By Robert Birsel and Stephanie Nebehay SEOUL/GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea insisted on Tuesday that it be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, a demand the United States promptly dismissed as "neither realistic nor acceptable". After wee... [Full Article]
VIENNA (AP) - Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift to a professional force. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
VIENNA (AP) - Projections based on exit polls indicate that about 60 percent of Austrians voting in a referendum favor retaining an army made up mostly of conscripts instead of replacing it with a fully professional force. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months, the government announced - a move likely to ease fears of Afghans living there that they would soon have to return home. (Source: Associated P... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Shares of gaming company Zynga Inc fell as much as 10 percent, a day after the "Farmville" creator reached an agreement with Facebook Inc that reduces its dependence on the social networking giant. The companies reported in regu... [Full Article]
A 21-year-old Indian woman thought Mumbai shouldn't have been shutdown for the funeral of an Islamophobic leader. Broadcasting such opinions on Facebook was apparently grounds for arrest. (Source: The Atlantic Wire)... [Full Article]
If you're one of the over 20.6 million Americans who has a Twitter account, chances are you've stumbled across the official SoccerGirlProblems Twitter handle, @SoccerGrlProbs, at least once while using the popular social media networking si... [Full Article]
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Any Tintin fan would feel at home in the small wooden shed in a back street of Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, where the shelves are crammed with brightly painted statues from the famous Belgian cartoon char... [Full Article]
New rumors about health problems facing China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping swirled Thursday as the government continued to stonewall on commenting on his condition or whereabouts 12 days after he dropped from sight. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
A London university on Monday announced it was launching legal action over the government's decision to revoke its right to sponsor visas, a move that threatens thousands of students with deportation. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
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