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Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees!

Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees!

Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica, which according to new data set a record for soul-crushing cold, nbcnews.com reports. December 10 2013, 10:23 1 384 просмотрs

Lenin statue toppled in Ukraine protest

Lenin statue toppled in Ukraine protest

Protesters knocked down a statue of Vladimir Lenin on Sunday as outrage mounted over the Ukrainian government's push for closer ties with Russia, cnn.com reports. December 9 2013, 16:29 1 395 просмотрs

Thousands rally against Chevron in Romania (VIDEO)

Thousands rally against Chevron in Romania (VIDEO)

Thousands of Romanians protested on Saturday against plans by U.S. energy group Chevron to explore for shale gas in a poor eastern region and a Canadian company's project to set up Europe's biggest open cast gold mine in a Carpathian town. December 9 2013, 15:29 1 248 просмотрs

Thai prime minister dissolves parliament

Thai prime minister dissolves parliament

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has said she will dissolve parliament and hold an election "as soon as possible" following a wave of anti-government protests in Bangkok. December 9 2013, 10:00 1 046 просмотрs

World mourns Nelson Mandela

World mourns Nelson Mandela

National leaders and ordinary citizens around the world joined Thursday in mourning Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years as a prisoner in South Africa for opposing apartheid, then emerged to become his country's first black president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and an enduring symbol of integrity, principle and resilience. December 6 2013, 09:45 2 283 просмотрs

Top International Diplomats Meet in Protest-Hit Kiev

Top International Diplomats Meet in Protest-Hit Kiev

Senior diplomats from dozens of countries gathered Thursday in the Ukrainian capital for a summit playing out against the backdrop of persisting large demonstrations calling for the government's ouster and early elections, ria.ru reports. December 5 2013, 16:13 976 просмотрs

Fight Breaks Out In Russian State Duma

Fight Breaks Out In Russian State Duma

The speaker of Russia's State Duma has urged lawmakers not to comment on a fistfight that broke out between two ruling-party deputies, saying the issue should be handled by police, rferl.org reports. December 5 2013, 15:53 2 416 просмотрs

Recent riots in central Kyiv led to opening of 53 criminal cases

Recent riots in central Kyiv led to opening of 53 criminal cases

Fifty-three cases were included in the unified register of pretrial investigations in Ukraine in the period between November 30 and December 3, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday, citing the Main Investigations Department, interfax.com.ua reports. December 4 2013, 18:05 1 090 просмотрs

EU fines eight leading banks record 1.7 bln euros for benchmark rigging

EU fines eight leading banks record 1.7 bln euros for benchmark rigging

A group of leading European and American banks will be fined a record 1.7 billion euros ($2.3 billion) by the European Commission for the rigging of interest-rate benchmarks, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The banks to be fined are Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, JPMorgan, Barclays and Societe Generale, sources have said. December 4 2013, 16:59 1 040 просмотрs

Obama's Kenyan-born uncle gets U.S. green card

Obama's Kenyan-born uncle gets U.S. green card

A U.S. immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle can stay in the United States as a lawful resident, despite his decades dodging deportation and a 2011 drunk-driving arrest, reuters reports. December 4 2013, 12:34 1 085 просмотрs

Thai police remove barricades to police and PM offices

Thai police remove barricades to police and PM offices

Thai police have removed barricades at the police and government headquarters in a bid to defuse tensions with anti-government protesters. December 3 2013, 11:31 2 187 просмотрs

Power outage plunges most of Venezuela into darkness

Power outage plunges most of Venezuela into darkness

Venezuela's second massive power outage of the year plunged much of the nation into darkness on Monday night, prompting renewed talk of sabotage from President Nicolas Maduro's government and cries of incompetence from its foes, reuters.com reports. December 3 2013, 11:21 1 359 просмотрs

