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Church shooting A hymn, then chaos | | Talisha Harris had seen Woodrow Karey at the church before, but not for years. Harris was leading the congregation in "Our God is a Great God," when Karey entered and almost immediately fired his shotgun, she says. |
Argentine farmers hoard soybeans as inflation hedge | | BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine farmers are hoarding more soy this season than in past years, threatening to reduce much-needed export tax revenue as raw beans become the preferred unit of savings in an economy impaired by double-digit inflation. |
Rooftop algae a growth industry in Bangkok | | Sept. 23 - Urban algae farming is gaining a foothold in Bangkok with the rooftop of one big hotel supporting a small but flourishing algae industry. Algae is well known as a source of biofuel, but the species being cultivated on the roof of the Novotel produces Spirulina, a vitamin-rich, so-called "superfood". Tara Cleary reports. |
Now comes the real test in Syria | | Over the weekend, the U.S. and Russia hashed out a plan to get Syria to give up control of its chemical weapons. But will Syria actually hand over the weapons, or is this just a delay tactic? |
1.3 tons of cocaine found on flight | | There was something odd about the 30 suitcases that showed up on a flight from Venezuela. The colorful bags weren't registered to any of the passengers on the plane. |
Italy's PM seeks to shore up government | | Enrico Letta, Italy's centre-left prime minister, is seeking urgently parliamentary support for a new government after centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of their five-month-old coalition, risking a financial market backlash. |
Siege is new blow to Kenya tourism | | Kenya remains a safe place to visit despite an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall over the weekend in which at least 68 people, including foreigners, died, the country's tourism minister said yesterday. |
5 government shutdown shockers | | Yes, national parks and monuments will be closed and thousands of workers furloughed. But what about the panda cam? Here are some unexpected casualties of a government shutdown. |
Michael Jackson death trial nears end | | AEG LIve lawyers rested their defense case in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial, setting the scene for closing arguments to be delivered in a Los Angeles courtroom starting Monday. |
Bolivian leader Let's take U.S. to court | | It's no secret that Bolivian President Evo Morales is not a fan of the U.S. government, and at the U.N. General Assembly he took his complaints to a wider audience, calling for action against the Obama administration. |
Fossil fish find in China fills in evolutionary picture | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - An international team of scientists in China has discovered what may be the earliest known creature with a distinct face, a 419 million-year-old fish that could be a missing link in the development of vertebrates. |
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