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Boat protest against Canaries oil prospecting

Boat protest against Canaries oil prospecting

Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary…
McDonald’s sees simpler menu as key in turnaround

McDonald’s sees simpler menu as key in turnaround

McDonald's is betting that a slimmed-down menu and a push toward greater customization will help it reverse a troubling decline…
Chef Jamie Oliver’s empire whips up investor interest

Chef Jamie Oliver’s empire whips up investor interest

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is looking to outside investors to help expand his growing network of Italian restaurants and…
India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas

India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas

A Hindu priest-turned-lawmaker vowed on Friday to convert hundreds of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism on Christmas Day, despite a…
Pyramids, Sphinx, and Cairo Tower light up in orange to raise awareness against gender-based violence

Pyramids, Sphinx, and Cairo Tower light up in orange to raise awareness against gender-based violence

The Giza pyramids, Sphinx and Cairo Tower were lightened up in orange on Wednesday within efforts by the United Nations…
Tennessee attraction offers Zombie Santa and undead elves for charity

Tennessee attraction offers Zombie Santa and undead elves for charity

A Nashville-area haunted house is getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend, with Zombie Santa, his undead elves and one…
Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014

Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014

Time magazine on Wednesday named the medics who have treated patients struck with the killer Ebola virus as its "Person…
Honey, there’s a nuclear bomb in the yard

Honey, there’s a nuclear bomb in the yard

When a nuclear bomb landed in the Gregg yard in South Carolina in 1958, it left a big crater, killed…
Witness: Fear, hope mark life inside Ebola center in Sierra Leone

Witness: Fear, hope mark life inside Ebola center in Sierra Leone

(Benjamin Black is a British doctor working as a volunteer with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fighting…
PM stuck while trying student-designed vehicle

PM stuck while trying student-designed vehicle

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb needed a hand trying to get in and out a small vehicle invented by engineering students…
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