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India top court recognizes transgenders as ‘third gender’
April 15, 2014
India top court recognizes transgenders as ‘third gender’
India's highest court on Tuesday recognized a neutral gender that is neither male nor female, in a landmark ruling that…
Syria opposition says it has evidence of chlorine gas attack
April 14, 2014
Syria opposition says it has evidence of chlorine gas attack
Syrian opposition activists have posted photographs and video that they say shows an improvised chlorine bomb to back up claims…
Libya starts trial of ex-Qadhafi officials, sons absent
April 14, 2014
Libya starts trial of ex-Qadhafi officials, sons absent
Libyan prosecutors opened the trial of deposed leader Muammar Qadhafi's sons and more than two dozen of his ex-officials on…
Blast rocks crowded bus station near Nigeria’s capital
April 14, 2014
Blast rocks crowded bus station near Nigeria’s capital
Twin blasts at a packed bus station in Nigeria's capital killed "dozens of people" on Monday, a spokesman for the…
Moody’s: Colorado legalized marijuana tax revs ahead of expectations
April 13, 2014
Moody’s: Colorado legalized marijuana tax revs ahead of expectations
Colorado, the first state to tax legalized recreational marijuana sales, expects to bring in an estimated $98 million in revenue…
Ukraine tries to clear pro-Russian rebels, reports dead on both sides
April 13, 2014
Ukraine tries to clear pro-Russian rebels, reports dead on both sides
Ukrainian security forces launched an operation on Sunday to clear pro-Russian separatists from a police headquarters in the eastern city…
In Assad’s coastal heartland, Syria’s war creeps closer
April 13, 2014
In Assad’s coastal heartland, Syria’s war creeps closer
For three years, residents of Syria's Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further inland…
One Ukrainian state security officer killed, 5 others wounded – interior minister
April 13, 2014
One Ukrainian state security officer killed, 5 others wounded – interior minister
(Reuters) - One Ukrainian state security officer was killed and five others were wounded on the side of government forces…
Magnitude 6.6 quake hits southwest Nicaragua
April 12, 2014
Magnitude 6.6 quake hits southwest Nicaragua
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwest Nicaragua on Friday near the coast, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings…
Fading signals add urgency to search for missing Malaysian jet
April 12, 2014
Fading signals add urgency to search for missing Malaysian jet
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner resumed on Saturday, five weeks after the plane disappeared from radar screens,…