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Final countdown for historic Mahakan Fort community
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/04/2016
» City Hall has set an April 30 deadline for residents to relocate from their 200-year-old quarters, a culmination of a long dispute between the authorities and villagers. Here's a look behind the wall.
Japan military jet with six aboard missing: defence ministry
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» TOKYO - A Japanese air force plane with six people aboard went missing on Wednesday, the defence ministry announced, and a search was under way in mountainous terrain.
Vatican seeks to spread the .Catholic message
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has set up a new office charged with promoting the use of the .Catholic domain name, in its latest move to upgrade its communications for the digital era.
Creating a buzz: sex toy sparks bomb scare in Germany
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» BERLIN - German police brought in a bomb squad and evacuated a gambling hall when they heard a strange noise emanating from a garbage can, but declared a false alarm after the source of the humming sound turned out to be a sex toy.
Injury dashes Cherono's Olympic marathon hopes
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» NAIROBI - Kenya's leading female marathon runner Gladys Cherono has been forced to pull out of this month's London Marathon due to injury dashing her hopes of competing in the Rio Olympics.
Pliskova to lead Czechs against Switzerland
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» PRAGUE - World number 18 Karolina Pliskova will lead reigning champions the Czech Republic in their Fed Cup semi-final tie against Switzerland in Lucerne on April 16-17, team captain Petr Pala said Wednesday.
Turkey to probe massive 'personal data leak'
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» ANKARA - Turkey's authorities launched a probe Wednesday into an alleged leak of the personal data of some 50 million citizens which threatens to compromise the information security of much of its population.
Santander bank plans to slash up to 1,200 jobs in Spain
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» MADRID - Spain's Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank, said Wednesday during a meeting with unions that it plans to slash up to 1,200 jobs in its Spanish home market, unions and other sources close to the talks said.
Ancient horse poo sheds light on Hannibal's march
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» LONDON - The route taken by Hannibal over the Alps to invade Italy has been a matter of debate for 2,000 years, but scientists may now have the answer -- thanks to some ancient horse poo.
Facebook raises Periscope challenge with video upgrades
AFP, Published on 06/04/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Wednesday ramped up its challenge to Twitter-owned Periscope with upgrades to the social network's live video broadcasting feature.