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| America's rising tennis star | | | The top junior player in the world last year, 17-year old Taylor Townsend talks body image and those who've inspired her. |
| Stargazing in the desert | | | It's thought to be the world's oldest desert. The sun has been beating down on it for at least 55 million years and it covers an area of around around 31,200 square miles. The Namib Desert is an unforgiving landscape but it's where Rob Johnstone chooses to spend his spare time. |
| How do drivers get to F1? | | | Amanda Davies attends a World Series by Renault event to find out why it's been such a successful breeding ground for F1. |
| Tiananmen incident 'terror attack' | | | Five suspects have been detained in Monday's deadly crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which has been identified as a terrorist attack, Beijing police said Wednesday. |
| Obama halted NSA spying on IMF and World Bank headquarters | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has ordered the National Security Agency to stop eavesdropping on the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank as part of a review of intelligence gathering activities, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. |
| How a wandering mind can help you | | | It's a familiar scenario. You're in a meeting and realize you haven't heard a word of what your boss is saying because you were thinking about the dry cleaning. But is daydreaming so bad? |
| Sumatra's endangered tigers | | | As recently as 1978 more than 1,000 Sumatran tigers lived on Sumatra. But thanks to appallingly high deforestation and rampant poaching their numbers have dropped to around 400. But there's still hope for the Sumatran tiger. |
| Ted 'Shred' takes charge | | | American Ted Ligety served notice he will be the man to beat in his favored giant slalom discipline with an emphatic victory in the season opener in Soelden Sunday. |
| 'Maria' to live with foster family | | | A blond girl found in Greece whose birth parents were traced to a Bulgarian Roma village will be cared for by a foster family when she's returned to Bulgaria, the government's social services agency said |
| NHL Calendar | | | Nov. 8 Hockey Hall of Fame game New Jersey Devils at Toronto Maple Leafs |
| The ghost of leaders past in Venezuela | | | Oct. 31 - Day of the Dead comes early to Venezuela after President Maduro says image of the late President Chavez appears to workers in tunnel. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Obama halted NSA spying on IMF and World Bank headquarters | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has ordered the National Security Agency to stop eavesdropping on the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank as part of a review of intelligence gathering activities, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. |
| COMMODITIES-Precious, base metals lead losses as dollar firms | | | * Silver sees largest daily loss in 6 weeks * Corn sets 3-year low on expectations of a record harvest * Coffee hits fresh 4-1/2 year low on increase in supplies By Marina Lopes NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Base and precious metals led commodities lower on Thursday, with silver down 5 percent in its worst daily performance in six weeks, as the dollar gained and investors squared their books ahead of the month's end. A sharp rise in the dollar index broadly pressured commodit |
| Warriors Whip Lakers 125-94 in Season Opener | | | Klay Thompson scored a career-high 38 points in a spectacular shooting performance, and the Golden State Warriors whipped the Los Angeles Lakers 125-94 in their much-anticipated season opener Wednesday night. |
| Colombian team don knock-off shirts after forgetting kit | | | BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian side Independiente Santa Fe were forced to play in knock-off versions of their own shirts bought from street vendors outside the stadium after forgetting to bring their change uniforms to an away game at the weekend. |
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