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| Marc Rich, 'King of Oil', laid to rest in quiet Israel ceremony | | | KIBBUTZ EINAT, Israel (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, the pioneering oil trader who was also a fugitive from U.S. justice for tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, was laid to rest in a quiet funeral outside Tel Aviv on Thursday. |
| Inside the List | | | Lily Koppels Astronaut Wives Club, at No. 16 on the hardcover nonfiction list, is about the difficulty of being the spouse who stays home while the other commutes to the moon. |
| Your most memorable moments | | | For some it was an exhilarating holiday to an exotic place, finding new love or conquering their greatest fear. For others, it was witnessing an historic event. |
| Hong Kong makes first Edward Snowden movie | | | While it's not a stretch to imagine the Edward Snowden saga would spawn books and movies, a group of amateur filmmakers in Hong Kong have already beaten Hollywood to the punch with a short thriller dramatizing the events that unfolded in the city last month. |
| 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. |
| Meet the female Indiana Jones | | | Close your eyes and imagine this. An excavation is taking place on Mount Carmel, fabled site of the Prophet Elijah's burning alter, and archaeologists are digging deep to uncover the roots of humanity in the region. And every person on the dig is a woman. This isn't fiction, this is the history of real-life female archeologists. |
| Sharapova suffers shock Wimbledon exit | | | Maria Sharapova suffered a shock defeat in the second round at Wimbledon after being beaten by Portuguese qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito -- a player ranked 131 in the world. |
| Obama visits 'strategic' Tanzania | | | Tanzanians, hundreds wearing white shirts and hats bearing President Barack Obama's face, said "Karibu," or "Welcome," to the U.S. leader as they lined the street -- temporarily renamed "Obama Avenue" -- leading to the State House on Monday. |
| Deadly fire engulfed 19 Arizona firefighters in seconds | | | PRESCOTT, Arizona (Reuters) - An elite squad of 19 Arizona firemen killed in the worst U.S. wildland firefighting tragedy in 80 years apparently was outflanked by wind-whipped flames in seconds, before some could scramble into cocoon-like personal shelters. |
| Oceans Eco-victim or savior? | | | My grandfather Jacques Cousteau and my father Philippe dedicated their lives to revealing the ocean's wonders and helping us understand our connection to this vast expanse of water. Their work inspired generations and filled people with awe. |
| Gay marriages resume in California after five-year hiatus | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Same-sex couples - some in shorts and jeans, some in their work clothes - rushed to be wed in California on Friday after a court abruptly ended the state's five-year ban on gay marriage in the wake of landmark rulings at the Supreme Court. |
| Your solstice traditions | | | If Stonehenge is anything to go by, summer celebrations have a millennia-old history. While the ancient druids may have commemorated the fertility of the season, many of us are just happy to get outdoors. |
| Life, Interrupted Unkept Resolutions | | | When I learned I had cancer at the age of 22, my life and my resolution-making were interrupted. There was no time or space to stress over something as small as a three-day juice cleanse or a daily exercise program. Surviving my next cycle of chemotherapy became my singular concern. |
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