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| Is sharing secrets beneficial? | | | Business organizations are learning from each other by hosting visits and exchanging ideas with companies in different fields. |
| Scientists confirm most distant galaxy | | | Scientists say they've found a galaxy that's not just far, far, away -- it's the most distant from our own that's been discovered yet. And it's helping them gain insight about the universe as it existed a long time ago. |
| Female Saudi drivers fear reprisals | | | Several women who publicly supported a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's de facto ban on women driving fear they are being followed and investigated by the country's secret police. |
| Can Merkel really be surprised the NSA spied on her? | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - When Angela Merkel was growing up in communist East Germany, she recalls her parents getting nervous whenever she talked for too long on the phone. "Hang up! The Stasi is listening and it's all being recorded," warned her mother, according to one biography. |
| Golfers don masks in Beijing | | | International golfers were choking on the greens in Beijing over the weekend -- but it wasn't due to an outbreak of the yips. |
| Vuvuzelas blare in Fischer's 'blood libel' anti-semitism opera | | | BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In what may be the first use of vuvuzelas in opera, the blaring horns popularized by South African soccer featured in the premiere of Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer's "The Red Heifer" about a murder blamed on Jews in northeastern Hungary. |
| Putin Gays welcome in Sochi | | | Russian President Vladmir Putin on Monday said everyone will be welcomed to next year's Winter Olympics in Russia, regardless of sexual orientation -- comments that come on the heels of a controversial Russian law on homosexuality. |
| Egypt and Brotherhood should pursue reconciliation minister | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army-backed government and the Muslim Brotherhood should seek reconciliation, a senior minister said on Tuesday, voicing a rare plea to seek compromise with a group branded "terrorists" by many of his cabinet colleagues. |
| Ally settles U.S. regulators' mortgage securities claims | | | NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Ally Financial Inc, the former parent of bankrupt Residential Capital LLC, has agreed to settle lawsuits by two U.S. regulators over alleged misstatements about its residential mortgage-backed securities. |
| Impact Your World How to help | | | CNN Films' "Girl Rising" tells the stories of girls across the globe and the power of education to change the world. Are you inspired to help the cause of girls' education around the world? You can make an impact in many ways, but by just being aware of the issue, you can spread the word. By acting in your own community, you can make a global difference. |
| Snipers 'target' moms-to-be | | | Pregnant women, children, even unborn babies are being deliberately targeted by snipers in Syria's worsening civil war, says a surgeon who works to treat their wounds. |
| Chelsea rejoice as Wenger's Mourinho hoodoo continues | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho got the better of old adversary Arsene Wenger once again as Chelsea showed their strength-in-depth by reaching the League Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over London rivals Arsenal on Tuesday. |
| Election system needs an overhaul, but it's not that easy | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in Florida were still waiting to cast their ballots more than six hours after polls closed on Election Day, registered voters in Ohio were told they were not on voter rolls and new voter ID laws in Pennsylvania led to confusion at voting places. |
| China's anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas | | | BEIJING, Oct 30 (Reuters) - A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China's plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more choking air pollution this winter and beyond. |
| 2014 playoffs Ronaldo vs. Zlatan | | | Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will go head-to-head for a place at the 2014 World Cup after Portugal and Sweden were drawn together in the European qualification playoffs. |
| Diesel exhaust pollution may disrupt honeybee foraging | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Exposure to pollution from diesel exhaust fumes can disrupt honeybees' ability to recognize the smells of flowers and could in future affect pollination and global food security, researchers said on Thursday. |
| Lou Reed dead at 71, Brown arrested for assault | | | Oct 28 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Lou Reed dies at 71, Chris Brown is arrested for assault, and Michael Jackson's physician, Conrad Murray is released from prison. Bob Mezan reports. |
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