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As the world watched apocalyptic scenes unfold in Kiev over the last few weeks, followed by the overthrow of the sitting pro-Russian government there, other seemingly less significant events slowly came to the surface in...

Donor countries slashing aid

The smog is so bad that crops are failing because of insufficient light

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni wants to rid Uganda of homosexuality. He signed a bill into law bill that imposes harsh penalties for homosexual acts, and makes it a crime for those who help gays. The bill imposes jail...

The FBI placed a human source in contact with Usama bin Laden in 1993 and established that the Al Qaeda leader was attempting to finance terror attacks in the United States, according to a new report by The Washington Ti...

A California couple on their daily walk with their dog, a walk they've taken for years, discovered what may be the greatest buried treasures ever found in the U.S.     

The event honored 18 "women of color changing our world," but one recipient was singled out for special praise.     

Michael Taylor, 47, was pronounced dead shortly after midnight. Federal courts and the governor had refused last-minute appeals from his attorneys.

NASA will admit on Wednesday that Luca Parmitano's space suit leaked on two space walks in July, after details on the initial incident were not properly disseminated, ABC News has learned.     

It's looking like Adam Driver, a.k.a. Adam from Girls, will play a villain in Star Wars: Episode VII.     

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A Vietnamese dissident said Wednesday that suspected government agents assaulted him and his wife this week as they were heading to a meeting with an Australian diplomat to talk about the human rig...

Assailant stabs Hong Kong newspaper editor whose recent dismissal sparked press freedom fears     

In 1979, when Richard Branson bought the 74-acre Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, he paid less than $300,000. It was untouched, undeveloped, inhabited only by birds and jungle critters. Back then, no one worr...

CARNOT, Central African Republic (AP) -- Ibrahim Adamou's parents had just been killed in front of him. He wasn't sure whether any of his five siblings had survived the attack by Christian militiamen who opened fire on h...

There's an old expression, "I've met the enemy and he is us." When it comes to cyber-security, "us" may just stand for "U.S."

Sony is closing 20 of its 31 US retail stores according to the company, and laying off 1,000 workers.

By Jessica Tan

Stocks climb back into record territory after higher home sales, retail earnings; Lowe's gains     

STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- The University of Connecticut plans to release a report by an independent counsel who looked into allegations of sexual misconduct by the former head of the school's music department.     

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A surveillance camera captured a beating that injured a bus driver in Olympia, Wash. Intercity Transit spokeswoman Kris Fransen says the driver suffered cuts, bruises and a fractured nose in Tuesda...

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