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| Myanmar's magnificent treasures | | | After decades of a military junta rule, the south-east Asian country of Myanmar is opening up, and the government is working hard to welcome a plane loads of visitors from around the world. |
| Tepco can't yet be trusted to restart world's biggest nuclear plant governor | | | NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power Co must give a fuller account of the Fukushima disaster and address its "institutionalized lying" before it can expect to restart another nuclear station, the world's largest, said a local government official who holds an effective veto over the utility's revival plan. |
| Guerrillas release American hostage | | | Colombia's FARC guerrilla group has released American hostage Kevin Scott Sutay, the Cuban and Norwegian governments said in a joint statement Sunday. |
| Coalition party takes control in Georgia | | | Oct. 27 - After a decade of rule from Mikheil Saakashvili, the Georgian Dream party takes control of both the presidency and the government for the first time in the former Soviet republic. Nathan Frandino reports. |
| New species found in 'lost world' | | | Scientists have found what they're describing as a "lost world" on the northern tip of Queensland, Australia, hosting at least three previously undocumented species, including a frog that makes love in the rain. |
| Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation | | | Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. |
| Sex scandal engulfs NZ mayor | | | Months after sexting revelations dashed Anthony Weiner's hopes of election in New York, a mayor on the other side of the world is battling for political survival following a lurid sex scandal that has electrified the usually sleepy world of local politics. |
| U.K. to immigrants Stay out | | | Ruben Navarrette says the UK has pulled up the drawbridge to immigrants, trying to ward off invaders. But that's a shortsighted and losing strategy. |
| Lists That Rank Colleges Value Are on the Rise | | | Purists might regard it as an insult to the intellectual, social and civic value of education, but dollars-and-cents tabulations are the fastest growing sector of the college rankings industry. |
| UPDATE 1-Mexico's Mexichem reports third-quarter loss | | | MEXICO CITY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Mexican chemicals maker Mexichem SAB de CV on Monday reported it swung to a loss in its third-quarter hurt by restructuring charges and a dip in revenue and core profit due to lower prices for its cooling gases. |
| NATO Reduces Scope of Its Afghanistan Plans | | | The reduced scope reflects fears that the United States Congress and European parliaments might discontinue funding unless American and NATO troops oversee how the money is spent. |
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