Hundreds of Brazilian police officers backed by armoured cars and helicopters push into two Rio de Janeiro slums notorious for drug-trafficking.
The final journey of the retired US space shuttle Endeavour through Los Angeles is delayed when the giant spaceship encounters trees along the route.
Mitt Romney says Vice-President Joe Biden made misleading remarks in Thursday's debate about last month's Libya consulate attack.
Sebastian Vettel takes a dominant victory in the Korean GP to lead the world championship from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
The latest James Bond film Skyfall has been praised by critics, with some hailing it "the best Bond ever".
Fifteen people have now been killed and nearly 200 others have fallen ill in an outbreak of fungal meningitis in 13 US states, say health officials.
The US is preparing military forces skilled at conducting operations via computer networks to counter imminent cyber-attacks, says US secretary of defense.
Europe's own version of the US Global Positioning System reaches a key milestone with the launch of a second pair of satellites.
New way of looking at tackling the disease
Long promised, but will it happen?
Documentos revelados en el 50º aniversario del conflicto muestran cómo la URSS le dejó, sin conocimiento de EE.UU., armas nucleares estratégicas a Cuba y cómo luego Fidel Castro le rogó a su aliado que no se las quitara.
أفادت الأنباء الواردة من سوريا باستمرار المعارك الشرسة بين القوات الحكومية ومسلحي المعارضة في بلدة معرة النعمان بغرض السيطرة على طريق سريع يربط العاصمة دمشق بمدينة حلب.
وزارت دفاع بریتانیا تائید کرده که ۵ سرباز این کشور، در رابطه با یک حادثه در افغانستان در ۲۰۱۱، رسما به قتل متهم شدهاند. ۹ تفنگدار دریایی بریتانیا در ارتباط با این حادثه بازداشت شده بودند، اما چهار تن آنها بدون روبرو شدن با اتهام رسمی آزاد شدند.
На территории России проходит единый день голосования. Выборы разного уровня затрагивают 77 российских регионов. В пяти областях пройдут выборы губернаторов. Это первые прямые выборы глав регионов с 2005-го года.
Mombasa is Kenya's second-largest city, a major port, and home to a unique cultural mix with echoes from its complicated colonial past.
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