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An elderly woman infected with a strain of avian flu that is rarely seen in humans, died in China earlier this month -- marking what could be the first fatal case from the H10N8 virus.

A nasty virus first detected in Africa that is spread to people by the bite of infected mosquitoes is being locally transmitted in the Americas for the first time on the tiny French Caribbean dependency of St. Martin, health officials said Tuesday.

Hallacas, corn dough tamales wrapped in dried plantain, boil at a Christmas fair in a state-owned market in Caracas, Venezuela.

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A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged Paul Ciancia with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Transportation Security Administration officer at Los Angeles International Airport.

A Seattle think tank estimates a $5 toll on drivers crossing the U.S. border could raise $30 to $45 million a year for TransLink.

In this file photo of Monday, April 26, 2010, former South Sudan Vice President ,Riek Machar, left, President of South Sudan Salva Kiir, arrive during a press conference in Juba, South Sudan.

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Dr Abbas Khan, a British surgeon imprisoned by Syrian security forces while helping casualties of war has been found dead in detention, says his family A British surgeon imprisoned by Syrian security forces while helping casualties of war has been found dead in detention, his family has said.

Arena Stage is planning a new partnership with the U.S. State Department to lead theater workshops in four cities in India next month.

Sure, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon have inspired many photographs.

Every time Zhang Zhen sets up his camera on a tripod in an effort to document the behavior of one of the panda cubs scattered on a grassy hillside, one particularly frisky baby panda comes wobbling towards him, interrupting his shoot.

The American Studies Association on Monday endorsed a boycott of Israeli universities, the largest group of U.S. scholars to do so.

This undated 2013 photo shows Princess Nora University in Riyadh, where female-only students and staff have access to four metro lines to move around the 800 hectare campus in privacy without needing to wear a head scarf or traditional black abaya.

In surveying the year at the movies, the topography is rich. From the dusty, dying towns of "Nebraska" to the rooftop Roman parties in "The Great Beauty" to the sleek future Los Angeles of "Her," 2013 has been a trip.

This is a nation hoarding enough prosperity, natural beauty and curling talent to serve a population a hundred times its size.

In this file photo of Wenesday Oct. 13 2010, Dr. Riek Machar, former Vice President of the Government of South Sudan, presides over an all-southern-parties meeting in Juba, Sudan, Sporadic gunfire rang out early Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, in the South Sudan capital, Juba, in what a senior military official said were clashes between factions of the ... (more)

In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 photo, South Sudan President Salva Kiir attends during a ceremony for Kenya's 50th independence anniversary in Nairobi, Kenya.

Published by Minneapolis, MN-based Squares and Rebels Press, which primarily promotes literary works by LGBT poets and writers "who have a strong connection to the Midwest," "Queer & Celtic," a new collection of Irish memories, poetry, essays, plays, and short stories, is a powerful reflection on family, community, and Celtic culture.

Alexander the Great is said to have sobbed like a child after realizing there were no more worlds to conquer.