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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/06/lawrence.pak.taseer.court.cnn - The security guard accused of assassinating the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was ordered into police custody for five days Thursday, after a court hearing on his case had to be moved several times. Muhammad...

China is still years away from being able to field a stealth aircraft, despite the disclosure of images indicating that it appears to have a working prototype, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday. The images have been posted on a number of websites and were published on the front page of The...

Millions of dollars flowed through two B.C. casinos in the spring and summer of 2010 in what the RCMP believes may have been a sophisticated scheme to launder money from the drug trade, CBC News has learned. In documents obtained from a Freedom of Information request, the casinos reported to...

- The Dow closed at a fresh two-year high Monday, getting the new year off to a strong start, after manufacturing and construction data stoked optimism about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) rose 93 points, or 0.8%, closing at 11,670.8 -- its highest level since August 2008...

The first meteor display of 2011 – the annual Quadrantid meteor shower – will hit its peak tonight and, weather permitting, could dazzle observers across the Northern Hemisphere, skywatchers say. The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak at about 8 p.m. EST (5 p.m. PST, 0100 Jan. 4 GMT)...

A mysterious new species of human being who lived alongside our ancestors 30,000 years ago has been discovered by scientists. The cavemen, called Denisovans, were identified from DNA taken from a tooth and finger bone found in a cave in Siberia. They walked the Earth during the last Ice Age...

December 24, 2010 Greetings, Beings of Light! This is Lord Metatron. It is a great Celebration remembering the Humble Birth of the Christ Child. We are all Christed Beings come here to release Earth from the stronghold of the dark Ones controlling the Many for the benefit of the Few. This was...

The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open, cosmopolitan, and at times exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean, and Southwest Asia. While the Hellenistic world incorporated a number of...

¤ European Influence Over India The period from 1707AD, the year when Aurangzeb died, to 1857, the year of the Indian Uprising, saw the gradual increase of the European influence in India. The Europeans had been filtering into India for a long time before they actually decided to set up shop...

¤ The Most Powerful - Cholas For the moment, most of action shifts to the southern peninsula. The most important dynasty to rise out of the southern India was that of the Cholas. Unlike most of the other dynasties (the Chalukyas, the Pallavas, the Pandyas or the Rashtrakutas), their origins...

A new study has found that global warming is playing a major role in driving the string of freezing European winters over the past decade. According to the study, the culprit is the Arctic's receding surface ice, which scientists believe could disappear entirely by the century's end. The study...

357th day of 2010 - 8 remaining Thursday, December 23, 2010 A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS DAY “He had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.” There’s hardly a soul alive who couldn’t identify this as the description of Santa Claus. These words...

A map showing global connections with Facebook friends draws an accurate rendering of the world – with one glaring exception. Hong Kong, China – There is something plainly fascinating about Paul Butler's map of the world. The Facebook intern used data from the social networking site to create...

Will you stay up to watch a red moon? No it's not some freaky holiday movie, but rather a lunar eclipse. Monday night sky gazers in North and Central America will be graced with the best seats in the house to watch the only lunar eclipse of the year. The lunar eclipse, in a beautiful twist for...

Scientists have recovered the DNA code of a human relative recently discovered in Siberia, and it delivered a surprise: This relative roamed far from the cave that holds its only known remains. By comparing the DNA to that of modern populations, scientists found evidence that these...

HANOI – Southeast Asia's largest hydroelectric power station has begun operating to help ease an electricity shortage in fast-growing Vietnam, an official said Monday. The first of six turbines at the Son La station was connected to the national power grid on Friday, said Hoang Trong Nam...

Will you stay up to watch a red moon? No it's not some freaky holiday movie, but rather a lunar eclipse. Monday night sky gazers in North and Central America will be graced with the best seats in the house to watch the only lunar eclipse of the year. The lunar eclipse, in a beautiful twist for...