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World Climbers Start Leaving Everest As Sherpas Threaten to Strike Some would-be Mount Everest climbers are packing up and heading home as some Sherpas threaten to strike after a deadly avalanche, the BBC reports. The Sherpas, locals who do the heavy-lifting for

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World Benedict Cumberbatch Is Everyone's Favorite European on the TIME 100 Reactions to Benedict Cumberbatch making 2014’s TIME 100 list were unambiguous: people are thrilled. There was almost unanimous agreement — particularly among Cumberbatch’s famed

World Twitter Reacts to Honorees From Africa on 2014 TIME 100 A mixture of praise and criticism was voiced on Twitter when news broke of the Africans included in the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world Thursday. Most comments surrounding

World Gun, Bomb Attacks in Northwest Pakistan Kill 9 Two separate gun and bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan left nine people dead Tuesday, Reuters reports. A rush-hour car bombing in the Charsadda district killed three and left 33 others wounded;

World Syrian Rebels Cling to Homs as Assad Launches New Assault Opposition activists in Homs say anti-government forces were forced onto the defensive in Syria’s third-largest city Tuesday, as fighters under President Bashar Assad launched their latest

World Venezuelan Capital Hit By Fresh Wave of Riots A fresh bout of violence broke out on Sunday in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, the BBC reports. Demonstrators opposed to the government of President Nicolas Maduro were beaten back by police with

World Argentina Rescues Girl Imprisoned in Garage for Nine Years Argentinean police said Wednesday they rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been severely beaten, starved and locked in a garage for nine years by her foster parents, the BBC reports. The girl was

World Facebook Removes Jihadist Preacher's Page Facebook confirmed Thursday it removed the page of a radical preacher from Australia who reportedly used social media to encourage terrorist acts, The Guardian reports. Musa Cerantonio, a Muslim

World Iran Mulls Ban on Vasectomies Lawmakers in Iran are considering whether they should ban vasectomies and tighten abortion laws in an effort to boost the country’s birth rate. The parliament in Tehran voted this week in favor

World Iraq Shutters Abu Ghraib Prison Iraq’s government has closed the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, citing security concerns in the increasingly restive area of the country. Justice Minister Hassan al-Shimmari announced that its

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