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Worshippers at a Muslim shrine in western India have been dropping babies from a tower for good luck.
The “good luck babies” are thrown from a height of 50ft on to a cloth sheet in a bizarre ritual that is thought to bring them good...
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People got very excited in 2004 when NASA’s rover Opportunity discovered evidence that Mars had once been wet. Where there is water, there may be life. After more than 40 years of human exploration, culminating in the ongoing Mars Exploration...
RESIDENTS of the Greek island of Lesbos have launched a legal case against a gay group, insisting they are the real Lesbians.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to discuss a proposal for the release of three U.S. citizens held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), at Miraflores President Palace on Saturday.
China could lease overseas farming land to beat rising food prices, according to reports from Beijing.
Soaring grain prices have encouraged the ministry of agriculture to consider the scheme, according to the Beijing Morning newspaper.
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A wave of bad news swept over Argentina last week. The departure of Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, the decision by Standard & Poors to place Argentina on negative outlook and the after-effects of global deleveraging left many investors running...
If you’ve quit smoking, but still miss the trappings — the feel of the package, the confidence you got from knowing there were still 18 cigarettes left in the package, memories of your passionate romance with James Dean or Sharon Stone, or...
Marisa has been locked in a small, windowless room for the past three days. The 14-year-old girl is angry but says that she understands why her mother, Blanca, has refused to let her out. “If I walk out that door, I’ll smoke paco.”
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Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually became the internet. It was the first spam...
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, photographer Izaz Rony waited across the street from an office building on Chambers Street in Manhattan. As he sat on a bench eating a late breakfast, a visibly pregnant young woman wearing a black-and-white striped...
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