint
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with ...Gunmen kill eight police in Cairo suburb, Islamic State claims attack
Gunmen killed eight plainclothes police on the southern outskirts of Cairo overnight, the Egyptian interior ministry said, in an assault claimed by ...Egyptian court recommends death penalty for journalists, Mursi verdict postponed
An Egyptian court on Saturday recommended the death penalty for three journalists and three others charged with endangering national security by leaking ...