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Study: Eiffel Tower worth $544 billion

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (The Local) The Eiffel Tower in Paris is the most valuable monument in Europe, worth some $544 billion, according to a new study. Paris' iconic skyline feature is more…

France opens Arafat assassination enquiry

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (The Local) French prosecutors have opened a murder enquiry into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 2004 death near Paris, sources close to the matter told AFP on Tuesday. The more…

Islamic cleric convicted of Web threats

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (The Local) Mullah Krekar, the founder of a radical Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group, has been sentenced to a year in jail in Norway for issuing threats against Norwegians, more…

Space probes to demystify radiation around Earth

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Gizmodo) Concentric rings of highly charged radiation encircle our planet, and we know surprisingly little about them. But once NASA completes a $686 million mission to launch a more…

Pigeons vanishing in 'Birdmuda Triangle'

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (Fox News) Hundreds of racing pigeons have been disappearing over a sleepy pocket of North East England, earning the region a reputation as the "Birdmuda Triangle." On Saturday more…

'Savants' amaze world with creative talent

by Marisa Martin -- [caption id="attachment_255849" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Yoshio Nomura, with his "wagashi""][/caption] Yoshio Nomura was slumped into a chair studiously regarding the work of his hands and evading the eyes of more…

SEAL book: Bin Laden already dead

by -NO AUTHOR- -- WASHINGTON (AP) — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented a more…

Knesset member: 'Obama no friend of Israel'

by -NO AUTHOR- -- [ooyala code="U5bmxxNTqKRCS3RF5XoCZeEuikr4xP8v"] Israel has weeks and maybe months to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and it cannot count on U.S. support in trying to stop it. That's more…

Chinese state-run media slam Romney

by -NO AUTHOR- -- (THECABLE.FOREIGNPOLICY) — China's state-controlled media lashed out at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney Monday, warning that his policies would poison U.S.-China relations. "By any standard, the U.S. Republican more…