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USA: Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy
Angelina Jolie says she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely that she would get ... Full story
SPACE STATION: Tweeting astronaut returns to earth
A Soyuz space capsule with a three-man crew returning from a five-month mission to the International Space Station landed safely yesterday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.Canadian ... Full story
SYRIA: Rebels must end abuse after heart eating video
Syria’s opposition fighters must do more to respect the laws of war after an Internet video appeared to show a rebel leader mutilating and biting ... Full story
This Day in History: 1954 Queen returns after lengthy voyage
The Royal Family has returned safely from their six-month tour of the Commonwealth to a rapturous welcome in London. Thousands flocked to the banks of ... Full story
Offbeat: New York: Police officer tries to help cat in tree, gets stuck
Authorities say a New York police officer who tried to rescue a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help ... Full story
THE BUZZ: Spain, Portugal meet to find ways to help economy
Spain and Portugal’s premiers are meeting to discuss the economic turmoil plaguing their countries and the measures the European Union should take to ease the ... Full story
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SINGAPORE The girlfriend of a U.S. software engineer whose parents insist he was murdered in Singapore said at a coroner’s inquest yesterday that he had ... Full story
ORGANIZED CRIME: British fugitive caught sunbathing in Spain
Spanish police snuck up on a British fugitive as he sunbathed, arresting him in a dramatic raid that even saw the suspect leap onto the ... Full story
Cheung Kong cancels hotel room sales as regulator starts probe
Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd., the developer controlled by Asia’s richest man, is canceling the sale of HK$1.4 billion (USD180 million) of hotel rooms in Hong ... Full story
FRANCE: Coronavirus case points to limited human-to-human spread
The novel coronavirus that has killed more than half the 38 people it’s known to have infected appears capable of limited human-to-human spread, the World ... Full story
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