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Elderly Pakistani mother calls for halting son's execution

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 10:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

An elderly Pakistani mother is making an emotional appeal for authorities to halt the execution of her son, who was sentenced to death for a juvenile crime at age 14. Shafqat Hussain was...

South African university performs successful penis transplant

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 06:59 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

A South African university said Friday that it had performed a successful penis transplant. The transplant was done in a nine-hour operation last December by specialists from the...

United Nations head urges better safeguards for climate disasters

Saturday, 14 March 2015, 06:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

The president of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu appealed to a U.N. disaster conference Saturday for help as a powerful cyclone swept across his archipelago, driving painfully home the rising...

Iceland withdraws its bid to join the European Union

Friday, 13 March 2015, 13:55 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

The North Atlantic island of Iceland has withdrawn its bid to join the European Union, with the government saying that its interests are best served outside the 28-nation EU. EU spokesperson Maja...

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