EU, Ukraine Agree to Continue Deal Talks

EU, Ukraine Agree to Continue Deal Talks

The presidents of Ukraine and the European Commission on Monday agreed to continue talks regarding association and free-trade deals that Ukraine recently said it would postpone. December 3 2013, 10:01 1 221 просмотрs

Kiev - NY Times, AFP, Euronews, Reuters journalists among at least 40 mass media employees injured in clashes with police

Kiev - NY Times, AFP, Euronews, Reuters journalists among at least 40 mass media employees injured in clashes with police

When baton-wielding riot police outside the presidential offices began to charge, Denys Danko held up the only shield he knows -- his journalist's identification card, kyivpost.com reports. December 2 2013, 15:09 2 243 просмотрs

Ukraine: Protesters Besiege Government Building

Ukraine: Protesters Besiege Government Building

Thousands of Ukrainian protesters on Monday blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet, as anger at the president's decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union gripped other parts of the country and threatened his rule, abcnews.go.com reports. December 2 2013, 14:01 961 просмотрs

China launches probe and rover to moon

China launches probe and rover to moon

China launched the Chang'e-3 lunar probe with the country's first moon rover aboard early on Monday, marking a significant step toward deep space exploration, xinhuanet.com reports. December 2 2013, 13:30 1 328 просмотрs

Croatians Vote Against Gay Marriage

Croatians Vote Against Gay Marriage

Croatians have voted for amendments to the country's constitution that would ban same-sex marriage rferl.org reports. December 2 2013, 13:27 1 102 просмотрs

Speed Skating - Lee's World Cup winning run continues in Astana

Speed Skating - Lee's World Cup winning run continues in Astana

The world records may have stopped in Europe but Lee Sang-Hwa remains unbeatable over 500m after taking her sixth successive speed skating World Cup win of the season in Astana. December 2 2013, 12:57 1 110 просмотрs

German policeman 'kills and eats lover'

German policeman 'kills and eats lover'

Police in Dresden say they have arrested a 55-year-old police officer on suspicion of murder after the body of another man was found in the Erz mountains in eastern Germany, bbc.co.uk reports. November 29 2013, 18:26 1 049 просмотрs

H&M suspends angora production over rabbit video

H&M suspends angora production over rabbit video

Swedish clothing giant H&M says it will stop making clothing with angora hair following the release of a video showing fur being plucked from live rabbits in China. November 29 2013, 16:19 2 415 просмотрs

Japanese plan to build power plant on Moon isn't pie in sky

Japanese plan to build power plant on Moon isn't pie in sky

A Japanese construction company is proposing to solve the energy problems facing Japan, and ultimately the entire planet, by turning the Moon into a solar power plant. November 29 2013, 15:42 1 298 просмотрs

Louis Vuitton's Red Square Trunk To Be Removed After Uproar

Louis Vuitton's Red Square Trunk To Be Removed After Uproar

Louis Vuitton is facing backlash following the installation of a 30-foot-tall, 112-foot-long brown trunk in Russia's Red Square, which sits just beside the mausoleum where Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin's was laid to rest. On Wednesday, Russia's presidential administration ordered that the symbol of luxury be removed. November 29 2013, 09:44 2 989 просмотрs

Latvian PM Resigns After Shopping Mall Disaster

Latvian PM Resigns After Shopping Mall Disaster

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis resigned Wednesday over a shopping mall disaster in the small Baltic nation that left more than 50 people dead, ria.ru reports. November 28 2013, 17:06 1 124 просмотрs

Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Former Defense Minister

Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Former Defense Minister

A criminal case on negligence charges has been opened against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Russian investigators said Thursday. November 28 2013, 17:00 1 235 просмотрs

Belgium: Lawmakers back allowing minors to request euthanasia

Belgium: Lawmakers back allowing minors to request euthanasia

A controversial bill that would extend the right to request euthanasia to children suffering terminal illnesses and adults with dementia cleared a vote in a Belgian Senate committee Wednesday. November 28 2013, 16:07 1 052 просмотрs