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U.N. panel prepares to expand North Korea sanctions: envoys

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States, South Korea, Japan and European nations have submitted to the U.N. Security Council’s North Korea sanctions committee lists of individua......

France holds Colombian FARC responsible for journalist

PARIS/BOGOTA (Reuters) – France on Monday said it held FARC rebels responsible for the life of a French journalist in Colombia, calling on the drug-funded group to release him immediately ......

In Mass. US Senate race, a question of heritage

The U.S. Senate campaign pitting Massachusetts Republican Sen. Scott Brown and likely Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has taken an unexpected turn by delving into whether Warren has claim......

Mali soldiers fight to reverse coup in capital

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Soldiers from Mali’s presidential guard unit, loyal to the country’s ousted president, battled junta forces on Monday in an bid to wrest back control of the ......

Ferry Carrying 350 Capsizes in Northeast India; 68 Dead

Authorities say at least 68 people are dead and 130 others are missing, after a ferry capsized in northeastern India. Police say the double-decker ferry carrying about 350 passengers broke into ......

Multiple Blasts Rock Northern Syrian Town

A Syrian activist group says two car bomb blasts in the northern town of Idlib killed at least 20 people Monday, as the bombing campaigning against Syrian government targets intensifies. The Br......

A new drug to manage resistant chronic pain

Neuropathic pain is the culprit behind many cases of chronic pain, resistant to common drugs. A new drug inhibits the transmission of pain signals throughout the body, protecting against not onl......

Neurodevelopmental disorders: How human cells ‘hold hands’

Biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex — the outermost ......

Mutltitasking hurts performance but makes you feel better

People aren’t very good at media multitasking – like reading a book while watching TV – but do it anyway because it makes them feel good, a new study suggests. The findings pro......

Video games can teach how to shoot guns more accurately and aim for the head

Just 20 minutes of playing a violent shooting video game made players more accurate when firing a realistic gun at a mannequin — and more likely to aim for and hit the head, a new study found.