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World Leaders Asked to Raise $9 Billion in Humanitarian Aid for Syrians
Time - 4 Feb 2016 05:33
An annual conference on relief for the war-torn nation will be held in London on Thursday
North Korea's Plan to Launch Rocket Earns Global Condemnation
Time - 4 Feb 2016 05:21
Even China, the reclusive country's sole ally, has spoken out against it
Julian Assange Says He Will Turn Himself Over To Police If U.N. Rules Against Him
Time - 4 Feb 2016 07:31
Assange has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012
U.S. 'evidence' of Russian cyberattack
CNN - 4 Feb 2016 01:27
U.S. investigators have found evidence to confirm what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind cyberattack on a power grid that caused a blackout for hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine in December.
Iraqi sheikh: Defeating ISIS could lead to the rise of more radical groups
The Week - 4 Feb 2016 16:36
Destroying ISIS and replacing it with nothing could lead to further chaos and brutality in Iraq, an Iraqi sheikh of a mixed Sunni and Shiite tribe warned on Wednesday. "There is no doubt we must remove and defeat IS," Sh...
Can cannabis help combat cancer?
Al Jazeera English - 4 Feb 2016 10:48
On World Cancer Day, scientists highlight promising cannabis results in rats to fight disease with minor side-effects.
Watch Rare Footage of America's Only Wild Jaguar
Time - 4 Feb 2016 01:56
He lives in the mountains of Arizona
US Rejects 30 Syrian Refugees Amid Tightened Security
IBTimes - 4 Feb 2016 01:29
The United States has recently rejected 30 Syrians out of thousands seeking to enter the country, Obama administration officials told a congressional panel on Wednesday, as the United States tightens vetting of immigrant...
Judge in Bill Cosby Case Knocks Down Defense That He Had Immunity
Time - 4 Feb 2016 01:09
Cosby said a former prosecutor had promised him he wouldn't face charges
Cops: Jailed NY Man Hid Prescription Drugs in Prosthetic Leg
ABC News - 4 Feb 2016 15:52
Authorities say a 40-year-old man has been caught trying to smuggle prescription drugs into an upstate New York jail in his prosthetic leg after being arrested for assaulting his girlfriend
Italian Police Seize 85,000 Tons of Olives Covered in Copper Sulfate To Make Them Greener
Time - 4 Feb 2016 15:26
Police also said they were investigating 7,000 tons of olive oil purveyors falsely claimed was made in Italy
United Nations Group to Announce Julian Assange Being Arbitrarily Held
Time - 4 Feb 2016 15:14
The BBC reports the UN will rule in Assange's favor on Friday
Jail escapees' hostage: I thought I'd die
CNN - 4 Feb 2016 15:02
From the moment Long Hoang Ma's captors turned on the TV to show him who they were, he thought "100%" he was going to die.
Israeli Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Palestinian Teen
Time - 4 Feb 2016 14:38
A second Israel was also sentenced to 21 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir
Kim Jong Un calls meeting on abuses in N. Korea ruling party
Miami Herald - 4 Feb 2016 07:57
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a meeting of senior ruling party officials aimed at rooting out corruption and abuses of power ahead of a major congress to be held in May, its state media reported Thursday,...
French police 'abuse' Muslims under emergency laws
Al Jazeera English - 4 Feb 2016 07:39
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International report physical and psychological abuse as raids target Muslim minority.
Christie: Obama 'Hug' Never Happened
Time - 4 Feb 2016 07:19
'When he got off Air Force One, I did shake his hand'
Iraq is Building a Wall and Trench Around Baghdad in a Bid to Stop Militant Attacks
Time - 4 Feb 2016 05:05
The city has seen almost daily bomb blasts since the U.S. invasion in 2003
Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize?!
CNN - 4 Feb 2016 04:52
Nobel Peace Prize nominees: The Greek island groups welcoming Syrian refugees, an escaped ISIS sex slave turned women's rights activist, the negotiators who ended five decades of civil war in Colombia, National Security ...
Dogs that can sniff out cancer
CNN - 4 Feb 2016 04:07
Lucy, a cross between a Labrador retriever and an Irish water spaniel, failed miserably at guide dog school. As she was curious and easily excitable, random scents distracted Lucy from her master's path, and it wasn't lo...
Hijab athlete to make Olympic history
CNN - 4 Feb 2016 03:44
She hasn't earned an Olympic medal just yet, but fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is already making history.
These Fish Species Are Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
Time - 4 Feb 2016 03:37
Scallop and salmon are among the most vulnerable to the warming