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This Just (Flew) In: The Formerly 'Extinct' Jerdon's Babbler

1:14pm March 07, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The sparrow-sized bird, native to Myanmar, hadn't been seen since 1941. But recently a team of scientists recorded its call and played it back, attracting more of the tan-colored subspecies.

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Tajik Opposition Leader Shot Dead In Istanbul

8:27pm March 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Umarali Kuvatov, who was a harsh critic of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, was shot on a street in the city in Turkey, where he had been living in exile.

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North Korean Diplomat Stopped In Bangladesh With $1.4 Million In Gold

8:23pm March 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The first secretary of the North Korean Embassy in Dhaka tried to claim diplomatic immunity when customs officials asked to scan his bags, officials said.

DOJ Indicts 3 Men Accused Of 'Largest Data Breach In History'

3:16pm March 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Two Vietnamese citizens and a Canadian have been charged in connection with the hacking of eight U.S. email service providers and the use of stolen addresses for spam marketing.

Farmer Magoichi Shigihara checks on his cucumber farm in Nihonmatsu in Fukushima prefecture, about 31 miles west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, in May 2011. Testing shows radiation in foods grown and raised in Fukushima is back to pre-accident leve

Eat Your Veggies! Even The Ones From Fukushima

11:24am March 06, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

Foods from Fukushima, Japan, are back to pre-accident levels of radiation but people still aren't eating them. One way to ease concerns: a chemical that blocks radioactive cesium from entering plants.

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Dealing With Malaysia Airlines Over Missing Jet 'Has Gotten Worse'

10:40am March 06, 2015

Sunday marks one year since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Renee Montagne talks to Sarah Bajc, the partner of Philip Wood, an American passenger.

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India Threatens BBC Over Decision To Air Rape Documentary In U.K.

4:36pm March 05, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The government, which has banned the Indian media from broadcasting India's Daughter or even showing clips from it pending an investigation, also ordered YouTube to take down the documentary.

U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert leaves Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Seoul, South Korea, after the attack.

North Korea: Attack On U.S. Ambassador Is 'Deserved Punishment'

1:27pm March 05, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Pyongyang said it welcomed the attack on Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was assaulted in Seoul by a knife-wielding political activist who said he opposed joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises.

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Japanese World War II Battleship Musashi Found, Billionaire Paul Allen Says

10:13am March 05, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Microsoft co-founder says his team found the ship's wreckage in the Sibuyan Sea off the Philippines. The vessel was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.

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Andreas Von Knorre (right), one of two German nationals arrested for vandalism in Singapore, arrives in a police car at the state court on Nov. 22, 2014. Both men were sentenced Thursday to a prison term and caning.

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Singapore Court Sentences 2 Germans To Caning And Jail Over Graffiti

9:52am March 05, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The pair were tracked down and arrested in Malaysia last November. For spray-painting graffiti on a commuter train car, they are sentenced to nine months in prison and three strokes from a cane.