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AFP – At least six people were killed on Thursday and dozens wounded in an explosion at the central market in the Russian Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, reports said.
The Interfax news agency quoted a local …

AFP – After years of scarcity, the rivers of the US and Canadian Pacific Northwest are running red, literally, with a vast swarm of a salmon species considered to be in crisis.
Sockeye salmon, whose stocks …

AFP – It was only this week that Colombia’s pint-sized Edward Nino was on top of the world, named the Guinness Book’s smallest man on the planet. Now a tiny Nepalese teen is about to …

AFP – The Netherlands qualified for the semi finals from Pool A at the women?s field hockey World Cup here Sunday with a close win over Germany.
Germany and Australia meet in the last Pool A …

REUTERS – The man for all occasions, Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of skill and precision in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
 
On a day when …

AFP – Rafael Nadal swept into the last 16 at the US Open on Sunday, but Andy Murray’s campaign came to a shuddering halt.
Top seed Nadal swept past Gilles Simon of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 …

AFP – A Mexican federal judge has ordered 40 days of initial detention for Edgar Valdez, a notorious accused drug lord who police arrested this week, the attorney general said Saturday.
Valdez, known as “La Barbie” …

Hernia repair used to require an extensive operation, general anesthesia, and a long recovery time with an extended period of limited mobility. But  there is good news for the three-quarters of a million people who …

AFP – Italy survived a scare as they came back from a goal down to escape from Tallinn with a 2-1 victory over Estonia in Euro 2012 qualifying Group C on Friday.
Sergei Zenjov had given …

AFP – A suicide bomber in an explosives-packed car wounded at least 25 police officers in an attack on their base in Tajikistan Friday that left the building in flames, interior ministry officials said.
The car …

AFP – British oil giant BP said Friday that the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has cost about eight billion dollars (6.2 billions euros) so far.
“The cost of the response to date amounts …

AFP – Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the third round of the US Open while Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic and Robin Soderling showed why they are title contenders as well.
Swiss second seed Federer, …

As the war of words over expulsions of Roma from France escalates, the leader of France’s Socialist Party (PS) has been accused of hypocrisy for herself demanding the dismantling of a gypsy camp at Lille …

AFP – In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.
Sony’s share …

AP – Burger King Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion.  Its shares soared to an 18-month high.
Thursday’s $24-per-share offer …

 
From September 1st, the Rio de Janeiro-based daily Jornal do Brasil – one of the oldest and most eminent newspapers in South America – will only exist on the Internet. The newspaper printed its last …