An announcement of the outcome of Egypt's presidential poll due on Thursday is delayed to investigate complaints, but no new timetable is set.
A 70 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Bataar, unearthed in the Gobi Desert in 1946, is to be seized by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter renews his call for the introduction of goal-line technology after Ukraine's disputed 'goal' against England.
The Hollywood actor splits from partner Vanessa Paradis after 14 years together.
The woman who gave birth to the world's first test tube baby in 1978 after pioneering treatment has died, it is announced.
Nuance builds in voice recognition and some of its other technologies into its newly acquired Swype software.
The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.
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How curiosity helped us become the ultimate learning machines
El fundador de Wikileaks se ha refugiado en la embajada ecuatoriana de Londres para evitar su extradición a Suecia, pero ¿cuán posible es un viaje de Assange al país sudamericano?
柬埔寨说,需要中国提供证据才能把涉薄熙来案的法国建筑师多维尔(Patrick Devillers)引渡到中国。
اللجنة الدولية للصليب الاحمر تقول الاربعاء إنها تعد العدة لاجلاء الجرحى والمدنيين العالقين في مدينة حمص، وذلك بعد ان وافق طرفا النزاع، الحكومة والمتمردين، على وقف مؤقت لاطلاق النار.
آنتونیس ساماراس، رهبر حزب "دموکراسی نو" به عنوان نخست وزیر جدید یونان سوگند یاد کرده است. تشکیل دولت جدید ائتلافی یونان به رهبری آقای ساماراس پس از سه روز مذاکرات فشرده با حزب سوسیالیست و حزب دموکراتیک چپ صورت می گیرد.
Harvard and MIT have formed an alliance to deliver courses online - with the modest ambition of "revolutionising education around the world".
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