Islamist militants release two Filipino hostages, believed to have been kidnapped last June while working for Jordanian TV, in the southern Philippines.
The White House tweets a picture of Barack Obama skeet-shooting - seemingly to settle a row about whether the president had fired a gun before.
Wayne Rooney scores a late winner at Fulham to increase Manchester United's Premier League lead to 10 points.
Japanese pop star Minami Minegishi shaves her head and films an apology after breaking her band's rules by spending a night with her boyfriend.
Emotional behaviour in childhood may be linked with heart disease in middle age, especially in women, research suggests.
A quarter of a million Twitter users have had their accounts hacked in the latest of a string of high-profile internet security breaches.
Two-thirds of Britain's 337 species of common and widespread larger moths have experienced a significant decline over the past four decade, a survey shows.
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Los egipcios han perdido el miedo a las fuerzas de seguridad y desde hace meses muestran su descontento en las calles. Las manifestaciones también han llevado a la parálisis política en el país. ¿Podrá arraigar la democracia?
美国白宫发布总统奥巴马正在射击的照片,似乎旨在平息外界对奥巴马是否曾开枪的议论纷纷。
روسيا تقول إنها ستبقى على اتصال مستمر مع المعارضة السورية، ورئيس الائتلاف الوطني المعارض معاذ الخطيب يقول إن وزير الخارجية الروسي لافروف دعاه لزيارة موسكو لبحث تطورات الأزمة السورية.
دولت روسیه از احمد معاذ خطیب، رئیس ائتلاف ملی سوریه برای سفر به مسکو و گفتوگو در باره بحران سوریه دعوت کرده است. رهبر مخالفان دولت سوریه گفته است که در حاشیه کنفرانس امنیتی مونیخ با علی اکبر صالحی، وزیر امور خارجه ایران دیدار خواهد کرد.
South Africa's Shaheed Ebrahim has outsmarted the competition by bringing the latest gadgets and innovations to the country's booming travel market.
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