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AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» An assassin slit the throat of Egypt's last great pharaoh at the climax of a bitter succession battle, scientists said in a report on a 3,000-year-old royal murder.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Ireland should defer additional austerity budgets until 2015 if the bailed-out country misses its economic targets next year, the IMF said.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's snout has been immortalised in movies, books and song.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Pacemen Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc bowled Australia to victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Hobart, claiming six wickets in the final session for a thrilling win.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Four expatriates and two Nigerians working for the South Korean construction firm Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited were kidnapped Monday in southern Nigeria, police said.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» South Koreans choose a new leader on Wednesday in an election shadowed by the ghosts of two dead presidents -- the assassinated dictator Park Chung-Hee and the left-wing Roh Moo-Hyun, who took his own life.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Asian insurer AIA said Tuesday that US giant American International Group (AIG) had sold its remaining stake in the firm, raising $6.45 billion and completing an exit that started two years ago.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday led memorial tributes for his mother, philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, saying she had always taught him to understand the impact of his actions on others.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» If the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are about to descend on Earth, it seems one might be riding in from South Korea on an invisible steed to the tune of "Gangnam Style".
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» The most precise and sophisticated calendar ever created is only one of the legacies of the ancient Maya, who also left their mark on the arts, architecture and cooking, experts say.