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Cairo, Egypt -
A collection of Roman-era gold treasure has spent centuries hidden from view, either concealed by thieves in a clay jar, buried under the desert or languishing in a dusty corner of Cairo's rambling Egyptian museum.
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New York City -
The Fifth Avenue nest of New York's famous hawk couple may be getting crowded.
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Sydney, Australia -
The coral reefs of the Maldives, backbone of the island nation's tourism-dependent economy, survived the Dec. 26 tsunami virtually unscathed, according to an Australian marine report released Wednesday.
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Beirut -
Syria's army and intelligence agents completed the first phase of their pullback to eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Syria today.
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Death Valley National Park, CA -
A rare burst of color is softening the stark landscape of Death Valley, with clusters of purple, pink and wildflowers dotting the black basalt mountainsides with great swaths of golden blooms bordering the blinding white salt flats on the valley floor.
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London, England -
British scientists are developing a tiny robot to fit inside MRI machines, which will improve the accuracy of biopsies taken to screen for prostate cancer.
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London -
Spanish and British scientists have discovered how green tea helps to prevent certain types of cancer.
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Delhi -
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, today assured a delegation of Muslim members of Parliament - who called on him under the leadership of the Union Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahamad - that neglect of minorities was a thing of the past and the Government would address all their legitimate demands
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Washington -
Some of the most progressive renewable energy legislation ever proposed for a U.S. state is steamrolling its way through Washington's state legislature.
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Jericho, West Bank -
Israel has begun a phased handover of power to the Palestinians in the West Bank town of Jericho.
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