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Franco Harris Pittsburgh Steeler great Franco Harris, who played college ball at Penn State, today defended his former coach, Joe Paterno...

Palm tree AFP - The Millennium vast palm grove of Marrakech in southern Morocco, is in great danger: water scarcity, urbanization, touris...

Barack Obama AFP - U.S. President Barack Obama joked Saturday about the controversy surrounding his birthplace, enjoying his return to Ho...

Bhupen Hazarika Popular musicians, singers and cultural Bhupen Hazharika have died after prolonged illness. He was 86. Dada Saheb Falke A...

The World's Most Powerful: The 70 People Who Matter Obama become the first. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin came second in th...

KANGOO AFP - Renault won Friday most of the mega-French control of electric vehicles, with 15,600 trucks, far ahead of PSA Peugeot Citroë...

Alfredo Astiz REUTERS - Alfredo Astiz, known as the "Blond Angel of Death", and 11 others were sentenced Wednesday to life impr...

Victory, Libya AFP - The Security Council of the United Nations ended Thursday to warrant the use of force in Libya, seven months after t...

Prince Nayef, Saudi Arabia AFP - The Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, 78, was appointed Thursday by a decr...

Launch unmanned space-docking craft (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it will launch within weeks its first spacecraft capable of dock...

Pigeons AFP - Dozens of pigeons in Srinagar in the north west India.

Israel-Egypt AFP - Israel and Egypt were preparing Thursday to a exchange of prisoners between Israeli-American citizen accused of spying...

Lung cancer AFP - The annual radiographs of the chest do not reduce mortality from lung cancer, according to a large clinical study prese...

Ennahda claims victory REUTERS - The Islamist Ennahda Monday night claimed victory in elections is the day before in Tunisia, the first d...

Earthquake in Turkey (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled survivors from beneath mounds of collapsed buildings and searched for the missing on Mon...