| Latest worldwide news | Clip Air brings air travel by train | | | June 19 - Swiss researchers have released futuristic designs for attachable modular aircraft that will allow passengers to board a plane at a railway station and disembark at their destination without ever setting foot in an airport. EPFL says its Clip Air project is no flight of fancy. Jim Drury reports. |
| Xinjiang calm on riots anniversary | | | Urumqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang Province, was calm but definitely tense Friday, four years after violent clashes left hundreds dead and exposed deep ethnic rifts in the region. |
| James Bond watch with geiger counter sells for $160,000 | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A watch adapted for the fictional British spy 007 in the James Bond movies sold for nearly 104,000 pounds ($160,000) at a pop culture auction on Wednesday after being bought, strapless, at car boot sale for 25 pounds. |
| McEnroe Still going strong | | | Seven-time grand slam champion John McEnroe is delighting fans on his PowerShares tour. CNN's Don Riddell reports. |
| Fighting for gay rights in China | | | With arms around each other's shoulders, Wu Yebin and An Wei strolled past rows of food booths and game stalls along the main road cutting through their small village in northern China one recent Friday morning. |
| A Trip to Camp to Break a Tech Addiction | | | In the woods, tech-addled adults can break the bonds of the digital world, at least temporarily, and return to the glories of color wars and real (not Facebook) friends. |
| Fashion and glamor at Ascot | | | Winning Post's Francesca Cumani talks to fashion designer, Fitriani Hay about the glamor on display at Royal Ascot. |
| The American dream in Mexico | | | After awaiting reforms that may or may not come, thousands of young undocumented immigrants have abandoned their American Dream voluntarily or because they were deported. They still consider themselves DREAMers, but now they dream in Mexico. |
| Silver coin for royal baby's birthday | | | There's a treat in store for anyone in Britain whose baby arrives on the same day that Prince William and his wife, Catherine, deliver a royal heir -- the gift of a coin from the Royal Mint to celebrate the birth. |
| India's Reliance Communications to spin off real estate | | | July 7 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Communications will spin off its real estate business into a separately listed unit, a move the country's No.3 mobile phone carrier by customers said was to focus on its core business. |
| Special delivery for Baby Noor | | | Seven years ago, she captured the hearts of soldiers who brought her to the U.S. for life-saving surgery. Now she's stolen the hearts of ordinary Americans who read of her plight and pitched in to make her life a bit less difficult. |
| Morsi Spurned Deals, Seeing Military as Tamed | | | The abrupt end of Egypts first Islamist government was the culmination of months of escalating tensions and ultimately futile American efforts to broker a solution to keep President Mohamed Morsi in office. |
| N.C.A.A Punishes Oregon and Former Coach | | | The team was placed on probation and Chip Kelly, its former coach, was penalized after an inquiry that centered on Oregons ties to a recruiting service provider. |
| App developer Shazam gets $40 mln backing from tycoon Carlos Slim | | | LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Smartphone app developer Shazam has found an unlikely ally in the form of Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, who is investing $40 million to back the development of the start-up best known for helping music fans identify catchy songs. |
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