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European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak," a study published Thursday ... more
A court on Thursday sentenced a French mother to 15 years in jail for smothering or strangling to death six of her newborn babies. ... more
A blonde American who dubbed herself "JihadJane" pleaded not guilty Thursday to recruiting Islamist militants in the latest home-grown terrorism case. ... more
Ford will be the next carmaker to quit manufacturing in Australia because "throwing money" at the industry can only work in the short term, a government adviser has claimed. ... more
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was confident his historic health care overhaul bill would pass, as a cliffhanger vote loomed on a key political goal that could shape his presidential legacy. ... more
About 5,000 homes in Chile's capital, Santiago, were destroyed by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the central coast last month, its mayor said Wednesday. ... more
A key Al-Qaeda figure, Hussein al-Yemeni, involved in a recent attack on the CIA in Afghanistan apparently has been killed in Pakistan, a US counterterrorism official told AFP Wednesday. ... more
Sri Lanka's hotel owners are racing to refurbish and add thousands more rooms as foreign holidaymakers pour into the country after the end of nearly four decades of ethnic bloodshed. ... more
Suspected Islamist militants armed with rockets and petrol bombs ambushed a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing five policemen before dawn Wednesday, officials said. ... more
Three Afghan asylum-seekers deliberately set fire to a people-smuggling boat that blew up off Australia last April, killing five and injuring dozens, an inquest found on Wednesday. ... more
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has announced it is recalling 410,000 cars in the US because of complaints about their brakes. ... more
Facing election-year pressure over unemployment, US senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would impose tough new penalties on China if it failed to revalue its currency. ... more
Britain's Labour government on Tuesday came under fire from opposition Conservatives as a leaked European Commission report suggested that the public deficit needs cutting faster than anticipated. ... more
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a slender lead on Tuesday over his main rival in his bid to retain the top job, results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed. ... more
A French woman accused of strangling or smothering to death her six newborn babies has admitted killing the infants. ... more
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An Israeli medic covers the body of a Thai worker who was killed in a rocket attack launched from the nearby Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli Netiv ...
