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'Let's Move' with US first lady

[2012-02-13 11:10]

US first lady Michelle Obama plays mini-tennis during a "Let's Move!" faith and communities physical activity.

Dream weddings

[2012-02-12 07:53]

Soft romantic melodies tinkle in the air while wedding dresses and veils flutter softly in the background.

Grammy Awards

[2012-02-13 14:40]

Singer Kirk Franklin kisses his wife Tammy as he holds his awards for "Best Gospel Album" and Best Gospel Song (Hello Fear) at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Yemen's Saleh signs deal to quit

[2011-11-24 06:30]

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he will step down after 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that brought the country to the brink of civil war.  

World population hits 7 billion

[2011-10-31 16:27]

Afghanistan:
A decade of war

[2011-10-07 09:32]

Afghanistan marks 10 years since the start of the US-led war against the Taliban Friday amid heightened security and questions over what the next decade will hold.

Apple's Jobs dead at 56

[2011-10-06 08:18]

Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56.

First Boeing Dreamliner

[2011-09-28 09:52]

All Nippon Airways' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down in Tokyo early on Wednesday with hundreds of aviation fans welcoming the carbon-composite plane.

9/11 ten years on

[2011-09-09 10:49]

The US has warned of a "specific, credible threat" ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, possibly in New York or Washington DC.

What to do on last day of Earth?

[2011-09-07 22:39]

Director Abel Ferrara ponders how we would behave knowing death was coming to us all in an environmental disaster in "4:44 Last Day on Earth", his latest film starring Willem Dafoe.

Libyan rebels seize Tripoli

[2011-08-22 07:10]

Libyan rebel forces have till early Monday seized control of much of Tripoli and taken two of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi's sons into custody.