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Australia seeks to clamp down on forced labor, organ trafficking
World NowIn Australia, legislation is aimed at combating organ trafficking, forced marriage and forced labor by broadening laws against slavery and exploitation, a plan that was heralded by human rights groups as a blueprint for world efforts to stop such abuse...... -
Syrian diplomats around the world expelled
Governments around the world expelled ambassadors and top Syrian diplomats Tuesday in an unusually coordinated blow to Syria's leaders, after a particularly gruesome massacre in which the United Nations says families, including children, were shot at...
Tags: François Hollande, Bashar Assad, France, Italy, David Cameron
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Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees
Robin Gibb, a singer and songwriter who joined two of his brothers in forming the Bee Gees pop group that helped define the sound of the disco era with the best-selling 1977 soundtrack to"Saturday Night Fever," has died. He was 62.
Gibb died Sunday after...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Elvis Presley, Saturday Night Fever (movie), Movies, Disco (genre)
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World's most powerful radio telescope to be shared by 3 nations
World NowWorld's most powerful radio telescope to be split between South Africa, Australia and NZ: South African politicans and scientists were jubilant Friday after a decision to locate the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope in South Africa, Australia... -
South African gallery closes after controversial work is defaced
World NowSouth Africa's Goodman Gallery, which displayed a controversial Brett Murray painting, "The Spear," of the country's president with his genitals exposed, announced Tuesday it was closing its doors temporarily because of threats. The decision came after... -
For island snakes, ultimate size depends on mouth size at birth
Tiger snakes on some islands around Australia have evolved to reach twice the normal size of their mainland counterparts, while those on other islands have not or have even gotten smaller, a finding that has perplexed some researchers. Biologists have...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Biology, Food Industry
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Slovakia's Peter Sagan wins second stage at Tour of California
APTOS, Calif. -- Peter Sagan of Slovakia won his second straight stage with a powerful and unchallenged sprint to retain the overall lead Monday after stage 2 of the Tour of California. The Liquigas-Cannondale rider was timed in the 117.1-mile (188.4-...
Tags: Slovakia, Tour of California, Heinrich Haussler, Peter Sagan, Vincenzo Nibali
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As India's old ways change, senior-care homes are on the rise
TRIVANDRUM, India — R. Padmanathan Nair sits on a plastic chair in the entryway of the Heritage senior home talking about the fellow residents who treat him like family, which is helpful seeing as his own rarely visits. His wife tried to abscond...
Tags: Mumbai (India), Personal Service, Geriatrics, Abusive Behavior, Arts and Culture
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Peter Sagan wins Stage 4 of Tour of California
CLOVIS, Calif. — Slovakia's Peter Sagan raced to his event-opening fourth straight stage victory in the Amgen Tour of California on Wednesday to increase his overall lead to 16 seconds.
The 22-year-old Sagan, riding for Liquigas-Cannondale,...Tags: Slovakia, Tour of California, Heinrich Haussler, Michael Matthews (cyclist), Peter Sagan
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Charles Higham dies at 81; controversial celebrity biographer
Charles Higham, a poet, critic and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich and, most controversially, Errol Flynn, died April 21 at his Los Angeles home. He...Tags: Errol Flynn, Celebrities, Charles Laughton, Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles
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Movie Projector: 'Five-Year Engagement' expected to reach altar first
Company Town"The Five-Year Engagement" is expected to debut with a solid sum of around $20 million at the box office this weekend. The film about a troubled relationship is likely to perform far better than three other movies hitting theaters this weekend. Both the... -
'The Five-Year Engagement' expected to reach altar before rivals
It may take half a decade for the couple in "The Five-Year Engagement"to make it to the altar, but the romantic comedy will quickly outrun the competition to the top of the box office this weekend. The movie starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt is...
Tags: Safe (movie), The Avengers (movie, 2012), Jason Segel, Movies, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (movie)
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