UK LAWMAKER ARRESTED AT ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST
Activists link arms to resist police officers who were trying clear the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, southeast England , as anti…
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OIL FALLS BELOW $107 AS STOCK MARKETS STALL
By PABLO GORONDI Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out…
TRAIN KILLS 37 PILGRIMS IN EASTERN INDIA
By INDRAJIT SINGH Coaches of the Rajya Rani Express train burn after a mob set it on fire as it ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded…
2 RUSSIANS TURN CABLE GUYS IN RECORD SPACEWALK
By MARCIA DUNN In this image from video made available by NASA, cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin approaches a hatch on the International Space Station, about 7 hours into a spacewalk with…
SKEPTICISM AS NKOREA SHOWS HOME-GROWN SMARTPHONE
By YOUKYUNG LEE This undated photo released on Aug.10, 2013, by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Aug. 11, 2013 by the Korea News Service, shows North Korean…
PARAGUAY’S NEW PRESIDENT WAS TARGETED BY THE DEA
By PEDRO SERVIN and MICHAEL WARREN Paraguay’s new President Horacio Cartes, left, receives the presidential sash from Congress President Julio Cesar Velazquez during Cartes’ swearing-in ceremony at Palacio de Lopez…
MUSK’S ‘HYPERLOOP’ TRANSPORT IDEA HAS SCI-FI FEEL
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD An image released by Tesla Motors, is a conceptual design rendering of the Hyperloop passenger transport capsule. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 unveiled…
UK BARS TRASH CANS FROM TRACKING PEOPLE WITH WI-FI
By RAPHAEL SATTER A youth uses a trash bin in central London, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Officials say that an advertising firm must immediately stop using its network of high-tech…