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CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects 21 Feb 2016 - 05:48 pm

Representative image. Reuters By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba on Monday to...

France to mark start of Battle of Verdun, symbol of French suffering 21 Feb 2016 - 05:39 pm

People wearing uniforms of the 56th and 59th light infantry battalions and standard-bearers pose during a ceremony marking the centenary of the beginning...

Vintage steam train crashes in Switzerland, injuring 16: police 21 Feb 2016 - 05:29 pm

Representative image of a steam train. Courtesy London Transportation Museum website Geneva: A vintage steam-driven train crashed late Saturday into a parked train...

Four blasts including car bomb near Sayyida Zeinab shrine: monitor 21 Feb 2016 - 05:27 pm

first photo from the area/ Source- Twitter Damascus: Four blasts including at least one caused by a car bomb hit near a Shiite...

Netanyahu defends top general in excessive force debate 21 Feb 2016 - 05:21 pm

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reuters file photo “Emptying magazine” remarks land army chief in hot water. General details rules on engaging Palestinian...

Philippine presidential candidates face off in debate 21 Feb 2016 - 05:14 pm

Aquino's chosen successor, former interior secretary Manuel Roxas, (pictured) trails behind them with Senator Miriam Santiago in fifth place. Here, Roxas gestures as...

Egypt to try policeman over driver's killing 21 Feb 2016 - 05:04 pm

Pigeons are seen on the wall of the High Court where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial will take place, in Cairo, Egypt,...

Ivory Coast extradites 3 coup suspects to Burkina Faso 21 Feb 2016 - 05:02 pm

Col. Sita Sangare OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: A Burkina Faso military official says Ivory Coast extradited three former members of an elite unit that...

Jude Law leads celebs highlighting refugee plight in Calais 'Jungle' 21 Feb 2016 - 04:43 pm

Migrants walk in the "Jungle" camp in the port town of Calais, northern France, on February 16, 2016 (AFP Photo/Philippe Huguen) Paris: British...

50 IS fighters killed in Syria regime Aleppo advance: monitor 21 Feb 2016 - 04:29 pm

Kweyris military base - file photo- Beirut: At least 50 Islamic State group fighters have been killed in the last 24 hours in...

Missing radioactive material found dumped in south Iraq 21 Feb 2016 - 04:15 pm

A member from the Iraqi security forces stands guard during a patrol at the border, February 17, 2016. Picture taken February 17, 2016....

Republican candidates offer stark contrast in visions as field thins 21 Feb 2016 - 03:56 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump celebrates winning the South Carolina primary in Spartanburg, South Carolina, February 20, 2016. (AFP / Jim Watson) By...

Caste crisis: Why do quotas still exist in modern India? 21 Feb 2016 - 03:38 pm

Demonstrators from the Jat community shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi, India, February 21, 2016. (Reuters / Adnan Abidi) Rohtak, India:...

Three Turkish journalists freed after kidnapping by Kurdish militants - agency 21 Feb 2016 - 03:24 pm

ISTANBUL: Three journalists from Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency were freed on Sunday after being kidnapped by members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

INSIGHT: Unforced errors and miscalculations end Bush's White House hopes 21 Feb 2016 - 03:07 pm

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bushspeaking to an audience of voters in Beaufort, South Carolina. (file photo / AFP / Getty / Spencer Platt) ...