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Hornets | | At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets -- which may include the world's largest hornet species Vespa mandarinia -- in China's central Shaanxi province in the last three months, according to the city government of Ankang, the apparent epicenter of a recent spate of fatalities and injuries. |
UPDATE 3-BlackBerry confirms deep loss and revenue drop | | TORONTO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly loss of nearly $1 billion on Friday, in line with a warning it gave last week, just days after the smartphone maker accepted its largest shareholder's tentative $4.7 billion bid to take it private. |
EU stands firm on aviation emissions position | | MONTREAL/NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Europe cannot accept a global deal to curb the growth of aviation emissions through a markets-based scheme starting in 2020 unless it allows for regional measures to operate in the interim, its top climate change official said Friday. |
Malala's voice stronger, not silenced | | The attack was meant to silence the outspoken teenager who dared to defy the Taliban's ban against girls in school. Instead, it only made Malala's voice more powerful. After a school year that started with a shooting, Malala now eyes a summer of speaking at the U.N., telling her story in a new book and amplifying the issue of girls education. |
15-love Top tennis romances | | The life of a tennis professional is tough, but the rewards are plentiful -- and not just in a financial sense. |
A new phone concept? | | What if you could buy a smartphone that would last you for the rest of your life? |
West Virginia Shocks No. 11 Oklahoma St. 30-21 | | Clint Trickett waited patiently while two others got the call this season as the starting quarterback at West Virginia. When his time finally came, the Florida State transfer came through. |
Obama urges feuding Congress to avoid shutdown | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sternly warned the Congress on Friday against a government shutdown on October 1 as lawmakers struggled to pass an emergency spending bill that Republicans want to use to defund Obama's healthcare reform law. |
TBR Inside the List | | Keith Richardsx2019;s autobiography, x201C;Life,x201D; hits the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1, unsurprisingly. |
Indian Oprah? | | Tanupriya Khurana watches intently as her sister Bhavna gets a makeover at a designer cosmetics kiosk in the middle of one of Delhi's most popular malls, Select Citywalk. |
Jackson deathLast arguments | | Jurors who will decide if a concert promoter shares blame in Michael Jackson's death begin deliberations Thursday after five months of testimony and three days of closing arguments. |
Greek police arrest leader, lawmakers of far-right Golden Dawn | | ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police arrested the leader and more than a dozen senior members of the far-right Golden Dawn party early on Saturday after the killing of an anti-fascist rapper by a party supporter triggered outrage and protests across the country. |
Obama in historic call to Iran | | U.S. President Barack Obama confirms he spoke by phone with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the first communication between U.S. and Iranian leaders since 1979. |
ArtsBeat Breaking Bad Your Series Finale Predictions | | We asked readers to predict on Twitter how they believed the five-season run of Breaking Bad would come to an end. It turns out that a lot of theories can be packed into 140 characters, especially when so many of them boil down to two simple words Everyone dies. |
India's obsession with lighter skin | | In India, many women are obsessed with lightening their skin. CNN writer Moni Basu recalls her own family's pressures to not get "too dark." |
Ex cons turn curators | | September 25 - Nine inmates from a French penitentiary select works of art for an exhibition. Sharon Reich reports. |
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