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Mice return from a month in space
A Russian capsule carrying mice and lizards has returned to Earth after spending a month in space. Scientists say the experiment is intended to test the effects of weightlessness and other factors of space flight on cell structure. Russian state television showed the capsule and some of its inhabitants after ...
Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying
Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, ...
Chinese premier visits India to boost ties
Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. China says Premier Li Keqiang's choice of India for his first trip ...
Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments follow a weekend report by the Times of India that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the ...
Syrian army pushes assault on rebel-held town
Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes launched an assault Sunday on a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, pounding the area with airstrikes and artillery salvos that killed at least 30 people and forced residents to scramble for cover in basements and makeshift bunkers, activists said. The town ...
Damaged trains set to be removed from wreck site
The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, says the trains will be removed Sunday. The National Transportation ...
Tunisia security blocks salafi conference
Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country. Security checkpoints were in place and patrols conducted throughout Kairouan after authorities declared the conference by ultraconservative Muslim group Ansar ...
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: A DIFFERENT TUNE FOR TIMBERLAKE In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat than "Suit and Tie." Timberlake plays a bearded pop folkie in the film, which was to ...
White House insists Obama was not involved in IRS
A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for answers on Sunday. Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White House ...
Serena Williams beats Azarenka to win Italian Open
Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion Sunday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Italian Open final. The top-ranked American will enter the French Open, which starts next Sunday, on a career-best 24-match winning streak. Williams was coming off consecutive titles in ...
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