1 Elderly climber: A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, breaking her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain. Tamae Watanabe reached Everest's 29035-foot-high summit from the ... Sun, 20 May 2012 07:11:49 GMT
The world's definitive online social network raised $16 billion in an initial public offering that values the company at $104 billion. Photo: AP / SL The Sultan of Brunei and his wife are greeted by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh as they ... Fri, 18 May 2012 18:29:56 GMT
By Jonathan Powell Frankel delivered another flawless performance on Saturday to justify his exalted position as the best racehorse in the world. Racegoers flocked to Newbury in their thousands to catch a glimpse of the horse who has captured the ... Sun, 20 May 2012 02:09:39 GMT
This sentiment is so ingrained among governmental organizations such as regional economic commissions, for instance the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, according to which Africa is among the best performing economies in the world, ... Sun, 20 May 2012 08:33:03 GMT
In this picture released by Indonesian Air Force, the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 are scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Thursday. The new Russian-made passenger plane disappeared Wednesday during a ... Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:14 GMT
Thousands of Russian soldiers marched today across Red Square to mark the 67 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/GettyImages) Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, AFP/Getty Images / 2012 AFP Russian naval infantry ... Wed, 09 May 2012 18:21:09 GMT
Points from the Saturday, May 19, 2012 race count toward the totals for the around-the-world adventure race. The boats will race around the marks again Sunday as part of the start for their next leg to Portugal. Chuck Fadely / Miami Herald Staff Crew ... Sun, 20 May 2012 00:17:43 GMT
CAMP DAVID, Md. — Leaders of the world's richest countries banded together on Saturday to press Germany to back more pro-growth policies to halt the deepening debt crisis in Europe, as President Obama for the first time gained widespread support for ... Sat, 19 May 2012 19:42:45 GMT
A solar eclipse will blot out part of the sun this weekend, and astronomers in Colorado are organizing what they hope will be the world's largest viewing party in one place. Their venue: an entire football stadium. The eclipse will occur in the ... Fri, 18 May 2012 22:29:06 GMT
You might even find a message in there about the state of the world today. "Hopefully it's offensive in a good cause," says Charles, speaking by phone last week about "The Dictator" and the comic geniuses he's encountered through the years.
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