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Magnitude 5.6 quake hits off Japan
A magnitude 5.6 quake struck off Japan shortly after midnight at a depth of 15 (10 miles), the US Geological Survey said.
It said it hit 219 km southeast of Hachijo-jima, in the Izu Islands, at 1512
Holmes back in Game of Shadows
In 2009, British filmwriter/director Guy Ritchie shocked Sherlock Holmes purists byrebooting the classic crime-fighting character for a newgeneration of movie fans.
French prosecutors seek life for Carlos the Jackal
French prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a second life sentence for the veteran Marxist militant Carlos the Jackal for carrying out four bomb attacks in France in the early 1980s that killed 11 people a
Obama winds down Iraq war but verdict elusive
"Mission Accomplished" are two words President Barack Obama will not use as he winds down the most unpopular U.S. military venture since Vietnam and declares an end to another war without victory.
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Chinese man arrested for hiring wedding strippers
Chinese police have arrested a man who hired two strippers to perform at his son's wedding after the performance was mobbed by villagers, a newspaper reported.
Zhang Cheng, from Xuzhou in eastern Jia
US lawmakers freeze $700 mln to Pakistan
The leaders of a US House-Senate negotiating panel have agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it offers to help in the fight against improvised explosive devices in the region, exerting more pressure on a troubled strategic ally.
Albanian makes world's largest coffee bean mosaic
A mosaic made with a million coffee beans by Albanian artist Saimir Strati, depicting five musicians, entered the Guinness World Records on Monday as the world's largest coffee bean mosaic.
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Scientists hone search for missing Higgs boson
Scientists at the CERN physics research centre said on Tuesday they had found signs of -- although not yet conclusively discovered -- the Higgs boson, an elementary particle which is the missing link
Higgs boson may have been identified, says report
Scientists at the CERN physics research centre said on Tuesday they had found signs of — although not yet conclusively discovered — the Higgs boson, an elementary particle which is the missing link in the Standard Model of physics.
Wedding guard rumour lands two in detention in China
Police in central China have detained two men for spreading a rumour online that thousands of police were called out to guard a wedding, state media said on Monday, as the country increases scrutiny o
