Study finds poverty reduces brain power
Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according…
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Maduro Pulls Razor-thin Victory Over Capriles
The president of Venezuela's National Electoral Council has announced acting President Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Venezuela's election to fulfill the remainder of deceased leader Hugo Chavez's presidential term.…
More Caribbean detainees released by US immigration authorities
United States Immigration authorities have acknowledged releasing more Caribbean and other immigrants in detention centers and jails around the country than previously made public. Officials now say that 2,228 illegal…
Four Guyanese youths killed in New York crash
Four Guyanese teenagers were killed on Monday when their car, driven by a 17-year-old with only a learner’s permit, sped off a Long Island highway, wrapping itself around a…
Asha Bhosle’s daughter commits suicide
Varsha Bhosle, daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, committed suicide at their Peddar Road residence here Monday. Varsha, 56, shot herself in the head, police said. The incident occurred around…
‘I want everything to change’
Egyptians began a historic vote for president on Wednesday. “I am here to vote for the first time in my life,” said one 70-year-old. “I want everything to change.”
122 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school
Some 125 girls and three teachers were admitted to an Afghanistan hospital on Wednesday after being poisoned in their classes with a type of spray, a Takhar provincial official said.
What’s behind dolphin deaths?
Hundreds of dolphins that washed up on Peruvian shores died of natural causes, a government official said in a radio interview Tuesday.
Afghanistan: 5 aid workers kidnapped
Two women and three men that were working for an aid group were kidnapped in a remote area of Afghanistan this week, authorities said.
Pakistani doctor in bin Laden raid gets 33 years in prison
A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason, officials told CNN.
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