Study: Kids are less fit than their parents were
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE FILE – In this May 13, 2007 file photo, boys participate in 100 meter race during two-day World Athletics Day meet in Bangalore, India. An analysis of…
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2 killed in blast at Belgian refinery
Firemen and rescue personnel stand outside of the Total refinery in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013. An explosion at Total’s Antwerp refinery in Belgium, Europe’s…
Zimbabwe’s president: I’m no British clone
By ANGUS SHAW FILE – In this file photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honor during the opening of the first session…
UN secretary-general visits Auschwitz memorial
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon , walks along a barbed-wire fence as he visits the former German Nazi Death Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Ban…
BMW unveils new Mini
Members of the media gather round the new Mini car as it is launched at the Mini Plant in Oxford, England, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Britain New…
Merkel leads EU calls for Ukraine to reform
By RAF CASERT German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the relationship between Germany…
A glance at coal and its role in climate change
By KARL RITTER Young girls protest in front of the Polish Ministry of Economy in Warsaw, Monday Nov. 18, 2013 where a Coal Industry meeting is taking place in Warsaw,…
Steven Seagal ‘adopts’ stray dog in Romania
A picture taken on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 shows U.S. actor Steven Seagal holding Grivei, a stray dog he adopted from the Dogtown dog shelter in Uzunu, south of Bucharest,…