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Unaffordable debt from mail order catalogues is prompting more calls for help to a charity than payday loans, mortgages or rent.
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An American adventurer who helped rescue four climbers from Mount Everest last weekend has told of how a crowded push for the summit and bad weather created deadly conditions for mountaineers.
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Nearly a year and a half after the ouster of autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak, millions of Egyptians lined up for hours outside polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for the first time in an election that pits old regime figures promising stability against ascending...(more)
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A branch of city governments China set up to monitor everything from unlicensed street vendors to unauthorized construction is rife with abuse of power, stoking already high social tensions, a rights group said Wednesday.
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CANNES, France (AP) -- Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun....
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa man stopped outside a Dubuque bar with a small zebra and a parrot in his truck has been charged with drunken driving....
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects around the world are hitting a wall in the face of high costs and a lack of climate policy.
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The eurozone debt crisis could have a negative impact on growth of East Asian economies, the World Bank warns in its latest report.
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The monkey population of Delhi has grown large and aggressive, overwhelming the city’s efforts to control it, but Hindu tradition calls for feeding the monkeys twice a week.
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Scientists in Israel say they have managed to turn patients' own skin cells into heart muscle in the lab.
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The CIA publicly acknowledges 15 of its operatives, some previously identified as State Department workers, who were killed in the last 30 years.WASHINGTON — The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30...(more)
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Diplomats from six world powers offered Iran new proposals Wednesday to ease international concerns about its nuclear program, but appeared to reject Tehran's appeals to ease economic sanctions to help move along talks.
