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Chinese maths teachers are to come to England to give masterclasses in the subject as part of a fresh bid to boost standards.

Sending under-appreciated scribes into a frenzy of ecstasy across the United States, Amtrak is launching an official residency program for writers on its long-distance routes.

If the U.S. government turns over the bulk collection of telephone data to an independent third party, higher costs and delays in identifying potential threats could result, the Navy admiral nominated to be the next head of the troubled National Security Agency said Tuesday.

In a story March 9 about the U.S. secretary of commerce's trade mission to the Middle East, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Penny Pritzker is on her first trip outside of North America since being named commerce secretary.

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Commuter Jason Shumaker waits to board the "Frontrunner'" commuter rail line after it arrives at a Salt Lake City train station Monday, March 10, 2014, from Ogden, Utah.

World powers will meet in London today to thrash out details of sanctions to be levelled against senior Russian officials if Moscow fails to reduce tensions in Ukraine.

President Barack Obama will meet this week with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the White House said Sunday, in a prominent show of U.S. support for Ukraine's fledgling new government.

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More than 15,000 lesbians from across the world will trek to Palm Springs, California from April 2-6 for Club Skirts Dinah Shore, the original party weekend celebrating its 24th anniversary.

Sanjiv Patel has plowed over $1 million into his peanut company Holy Cow. Last year, he had over $300,000 in sales, his product was in roughly 600 stores, and he had two full-time employees.

LOS ANGELES - Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time since the suburbs began booming.

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Fed up with awaiting word on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, relatives of passengers in Beijing lashed out at the carrier with a handwritten ultimatum and an impromptu news conference.

Russia's occupation of Crimea will prove a "big miscalculation" in the long-term, William Hague said as he sought to keep up pressure for a diplomatic solution.

Hundreds of riot police have stepped up security near the Chinese embassy, visa office and areas in Nepalese capital where Tibetan refugees live to stop any protests to mark the anniversary of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet.

Yulia Sidorenko, 25, traveled three and half hours from Vinnytsya to Kiev on Sunday.

The brothers of a North Texas man who was aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing over the South China Sea said Sunday their family is leaning on faith and holding out hope for good news about the man they last saw about a week ago.

In this Feb. 6, 2014, file photo, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray joins the Congressional Black Caucus on the national day of prayer to remember the poor and homeless, at the Capitol in Washington.

U.S. exports to the three countries were some $50 billion last year. Her visit precedes a planned trip this month by President Barack Obama to Saudi Arabia in an effort to patch over strained relations.