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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
'Red warning lights' flash for global economy
Chopin's heart, preserved in cognac, exhumed
Islamic State beheads again
Communicating from a comet
US, Japan, Australia agree to deepen security ties
Russian troops hold drills in Serbia
NIKINCI, Serbia - Camouflage-clad Russian soldiers parachute from the sky, armored vehicles fire live rounds on an open field after being dropped from military transport jets and helicopters fire missiles against e…
Philae probe drills into comet, turns toward light
BERLIN - The spacecraft that landed on a comet performed two tricky maneuvers Friday, by drilling into the rocky surface and rotating itself to catch more sunlight.
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• Hagel orders shakeup to fix problems in ICBM force
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• Islamic State, al-Qaida branch to stop fighting
Police patrol town with tiger on prowl
PARIS - Scores of police patrolled a small town west of the French capital on Thursday night after a tiger eluded a massive search and remained on the prowl in the region near Disneyland Paris.
Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow
BERLIN - A shadow was cast - literally - across Europe's historic mission to land on and explore a comet. Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that…
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• Carbon pact not enough to avoid dangerous global warming
Banks fined billions for rigging currency markets
LONDON - Traders with nicknames like the "Three Musketeers" and the "A-Team" plotted over Internet chat rooms to manipulate currency markets for years, profiti…
A cosmic first
DARMSTADT, Germany - Landing with a bounce after traveling 4 billion miles, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - a cosmic first designed…