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North Korea executes leader's uncle as a traitor
Boston - 13 Dec 2013 06:32
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korea said Friday that it had executed Kim Jong Un's uncle as a traitor for trying to seize supreme power, a stunning end for the leader's former mentor, long considered the country's numb...
NASA Activates 'Tiger Teams' to Work on Space Station
ABC News - 13 Dec 2013 05:45
Mission Control has launched several "Tiger Teams" to work around the clock troubleshooting the cooling failure on the International Space Station, NASA officials said today.
Feds: Ex-soldier stole military IDs for militia
Boston - 13 Dec 2013 06:46
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota National Guardsman and Iraq War veteran charged with fraud for allegedly stealing personal information of roughly 400 members of his former Army unit had worked in intelligence, where he l...
U.S. Congress, CIA still feuding over interrogations and secret prisons
Reuters - 13 Dec 2013 05:30
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U.N.: Chemical Weapons Used in Syria
Time - 13 Dec 2013 04:50
New report confirms findings
Tokyo's 'ninja homes' find a niche
CNN - 13 Dec 2013 04:17
Radical design is a hit among the country's young generation.
Kidnap ransoms 'fuelling terrorism'
BBC - 13 Dec 2013 03:58
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office warns that ransom payments for Western hostages is making kidnappers rich and directly fuelling terrorism.
American who vanished in Iran was on unsanctioned CIA mission
OpEdNews - 13 Dec 2013 07:18
The retired FBI agent who seemed to vanish in Iran seven years ago was on a strange unauthorized mission for the CIA that was organized by intelligence agents who did not have the authority to do so, a shocking new repor...
Majority Of Travelers Opposed To Allowing Cell Phone Conversations On Planes
Boston - 13 Dec 2013 06:28
Majority Of Travelers Opposed To Allowing Cell Phone Conversations On Planes
Senate holds around-the-clock talkathon over Obama nominees
Fox News - 13 Dec 2013 05:21
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened to hold the Senate in session through the night to deal with 11 nominations, most of them non-controversial.
Guantanamo commander supports closing prison
Al Jazeera English - 13 Dec 2013 05:00
Admiral's statement follows President Obama's public call to shutter the military detention centre in Cuba.
EU failing Syria refugees - Amnesty
BBC - 13 Dec 2013 04:23
European leaders should be ashamed by the paltry numbers of refugees from Syria they are prepared to resettle, human rights group Amnesty says.
Cuddling with dog helps Alaska woman survive 3 days trapped in cold
Fox News - 13 Dec 2013 04:03
Vivian Mayo, 57, of Cantwell, was found at about 1 a.m. Wednesday, taking shelter under the burned-out hulk of her snowmobile and sharing body heat with Elvis, a small, brown dog of unknown breed.
How the Internet Reacted to Beyoncé's Album Drop
Time - 13 Dec 2013 21:35
How the Internet Reacted to Beyoncé's Album Drop
Chemical firm's £120,000 leak fine
BBC - 13 Dec 2013 18:18
A former Flintshire pharmaceuticals firm is fined £120,000 after workers are exposed to toxic chemicals, with some suffering life-changing injuries.
Plastic surgeon dad goes to work on daughters' breasts, faces
Fox News - 13 Dec 2013 17:57
Michael Niccole calls his 25-year-old daughters 'good ambassadors' for his business.
Geyser Surpriser on Jupiter Moon
Time - 13 Dec 2013 04:50
The Hubble telescope detected plumes of water spurting above Europa's surface, bringing us one step closer in the search for life
VIDEO: Mandela 'journalism verged on hysteria'
BBC - 13 Dec 2013 04:32
All sense of proportion was lost by the media in the coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela, said a former UK defence secretary.
Japan's humble 'comfort food'
CNN - 13 Dec 2013 04:24
In the Tsukiji market in Tokyo, cooking instructor Reiko Yashikawa shows CNN what traditional Japanese cuisine is about
U.S. drone strikes Yemen wedding
CNN - 13 Dec 2013 04:12
A U.S. drone mistakenly targeted a wedding convoy in Yemen's al-Baitha province after intelligence reports identified the vehicles as carrying al Qaeda militants, two national security officials told CNN on Thursday.
Chemical Weapons Were Used At Least Four Other Times in Syria, UN Says
The Atlantic Wire - 13 Dec 2013 03:36
The United Nations has finally issued its report on whether or not chemical weapons were used in Syria. The verdict: they were -- at least five times -- but we still don't know which side used them.
How to pronounce Qunu and Mandela's middle name
BBC - 13 Dec 2013 03:28
Why you're probably pronouncing Nelson Mandela's name wrong