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Highlanders To Test Unbeaten Crusaders In Super Rugby Clash
The Canterbury Crusaders will pitch their unbeaten 13-match run against the in-form Otago Highlanders in an enticing...
Bangladesh Customs Hit Gold Bonanza In Unlikely Places
Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising...
Islamist Militants Kill 19 In South Philippines
Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19...
Media Frenzy As Australian Drug Trafficker Corby Returns Home
Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali Sunday 12 years after her conviction...
Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video
Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees...
Tough Times For S.Africa Town Blighted By Mine Closure
At the end of a narrow road stands the dilapidated husk of a golf clubhouse, now overrun with tall weeds and creepers....
Better Times? Hong Kong’s British Nostalgia Trip
From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial...
Young Chinese In the Red As Easy Credit Drives Up Debt
When Wu Qi and her husband traded in their Mazda 3 for a more expensive Mercedes Benz sedan, they applied for a 200,000...
Why Nuclear Could Become the Next ‘fossil’ Fuel
A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida's largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel...
Frustration and Hope
Nigeria on Tuesday marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a...
Venus Williams Set For French Open 20th Anniversary
Serena Williams may be missing from this year's French Open, but big sister Venus is still going strong and marks her...
A Painful Chapter In Nigeria’s History
Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking...
Mother of Uber Founder Killed In Boating Accident
The mother of Travis Kalanick, founder of the on-demand ride service Uber, was killed in a boating accident and his...
A Legacy Etched In Minds of Americans
John F. Kennedy -- young, heroic, charismatic -- embodied the overflowing promise of possibility of 20th century...
Hopes of ‘Trump-O-Nomics’ Vs Slow-Growth Reality
President Donald Trump's economic and tax agenda assume growth in the world's largest economy will see a sustained...
North Korea Leader Oversees ‘new’ Weapon System Test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen a test of a new anti-aircraft weapon system, state media said Sunday, amid...
New Pakistan Skipper Faces Trophy Acid Test
New captain Sarfraz Ahmed will face his stiffest test yet when he leads unfancied Pakistan in the Champion's Trophy --...
Armed With Fizz and Self-Belief, Bangladesh Seek A Champions Trophy…
With a fiery new bowler named Fizz leading the young guns and all-rounder Mushfiqur Rahim the old guard, Bangladesh are...
Google Linking Online and Offline Worlds In New Ad Challenge
Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites...