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Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, dies

Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 15:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105. The...

Norwegian mass murderer Breivik makes Nazi salute at court

Tuesday, 10 January 2017, 13:12 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik made a neo-Nazi salute as he walked quietly into a courtroom at a high security prison where judges on Tuesday began reviewing a government appeal...

Annual No Pants Subway Ride hits cities around the world

Monday, 9 January 2017, 13:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Subway riders around the world got an eyeful when their fellow transit users stripped down to their underwear on Sunday for the annual No Pants Subway Ride. The event, organized by the...

London commuters face stress in subway strike

Monday, 9 January 2017, 12:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Millions of commuters cycled, trudged and waited in snaking bus queues Monday as a strike by London Underground station staff shut down much of the city's subway network. Scores of Tube stations...

Endgame looms in efforts to reunite Cyprus after 43 years

Monday, 9 January 2017, 10:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The division of Cyprus is now in its 43rd year. Next week may mark the decisive moment when the small eastern Mediterranean island nation starts to be stitched back together again. After 19...

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