Politics

At least 11 Somalis perish in latest Gulf of Aden boat tragedy, UN reports

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People waiting to board a boat to take them across the Gulf of Aden.

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Global recording artist, Sarah Brightman designated UNESCO Artist for Peace

A star of the musicals Cats and Phantom of the Opera, Sarah Brightman started her career as a dancer, going on to become a successful pop singer as well as an acclaimed classical performer. Ms. Brightman has developed her own crossover style,...

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A Look Back At Bosnia, Through Angelina Jolie's Eyes

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NPR's Tom Gjelten joins a panel with Angelina Jolie to discuss her directorial debut movie, In the Land of Blood and Honey.

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U. S. Patent and Trademark Office Announces New Exhibit Highlighting the Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs

In tribute to the tremendous influence of Steve Jobs, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will showcase The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World. The free exhibit will open to the public on...

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Native Survivors Of Foster Care Return Home

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When Dwayne Stenstrom was 8 years old a state worker told him that he and his brother...

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Apple Visionary Steve Jobs Dies At 56

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Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs has died at age 56. Here, he delivers the keynote address at the 2011 Apple developers conference. For...

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Israeli Chemist Wins Nobel Prize For Quasicrystals

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Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Nobel laureate Daniel Shechtman

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NIH grantees win 2011 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to National Institutes of Health grantees Bruce A. Beutler, M.D., of The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif.; and Jules A. Hoffmann, Ph.D., for their discoveries concerning the...

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