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Prague metro plans to launch love train for singles
PRAGUE - Rail passengers searching for love in the Czech capital need look no further than the daily commute as the city makes plans to designate carriages on its underground...
N Korea releases Chinese fishing boat, no ransom paid
BEIJING — North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat today (May 21) after it was taken from waters between the two countries, the boat’s owner said, in an incident that had...
Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala’s top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s and ordered his trial to resume.
Weed feed gives new meaning to pot-bellied pigs
WASHINGTON - With Washington state about to embark on a first-of-its-kind legal market for recreational marijuana, the budding ranks of new cannabis growers face a quandary over...
Obama kept in the dark about IRS audit
WASHINGTON - The White House chief of staff and other senior presidential advisers knew in late April that an upcoming report was likely to find that employees of the United...
Terror attack on Moscow foiled
MOSCOW — Russia’s security forces thwarted a planned terror attack in Moscow by striking against a group of three suspected militants near the country’s capital, according to...
US accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes
WASHINGTON - The United States government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in a probe that appears to step into uncharted territory - by declaring that a...
Tornado tears up Oklahoma City suburb
MOORE (Oklahoma) — A monstrous tornado of rare power roared through an Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 51, flattening neighbourhoods with winds up to 200mph (320kmh) and...


