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About 100 university students gather outside legislative house for 31-hour demonstration to mark anniversary of movement that occupied island's parliament for 24 days last year
If current usage trends don't change, world will have only 60 percent of water it needs in 15 years, report warns
Republican lawmakers say it's only fair to require officials to file disclosures including finances of domestic partners such as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's live-in girlfriend
Display at New York's Morgan Library, rich in artifacts, also reveals 16th US president speaking in a personal voice
Knight has been held without bail since early February, when he was charged with murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run after he struck two men with his pickup truck in a parking lot
Obama will use this year's event to announce a new initiative through the Corporation for National and Community Service to help inspire and mentor young artists
Rain-soaked hillside collapsed suddenly on March 22, 2014, sending 18 million tons of sand and soil thundering across a river valley north of Seattle, destroying dozens of homes and entombing 43 people
Mitsuyoshi Kamiya, taken into custody for allegedly making bomb threats from pay phone in downtown Okinawa, he is also suspected of threatening to kill US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy
Two Swiss pilots, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Boschberg take off from India, as part of their five-month journey around the globe in a plane powered only by solar energy
Seavey came in under the city of Nome's famous burled arch finish line to wild applause from fans lining the street
Rate hike would ripple through economy, could slow borrowing and possibly squeeze stocks, bonds
President says $3.8 trillion House Republican plan doesn't 'reflect growth,' fails to invest in education, infrastructure, research and national security
Visit Wednesday to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate by Prince of Wales and his wife is one of many stops they will make throughout area
Separatist leaders said in a statement that legislation giving areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions special status has been weakened by the amendments
Japan investigates phone calls threatening to kill Caroline Kennedy, similar ones targeting US consul general based on Okinawa
Sam-Sumana was expelled from ruling All People's Congress political party earlier this month on accusations of fomenting violence and trying to form a new party
Protesters were trying to blockade the inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank's new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany
Advertisement placed to reject what country says are 'tyrannical' attempts by the US to undermine its socialist system
Move is latest fallout from a bitter court fight between South American country and a group of bondholders in the US
Movie that popularized whiskers on kittens, warm woolen mittens isn't holding back on celebrating, with events, DVDs, books, soundtracks and screenings
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