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Eurozone in suspense as Greeks head to polls

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 15:41 Last update: about 13 years ago

  Greeks head to the polls tomorrow in an election likely to put a far-left government in power in the country most hurt by the economic crisis and the austerity measures linked to its...

Bid to raise AirAsia fuselage begins

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 13:57 Last update: about 13 years ago

Salvage teams have begun an operation to raise the fuselage of AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed into the Java Sea last month killing all 162 on board. However, the initial attempt was...

German court rules that men can urinate while standing

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 12:25 Last update: about 13 years ago

A court in Germany has ruled in favour of a man's right to urinate while standing up after his landlord demanded money for damage to the bathroom floor. The landlord, who was seeking €1,900,...

70 years after Auschwitz liberation, a survivor remembers ordeal

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 09:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Marta Wise was ill and emaciated when she heard the distant sound of soldiers marching toward Auschwitz. The 10-year-old Slovakian Jew assumed it was German troops coming to get her but once she saw...

Boy, 13, builds Braille printer with Legos, starts company

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 08:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

In Silicon Valley, it's never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched a company to develop low-cost machines to print...

Pope Francis warning to new cardinals: No flashy parties

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 07:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis is warning his new cardinals to keep the partying to a minimum - and keep their egos in check - when they are formally elevated at a Vatican ceremony next month. In a letter...

Mississippi fugitive arrested in Utah after 34 years

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 07:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

A man who police say has been on the run since he escaped from a Mississippi jail 34 years ago was arrested Thursday in a small central Utah town, police said. Sam Gene Harris has lived under at...

Watch: Japan vows not to give up on two hostages till 'the very end'

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 07:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Japan promised Saturday not to give up "until the very end" on efforts to rescue two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom, after a deadline...

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