| Latest worldwide news | Bringing Universities to Refugee Camps in Kenya | | | A pilot program aims to offer 400 students in the Dadaab camps in Kenya a chance, over the next few years, to earn accredited diplomas in teaching and also a chance to earn university degrees. |
| U.S. high court declines to hear Duke lacrosse players appeal | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether three Duke University lacrosse players at the center of a rape allegation scandal five years ago should be allowed to pursue federal civil rights claims against police officers over the way they handled the investigation. |
| China's first tourism law | | | Travel operators in China have a huge new set of rules to follow now that the country's first tourism law is in place. |
| Syria wins cautious praise as chemical disarmament starts | | | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving President Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons. |
| Navratilova vs. Cash | | | Open Court's Pat Cash takes to the court with 18-time grand slam winner Martina Navratilova. |
| Scientists win Nobel for mapping body's 'cell traffic' system | | | STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three scientists won the Nobel medicine prize on Monday for plotting how cells transfer vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals to other cells, giving insight into diseases such as Alzheimer's, autism and diabetes. |
| Rask Stops 25 Shots; Bruins Beat Red Wings 4-1 | | | Brad Marchand scored the tiebreaking goal 36 seconds into the second period and Tuukka Rask made 25 saves, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. |
| Bolivia 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. |
| Op-Ed Contributor When Wealth Disappears | | | We are reaching end times for Western affluence. We must accept economic honesty and recognize that promises made during good times can no longer be easily kept. |
| Franchitti Injured in Late Crash in Houston | | | Dario Franchitti fractured two vertebrae and broke his right ankle when his car went airborne into a fence Sunday on the last lap of the Grand Prix of Houston. Thirteen fans were also injured, an official said. |
| Currents | Lighting A Lantern to Show the Way | | | Fuzzco, a Charleston creative agency, has opened a pop-up shop featuring collaborative designs. First up, a lighting collection they have created with the Brooklyn studio Workstead. |
| Kercher case View from court | | | Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were not in the Florentine appellate court Monday for the opening day of their appeal against their 2009 convictions for the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher. |
| Human-powered helicopter flies into aviation history | | | July 11 - A team from Toronto has won the long-coveted Sikorsky prize by using human power alone to fly an aircraft. The team, called AreroVelo Inc., achieved the feat on June 13, securing a $250,000 prize that has been on offer for 33 years, but never before awarded. Rob Muir reports. |
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