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Thousands protested in Libya's second city, Benghazi, on Friday in the worst unrest of Moammar Gadhafi's four decades in power, and Amnesty International said 46 people had been killed in a three-day police crackdown.
 
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New diplomatic cables released this week by WikiLeaks have revealed details about a Canadian investigation into an Egyptian baby smuggling network in which children were illegally adopted by American, and possibly Canadian, families.
 
 
 
There are a handful of issues in U.S. politics — gun control, abortion and gay marriage foremost among them — guaranteed to send partisans scrambling to their battle stations. Now add another one to that list: breastfeeding.
 
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After going under the knife, David Corneau watched a video of his aneurysm surgery — thanks to a new microscope at the University of Alberta Hospital.
 
 
 
Canada's ninth prime minister is finally getting the honour he deserves — an official unveiling of his portrait.
 
 
 
A discovery by a University of Alberta medical researcher could eventually improve the prognosis for cancer patients.
 
 
 
On a date at an upscale restaurant, Jessica Wakeman recalls the maitre d' pulling out her chair — a rote gesture that surely seemed to him as apolitical as reciting the specials.
 
 
 
The theory of a living "missing link" has been knocked down by new findings that suggest some species evolve from more sophisticated ancestors, a Montreal-based researcher says.
 
 
 
If your true love is a true romantic, don't be surprised if you find a slightly dishevelled Fool on your doorstep or in your workplace this Valentine's Day. You are about to be sonneted.
 
 
 

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With a wingspan of 6.5 inches, the Nano Hummingbird weighs 19 grams, or less than a AA battery. The drone's guts consist of motors, communications systems and a video camera. It is slightly larger than the average hummingbird. (AeroVironment via Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Pocket-sized 'hummingbird' drone aims to flutter into enemy territory

LOS ANGELES - A pocket-size drone dubbed the Nano Hummingbird for the way it flaps its tiny robotic wings has been developed for the Pentagon by a Monrovia, Calif., company as a mini-spy plane capable of maneuvering on the battlefield and in urban areas.

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U.S. seniors share homes for income and company

BOUND BROOK, New Jersey, Feb 7 - Joyce Kane lives with two women who pay rent, don't smoke and like her cats.


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A detail of a native corn plant or mazorca is shown by Aldo Gonzalez in his town of Guelato, Oaxaca, Mexico, January 16, 2010. (Heriberto Rodriguez/MCT)

Mexico, cradle of corn, finds its noble grain under assault

GUELATAO, Mexico - Yank the husks off ears of corn grown in the mountains of southern Mexico, and you may find kernels that are red, yellow, white, blue, black or even variegated.


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Jody Buell of Burnsville, Minnesota, was the victim of a scam by a man she was matched with on eHarmony in 2008. She sent $10,000 in electronic equipment to Ghana before realizing she had been duped. Buell now works with a Yahoo group that helps others who have been victimized by romance scams online. (Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

E-romance scams common and costly, but victims find little help

MINNEAPOLIS - Jody Buell thought she was falling in love, but she fell for someone who didn't exist.


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A view of the front of the Chelsea Hotel in New York, January 10, 2011. The Chelsea Hotel, a haven for struggling artists for over 50 years, is for sale since October 2010. The 12-floor, 250-room landmark hotel, was built in 1883 and hosted celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Arthur Miller and his wife Marylin Monroe, musicians Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and punk rocker Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols who killed his girlfriend Nancy Spungen there in 1978 in a drug-induced stupor.  AFP

NY's storied Chelsea Hotel hits market

NEW YORK, Feb 3, 2011 - New York's storied Chelsea Hotel, the classic haunt of artists and hell-raising performers, is for sale and, perhaps, so is its soul.


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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SONIA LOGRE-GREZZI 

 Immigrants and foreigners show identification at the entrance of the Di Cambio-Angelico middle school in Florence before an Italian language exam to obtain their resident card in Florence on January 19, 2011. Such compulsory tests for immigrants have caused controversy in some European countries, particularly in France, where they were introduced in 2008. But in Italy they have been embraced by many as a first step on the path to integration. AFP PHO

Italy- language tests now a must for would-be citizens

FLORENCE, Italy, Feb 2, 2011 - Mario slips into his seat in the Florence schoolroom just as the exam begins: five years after arriving in Italy from Honduras he may finally be able to clinch that longed-for permit to stay, thanks to the country's new language tests.


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Scott Millwood of GreenLeaks.com poses for a picture in front of a quote of German philosopher Karl Marx in the lobby of Humboldt University in Berlin January 26, 2011. All across Europe, from Brussels to the Balkans, a new generation of WikiLeaks-style websites is sprouting. The quote reads: "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point however is to change it." Picture taken January 26, 2011. To match Exclusive WIKILEAKS/      REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags

EXCLUSIVE-WikiLeaks The Next Generation

BERLIN, Jan 28 - All across Europe, from Brussels to the Balkans, a new generation of WikiLeaks-style websites is sprouting.


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An unidentified angler caught this 12-inch northern snakehead fish at Marshall Hall on the Potomac River IN 2004, and the invasive species hasn't slowed its harmful impact. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing a plan to prevent snakehead colonies from infesting other bodies of water, beef up invasive species laws, encourage local rapid response teams and educate watermen and recreational anglers. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Invasive species continues to spread despite supposed obstacles

BALTIMORE - Hardy, adaptable and prolific. We should all be so lucky.


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Motley Crue's Neil jailed 15 days for drunk driving

LAS VEGAS - Motley Crue singer Vince Neil will serve 15 days in jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to drunken driving, a spokeswoman for prosecutors said.


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Challenger disaster still haunts NASA 25 years later

WASHINGTON - Two days before the space shuttle Challenger made its final flight, Carl McNair spoke to his brother Ron McNair on the telephone. It was mostly small talk: Super Bowl XX being played that day, William "Refrigerator" Perry, the weather.


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