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Watch: Boy who lost limbs to infection gets double-hand transplant

Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 09:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest U.S. patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said Tuesday. Zion Harvey's forearms were...

Windows 10 launched in 190 countries as a free upgrade

Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 08:37 Last update: about 11 years ago

Microsoft Corp. announced that Windows 10 became available as from today as a free upgrade1 or with new PCs and tablets. Windows 10 includes innovations such as Cortana2 an Xbox app and Microsoft...

Eight children hurt, two critical, by falling tree in California

Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 07:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A huge, ancient pine tree uprooted and fell onto children at a summer day camp Tuesday, injuring eight children, two of them critically, fire officials said. The 75-foot (22.5-meter)-tall,...

Greece advances in loan talks, under fire for euro exit plan

Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 16:09 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Greece pushed ahead with talks on a new rescue loan Tuesday, but its government came under increasing pressure over claims it had a top-secret plan to prepare for a euro exit that involved...

FIFA's Blatter deserves Nobel Prize, Russia President Putin says

Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 12:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize for his work in world sport. In an interview with Swiss TV broadcast on Monday, two days...

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