North Korean Leader Will Not Visit Moscow in May

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not attend events in Moscow next week commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
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100-year-old U.S. tourist targeted by pick-pocket has money returned

A 100-year-old American tourist who was mugged of £1,400 after he fell over on a trip to the British city where he was born has had his money returned. William White was visiting the UK with his son when the cash was snatched from a bum-bag he was wearing after he toppled over getting off a bus in Gloucester. The crime caused shock in the South West city after the holidaymaker, an aviation millionaire from Arizona, reported the incident to police.
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Did a Meteorite Change the Course of Christianity 2,000 Years Ago?

Did an ancient meteor have such a life-changing impact on witnesses of the day that it shaped a religion and altered the course of history? Astronomers theorize that the dramatic flash and boom that converted Paul the Apostle may have been an exploding meteor. In the Christian Bible, it is written that a man named Saul experienced an event so extreme that it changed his views in an instant, and he became one of the most influential evangelists in early Christianity.
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The Birth of the Weather Forecast

Admiral Robert FitzRoy took his life 150 years ago. He gave the world the weather forecast.
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Report Says American Psychological Association Collaborated on Torture Justification

The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners... By James Risen
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FBI slammed on Capitol Hill for 'stupid' ideas about encryption

A new crypto war is underway. At a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the FBI endured outright hostility as both technical experts and members of Congress from both parties roundly criticized the law enforcement agency's desire to place so-called back doors into encryption technology.
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The Psychology of Inevitable Earthquakes

Nepalis saw disaster coming. Why wasn't more done to prepare for it?
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