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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
Starry starry night
WASHINGTON - The universe may glitter with far more stars than even Carl Sagan imagined when he rhapsodized about billions upon billions.
Humans, climate combine to erode Cancun's beaches
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) - Cancun's eroding white sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort fam…
Staggering Picasso trove found in France
PARIS - Pablo Picasso almost never stopped creating, leaving thousands of drawings, paintings and sculptures that lure crowds to museums and mansions worldwide…
Sea border area could be recipe for war in Koreas
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) - The view from this South Korean island takes in the undulating hills of North Korea just seven miles away and the seafood-rich waters all around - a region of such economic and…
War games launched in tense Yellow Sea
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A U.S. supercarrier and South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea on Sunday for joint military exercises…
Suicide bombers kill 12 at Afghan police HQ
KABUL, Afghanistan - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at an Afghan police headquarters Saturday, killing 12 officers in an area along the Pakistan border that still sees heavy Taliban attacks even as NATO pou…
US and South Korea push ahead with war games
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - The United States and South Korea prepared for war games Sunday as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more cl…
Iraqi premier: No need for US troops after 2011
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that an agreement requiring U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011 will stand because Iraqi forces are …
Cargo plane crashes into housing complex
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A cargo plane crashed into a housing complex in Karachi soon after takeoff Sunday, setting off a huge blaze and killing all eight Russian crew on board, Pakistan's civil aviation authority …
South Korea mourns dead, vows revenge
SEONGNAM, South Korea (AP) - Dignitaries placed white chrysanthemums on a funeral altar Saturday as South Korea honored two marines killed in a North Korean artillery attack that was one of the worst bombardments o…
Teenagers adrift in Pacific for 50 days reach land
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Three teenage boys who spent 50 days adrift in a tiny boat in the South Pacific walked ashore on shaky legs Friday after their chance rescue - celebrated on their home island hundreds of miles awa…
U.S. reaches dubious milestone
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Soviet Union couldn't win in Afghanistan, and now the United States is about to have something in common with that futile campaign: ni…
North Korea talks tough
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) - North Korea warned today that planned U.S.-South Korean military drills are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war as …
Pope's remarks on condoms confuse, anger U.S. Catholics
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Some Roman Catholics are confused. Some are angry. Others just don't believe the pope meant what it seems he said.
Westminster Abbey to host wedding
LONDON (AP) - Pomp and circumstance - what "Britain does best" - will rule the day when Prince William and Kate Middleton get married April 29 at Westminster A…