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Russia's Mars moon prober, the unmanned Phobos-Grunt, is expected to fall in the Indian Ocean north of Madagascar between Jan. 14 and 16, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

Jan 13, 2012

The U.S. military started Wednesday verifying the origin and authenticity of a video clip showing its marines urinating on three slain Taliban fighters.

Jan 13, 2012

Police in Germany are investigating a grade school teacher at a private school in the northern city of Lubeck for teaching his young students how to make pipe bombs and detonating it in front of them to demonstrate its force.

Jan 12, 2012

An English mother-of-six has been cured of cancer after coughing up a tumour growing from her throat in October.

Jan 12, 2012

A co-owner of a fitness gym in Sydney, Australia died Tuesday while tubing in the Laotian town of Vang Vieng, where the pastime popular among foreign backpackers is done by sliding from a zip line and then jumping into a river.

Jan 12, 2012

Two female pilots of a British Airways jet felt dizzy in midflight and were forced to quickly return to London's Heathrow airport for an emergency landing on Dec. 20, according to air accident investigators' report.

Jan 10, 2012

Hundreds of thousands of Catholics joined the feast and annual procession for a black statue of Jesus Christ in central Manila on Monday despite an alleged plot by Muslim terrorists to explode a bomb along the route of the devotees.

Jan 10, 2012

American plastic surgeon Dr. McKay McKinnon successfully removed an 82-kilogramme tumour on a Vietnamese man's leg in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday and then removed another large-sized tumour on a woman's face in a separate operation the following day.

Jan 10, 2012

A Slovenian biologist-environmentalist-photographer-pilot has started a round-the-world solo flight Sunday using an ultra-light plane that consumes small amount of clean unleaded fuel with the aim of promoting the protection of the environment.

Jan 09, 2012

A 22-year-old woman from Australia fell 111 metres into a river during a failed bungee jump in Zimbabwe on New Year's Eve, but she survived to tell her death-defying experience.

Jan 09, 2012

A goalkeeper made a spectacular goal from his end to the opponent's net with a single kick during a windy match in England's top soccer league on Wednesday.

Jan 06, 2012

Young Pirates, the youth wing of Swedish political party Pirate Party, has registered as a religion and church allowing its 3,000 members to freely practice their faith: file-sharing.

Jan 06, 2012

Europe's tallest active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted for the first time this year on Thursday sending ash cloud 5,000 metres into the air. The eruption also sent lava flowing into the deserted Valle del Bove area.

Jan 06, 2012

An American surgeon, known for removing big tumors, will operate on a Vietnamese man Thursday to remove a one metre long, 90 kilogramme tumour in his right leg.

Jan 05, 2012

American scientists have cracked the mystery of honeybees moving like zombies before dying. The behavior and deaths are now linked to the collapse of honeybee colonies in the U.S. since 2006 that is threatening crop production.

Jan 05, 2012

A 52-year-old from Torrensville was arrested Tuesday night for possessing a taser disguised as a mobile phone.

Jan 05, 2012

A man and his dog got lost while hiking at the Gambrill State Park in Maryland on New Year's Eve but were rescued by park police with the help of his iPhone, whose flashlight was used to signal his location.

Jan 04, 2012

Sanitary inspectors have found that water at the new government building of Hong Kong is contaminated with Legionella bacteria that cause pneumonia-like Legionnaires' disease.

Jan 04, 2012

A black twin and a white twin have been born to a German and Nigerian couple in Leipzig, Germany.

Jan 04, 2012

A 100-year-old American woman who was reunited with her daughter six years ago after 77 years of separation has been making up for lost time by visiting her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Jan 03, 2012

Israel's military will soon warn citizens in real time and in multiple languages of incoming missiles that are not intercepted via SMS.

Jan 03, 2012

An Iraq War veteran who shot dead a Mount Rainier park ranger on New Year's Day was found frozen to death on Monday ending a 200-men search that included a SWAT team, K-9s and helicopters.

Jan 03, 2012

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and his Cabinet had agreed with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan's proposal to test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile called MX from California to the Tasman Sea in 1981, according to secret files released by the National Archives of Australia on Sunday. The test firing never pushed through.

Jan 02, 2012

Iran test-fired a new missile that can hit radar-evading missiles during a naval drill in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. It also announced the successful test of locally-made nuclear fuel rods for powering nuclear reactors.

Jan 02, 2012

One of three former followers of the doomsday cult that caused the sarin gas attacks in Tokyo's subway trains and stations in 1995 has surrendered to police after 17 years on the run to escape prosecution from kidnapping and murder of another member's brother.

Jan 02, 2012

The U.S. Army is developing a helicopter drone equipped with a 1.8 gigapixel camera that can provide high resolution ground images or video from an altitude of 20,000 feet and over an area of 65 square miles.

Dec 30, 2011

Football fans will be treated to a match that will literally give them the highs when Euro 12 opens on June 8, 2012. Ukrainian mountaineers will perform the ceremonial opening game on Mount Everest as their country co-hosts the month-long tournament with Poland.

Dec 30, 2011

Victoria and NSW police have arrested a father and his son suspected of stealing $6.5 million worth of cash and valuables from a safety deposit box centre and from affluent homes in Melbourne's northeastern suburbs.

Dec 30, 2011

A five-metre saltwater crocodile has grabbed a lawnmower from a zoo staff mowing the grass in its enclosure at the Australian Reptile Park at Somersby, north of Sydney.

Dec 29, 2011