Argo wins Academy Award for best picture
Argo, the film about the Iranian hostage crisis, won the top prize at the Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles,
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Two arrested at Russian cathedral marking Pussy Riot stunt
Two women trying to mark the one-year anniversary of the Pussy Riot performance at a Moscow cathedral have been detained
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Greeks strike over austerity measures
Greek teachers, doctors and lawyers are among the workers on strike Wednesday against austerity measures the government is enforcing to
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Conservative candidate tops Cyprus election, but faces rival in runoff
Conservative Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades will have to face leftist rival Stavros Malas in a runoff poll next week after
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Cyprus votes on February 17 for new president
Voters in Cyprus are going to the polls Sunday to elect a new president who must negotiate a financial rescue
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Meteor causes hundreds of injuries, panic in Russia’s Urals region
Russian officials say a meteor streaked across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountains Friday morning, causing explosions and shattering windows.
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North Korea claims ‘successful’ nuclear test
North Korea says it has “successfully” carried out a third nuclear test, in defiance of U.N. warnings to stop developing
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Nasa’s Curiosity rover takes historic sample on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has, for the first time, used a drill on the end of a robotic arm to
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Jailed members of Russian band Pussy Riot appeal to European court
Jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are contesting their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights.
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