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Book culture returns to Iraq's post-jihadist Mosul 03 Feb 2018 - 01:06 pm
File photo of Iraqis buying and selling books on a pavement in the former embattled city of Mosul on January 12, 2018 six months after Iraqi forces retook the northern city from Islamic State (IS) jihadists. / AFP / Ahmad MUWAFAQ
Decoded: 'Anxiety cells' reside in your brain 03 Feb 2018 - 12:39 pm
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The long and the short: Hong Kong sausage dogs go walkies 03 Feb 2018 - 11:43 am
A dachshund waits in a bag before taking part in the city's first
Preserved in time: WWII bunker hidden under Paris train station 03 Feb 2018 - 09:13 am
This picture taken on January 23, 2018, shows the interior of a World War II bunker located under the Gare de l'Est (the East railway station) in Paris. / AFP / Philippe LOPEZ
Portraits challenge Britain to see refugees as family 02 Feb 2018 - 08:12 pm
Charles Elliott, 61, and wife Catharine, 55, have been hosting Hussein, 20, from Ethiopia since October 2016. © UNHCR/Aubrey Wade
Internet burns one more paper-based business: the envelope maker 02 Feb 2018 - 07:15 pm
Just as online advertising began growing, Cenveo started spending on traditional print media, boosting debt it now says it can’t afford to pay. (Representative image/Reuters)
Lebanon museum unveils artefacts looted during civil war 02 Feb 2018 - 04:17 pm
Lebanese Minister of Culture Ghattas Khoury inspects repatriated marble sculptures dating back to 4th to 6th centuries on display during a ceremony at Beirut National Museum in the Lebanese capital on February 2, 2018. AFP / Joseph Eid
Vatican 'closer to historic recognition of Beijing bishops' 02 Feb 2018 - 04:02 pm
Exterior of Dali Catholic Church.  Dali is a diocese located in the city of Dali in the Ecclesiastical province of Kunming in China.
The raptors guarding Mexico's airport 01 Feb 2018 - 11:42 pm
Two Harris's hawks (Aguililla de Harris in Spanish) (Parabuteo-unicinctus) are released by personnel of the Fumigation and Avian Control company to patrol the runways and air space over Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport on January 29, 2018
Galapagos hosts nursery for new species of giant tortoise 01 Feb 2018 - 11:24 pm
A Santa Cruz Island adult giant tortoise (Chelonoidis Donfaustoi) is examined by the director of the Galapagos National Park, Walter Bustos (C), and two park rangers on Santa Cruz Island, in the remote Ecuadorean archipelago 1000 km off South America's Pa
Homeless in Hong Kong: soaring costs fuel housing crisis in Asian financial hub 01 Feb 2018 - 09:18 pm
Cheung Muk-gun, 72, eats a burger in front of his make-shift home under a footbridge in Hong Kong, China January 22, 2018. Reuters/Bobby Yip
Facebook Is Counting on User Surveys for a `Meaningful' Feed 01 Feb 2018 - 01:19 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook.  AFP / LOIC VENANCE
Dutch to help tourism firms on storm-hit Caribbean isles 01 Feb 2018 - 01:07 pm
Caribbean islands
After London launch, Ford to start Chariot minibus service in sixth US city 01 Feb 2018 - 12:18 pm
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Beyond Schnitzel, your guide to eating like a local in Vienna 01 Feb 2018 - 11:31 am
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Facebook booming even as time spent on it drops 01 Feb 2018 - 11:22 am
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Researchers develop blood test to gauge Alzheimer's risk 01 Feb 2018 - 11:18 am
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Nepal losing out to China as Everest operators cross mountain 01 Feb 2018 - 10:04 am
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on May 19, 2009, mountaineers walk past the Hillary Step while pushing for the summit of Mount everest as they climb the south face of the mountain from Nepal. AFP / STR