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Polish explorer says he's found deepest underwater cave

Saturday, 1 October 2016, 12:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A team of explorers say they have revealed an underwater cave to be the world's deepest, at 404 meters (1,325 feet) down, near the eastern Czech town of Hranice. Polish explorer Krzysztof...

Updated: Georgian Orthodox delegation stays away from Pope's Mass

Saturday, 1 October 2016, 09:36 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Saturday for Georgia's tiny Catholic community Saturday and pressed his mission to improve ties with the Georgian Orthodox Church after receiving an unexpectedly warm...

Baby girl found in suitcase beside infant skeleton

Saturday, 1 October 2016, 09:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A 22-year-old woman is under investigation for manslaughter after German police found a suitcase in her apartment with a newborn baby girl inside along with the skeleton of a second infant, Hannover...

Pennsylvania dealer hid 110 heroin bags in buttocks

Friday, 30 September 2016, 16:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Police say a Pennsylvania drug dealing suspect was found hiding 110 small bags of heroin in his buttocks. Authorities say 32-year-old Carbondale resident Corey Davis was arrested Thursday in...

Two Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian anti-Mafia police

Friday, 30 September 2016, 13:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Anti-Mafia police in Naples have recovered two Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam in 2002, the Van Gogh Museum and organized crime investigators said Friday. The museum...

UN warns of 'merciless abyss' in besieged eastern Aleppo

Friday, 30 September 2016, 06:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Syrian government forces continued their push into rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Thursday as international officials issued dire warnings of an ongoing humanitarian disaster in Syria's...

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