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Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, honored for work that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed," the Swedish Academy said.
The...
A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.
Those classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain...
A premature baby declared dead by doctors was found to be alive hours later when he was taken home for a funeral wake.
The baby's father, Jose Alvarenga, was told by doctors that his son had died shortly after birth.
Staff from the state-run hospital...
Archaeologists said Thursday they had unearthed the ruins of a villa believed to be the birthplace of a Roman Emperor who reigned almost 2,000 years ago.
Professor Filippo Coarelli, who is leading the dig, said "numerous clues" pointed to the site as...
American journalists Laura Ling (top) and Euna Lee disembark from the plane that brought them back from North Korea in Burbank, California August 5, 2009. Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, freed by North Korea from months of detention, returned to U.S. soil early...
Flimgo cuts a forlorn figure among the other Chilean flamingos at the bird sanctuary
Not in the pink: Flimgo the grey, baby flamingo stands out among its rose-coloured family
14th December 2009
Cutting a forlorn figure among its colourful...
Fri Dec 11, 4:32 PM ET
Erin LaBarge, of Norwood, N.Y., presses shirts at Potsdam Laundry & Dry Cleaners, in Potsdam, N.Y., Friday, Dec. 11 2009.
(AP Photo/Gary Walts)
Poor being turned...
Fri Dec 11, 12:15 PM ET
A poster supporting the abolition of female genital mutilation. Uganda's parliament has unanimously voted to outlaw female genital mutilation,...
Sun Dec 13, 2:07 PM ET
This Nov. 23, 2009 photo shows Edison Dardar standing near his bottle collection in his backyard on Isle de Jean Charles, La., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Holdouts in the...
