| Latest worldwide news | Is Pinterest worth $3.8B? | | | Social media site Pinterest just received another $225 million in funding. The offering, led by Fidelity Investments, puts the company's valuation at a staggering $3.8 billion. |
| Wave of Car Bombs Kills Dozens in Iraq | | | Insurgents unleashed a new wave of car bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 39 people and wounding dozens, officials said. |
| Moooove over fossil-fuels - Cow power's coming | | | Oct. 27 - Argentine researchers have demonstrated how methane can be separated from other digestive gases produced by cattle, to power a car. The scientists say that harnessing cow power on an industrial scale could create a new form of sustainable energy while also reducing the carbon footprint produced by cattle ranches. Elly Park reports. |
| China to hold first trial of anti-graft activists | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese anti-graft activists who agitated for officials to disclose their assets go on trial on Monday, in the first case of its kind that underscores the limits of the government's tolerance of challenges to its authority. |
| Protesters march in Washington against NSA spying | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government's online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. |
| Vuvuzelas blare in Fischer's 'blood libel' anti-semitism opera | | | BUDAPEST (Reuters) - In what may be the first use of vuvuzelas in opera, the blaring horns popularized by South African soccer featured in the premiere of Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer's "The Red Heifer" about a murder blamed on Jews in northeastern Hungary. |
| Well Concussions and the Classroom | | | The American Academy of Pediatrics on Sunday released new recommendations regarding students who return to school following a concussion. |
| Seoul shares seen inching up; China worries, firm won may cap | | | SEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are seen opening modestly higher on Monday, but investors are unlikely to buy aggressively due to worries over tight credit conditions in China and a stronger won currency. Investors are also likely to be cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting this week, though markets expect the Fed to hold off on any move to scale down its $85 billion monthly bond-buying programme. Korea Securities said in a note to clients that buyi |
| Fleetwood Mac's John McVie ill | | | Fleetwood Mac co-founder John McVie has been diagnosed with cancer, forcing the group to cancel upcoming shows on its world tour. |
| Purring monkey found in Amazon | | | A titi monkey that purrs like a cat is just one of hundreds of species discovered in the Amazon in recent years, according to the World Wildlife Fund. |
| 5 hurt; fair ride operator charged | | | The man has been charged with three felony counts of assault after several people were hurt on the Vortex at the North Carolina State Fair, according to the county sheriff. |
| Sex scandal engulfs NZ mayor | | | Months after sexting revelations dashed Anthony Weiner's hopes of election in New York, a mayor on the other side of the world is battling for political survival following a lurid sex scandal that has electrified the usually sleepy world of local politics. |
| Marcia Wallace of 'Newhart' dies | | | Marcia Wallace, whose four-decade television career included playing the secretary on "The Bob Newhart Show" and Bart's fourth-grade teacher on "The Simpsons," has died, her agent said Saturday. |
| Backstrom Leads Wild Past Blackhawks 5-3 | | | Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves in his first win of the season and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Saturday night in a rematch of their first-round playoff series. |
| Some Iranians Seek to Renew an Old Chant | | | Several hard-line groups have announced plans for a Down With U.S.A. conference next month, with an award for the best photograph, poster, video, song or caricature. |
| The simple pleasures of Eid | | | For the world's Muslims, the festival of Eid al-Fitr is a perfect conclusion to Ramadan -- the month-long period of fasting and contemplation practiced by observers of Islam around the globe. One of the most festive periods in the religion's calendar, Eid is often commemorated with large feasts, family-time, and through charitable acts and donations. |
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