Making a better cadaver
Austrian embalmers are using butchers' techniques for breakout innovations in embalming
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U.S. confirms Syria fired rockets at Lebanon
Calling them a "significant escalation," the U.S. warned that the Assad regime's attacks inside Lebanon are "absolutely unacceptable"
Google Maps views of Earth's highest mountains
Stunning panoramas from four of the Seven Summits, including Everest and Kilimanjaro now featured on Google Maps
U.S. reassures Poland over missile defense changes
Cancellation of final stage of European missile defense system won't sideline Poland; move not intended to appease Russia, say U.S officials
Vatican diplomacy: Pope, Argentine president meet
One day before his installation Mass, Francis confers privately with President Fernandez, whose social policies have clashed with conservative church doctrine
Who will Pope Francis pick as his deputy?
New Vatican secretary of state will be responsible for everything from Francis' appointments, to cleaning up the Vatican bank
Syria's opposition seeks unity to oust Assad
Pressure up on National Coalition to get over differences, elect a leader and form an interim gov't to hasten Assad's ouster
China's new president promises "great renaissance"
Country leaders say higher wages, better life for workers a top priority; now admitting that economic boom left workers behind
China now world's 5th largest arms exporter
Beijing defends rapid rise, thanks largely to Pakistan large-scale weapons purchases
Turkey: Sarai Sierra suspect nabbed in Syria
Police chief of Istanbul says man held over murder of NYC mother was caught inside Syria, with help from rebel fighters
Tiny Cyprus threatens euro stability
Depositors flock to ATMs after European Central Bank demand to dip into every resident's savings to finance Cyprus' bailout
China's new leader rejects "hedonism and extravagance"
Just-elected President Xi Jingping tells the ruling Communist Party he will run a cleaner, more efficient government
Turkish man arrested in murdered NYC mom case
Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two boys, was discovered dead in Istanbul last month; suspect detained near Syrian border
Two Quebec inmates escape by helicopter
Jail's warden says prisoners grabbed rope that dropped from chopper to make their getaway; Police say one fugitive captured
Argentina celebrates the pope's first Sunday
So many people attended Sunday Mass in Pope Francis' native city, Buenos Aires, the archdiocese set up an overflow area
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U.S. reducing troop footprint in Middle East, sources say
Stephen Hubbard back in U.S. after release from Russian prison
Trump to rally with Iowa rep. as she pledges to push back on White House
Feds charge powerful Virginia Democrat in alleged drug scheme
Toledo man describes days-long chemical leak: "Looked like a movie"
Judge curbs DHS efforts to conduct sweeps for possible noncitizen voters
Elon Musk's Starlink and Starshield, and what they mean to Ukraine
John Anderson, country music Hall of Famer, dies at 71
