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Spying for Israel: Why a Gaza woman became a covert agentA Palestinian woman tells about how and why she spied for Israel against Hamas. Access to Israeli medical care is one of the levers.
Barcelona wins $6.5 million urban innovation prizeBarcelona won a global urban innovation contest sponsored by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies. Its winning project is to create a network of support for elderly residents.- The strange and powerful lure of North KoreaWhy have Americans over the years have slipped illegally into poor, deeply suspicious, fervently anti-American North Korea? The strange lure of this Hermit Kingdom.
- South Korea detains American man swimming near N. Korea borderA man was arrested Tuesday night at a river near the Korean Demilitarized Zone. He聽told investigators that he was trying to meet leader Kim Jong Un.
David Cameron to Scottish voters: 'Let's stick together'British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Scottish voters not to use the independence vote to protest against his administration. 'If you don't like me I won't be here forever.... But if you leave the UK that will be forever.'
Alibaba ups IPO price range in response to 'overwhelming' demandChina's e-commerce giant, Alibaba聽handles more transactions than聽Amazon.com Inc聽and eBay Inc聽combined. The company's debut public offering is expected to raise almost $20 billion.
700 refugees feared dead in Mediterranean boat wrecksThe sinkings would raise the total number of migrants killed while risking a perilous journey on the sea to about 2,900 in 2014, according to estimates from the International Organization for Migration and other officials.
500 feared lost off Malta after boat rammed and sinks, migrant group saysThe migrants reportedly came from the Middle East and northeast Africa. Another boat, with 250 migrants on board, sank off the Libyan coast.- Riding out Hurricane Odile in Cabo San LucasHurricane Odile was the most powerful storm to hit Cabo San Lucas on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. A Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall, Odile had winds of 125 mph. But the hurricane is losing strength as it moves north.
- ISIS beheads British aid workerDavid Haines was kidnapped last year in Syria while working for a French aid group.
- North Korea sentences American to 6 years' hard laborMatthew Miller tore up his visa upon entering the country, perhaps to investigate human rights abuses. 聽The State Department is calling for him to be released and deported back to the United States.
- Rob Ford drops out of Toronto mayor's raceThe controversial politician has decided not to seek re-election after being hospitalized for a potential tumor. 聽His older brother, Doug Ford, will run in his place.
- Ukraine cease-fire in peril as fighting flairsClashes around an airport occurred as Russia unilaterally sent another convoy of trucks to rebel-held areas.
Militants who attacked Malala caught in PakistanArmy spokesman Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said the detained men attacked Yousafzai, then 16, on orders from Mullah Fazlullah, the head of the Pakistani Taliban.
Catalans protest to demand succession vote, boosted by Scotland referendumMany sported yellow-and-red shirts with the phrase 'Now is the time' and shouted 'Independencia!' in Catalan as they joined a mass protest.
Al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels free 45 Fijian captivesFighters from the Nusra Front captured the聽Fijian聽troops late last month in the Golan Heights, where a 1,200-strong UN force patrols the disputed buffer zone between Syria and Israel.
First coca plantation discovered in Mexico. Cutting out the middleman?Previously, only labs that processed coca into cocaine had been found in Mexico - not plantations. The seizure of 1,639 coca plants raises concerns that it could be a test of the viability of reducing dependence on South American suppliers.
S. African judge rules out 'murder' verdict for Oscar PistoriusBut the Olympic and Paraolympic sprinter and national hero double amputee, known as 'The Blade Runner,'聽 could face years in prison on a lesser verdict which is expected Friday. 聽
Rights group calls on Thai junta to end 'disturbing pattern of repression'Amnesty International released a report today saying it has credible reports that detainees in Thailand have been tortured since the Army seized power in a May coup.聽
Oscar Pistorius verdict: Is his 'improbable' story 'reasonably possibly true'?A South African judge will deliver Oscar Pistorius's verdict on Thursday.聽A murder conviction could carry a minimum 25-year sentence for the Olympic athlete accused of killing his girlfriend.
