5 demonstrators detained in a protest in Turkey

A demonstrator is arrested by police during a protest in Hatay of Turkey, on Oct. 21, 2012. A group of youth protested against foreign intervention in Syria, near the Turkish-Syrian border on Sunday. Five people were detained as some protestors clashed with police. A demonstrator hurls stones at police during a protest in Hatay of Turkey,...

Collection of two-headed animals

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Longest noodle for Shanghai Great World Guinness Records

Pastry cook Liu Hui blows a pastry balloon in Tianjin, north China, May 24, 2012. Liu created two Shanghai Great World Guinness Records by stretching a 1918-meter-long noodle and blowing a pastry balloon with diameter of 1.5 meters. Pastry cook Liu Hui stretches noodles in Tianjin, north China, May 24, 2012. Liu created two Shanghai...

Jordanians demonstrate against gov't in Amman

Hammam Said, the General supervisor of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood group, gives a speech during a demonstration against Jordanian government after Friday prayers near Al-Husseini Mosque in downtown Amman, Jordan, April 13, 2012.Jordanian demonstrators gather during a protest against Jordanian government after Friday prayers near Al-Husseini...

Obama arrives for Americas summit

CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 13-- U.S. President Barack Obama arrived here on Friday afternoon for the sixth Summit of the Americas, to be held in this Caribbean resort city over the weekend.The president was met at the airport by a military band and honor guard wearing white uniforms, and reporters saw onlookers almost all the way along the...

Flying Car Gets Closer to Reality With Test Flight

Terrafugia's flying car -- dubbed the Transition --has completed a successful test flight and may even go on sale this year. Around 100 people have already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale. But don't expect it to show up in too many driveways. It's expected to cost $279,000 (and it requires a runway).Flying...

Obama visits Korean border ahead of nuclear summit

CAMP BONIFAS, ROK -- US President Barack Obama visited the border between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday.US President Barack Obama looks through binoculars to see the DPRK from Observation Post Ouellette during a visit to the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone (DMZ)...

Thai PM in South Korea to attend nuclear summit

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak (C) and Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) are greeted by South Korean children waving South Korean and Thai flags during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential house in Seoul March 24, 2012. Leaders from more than 50 countries will gather in Seoul for a March 26-27 nuclear security summit...

Santorum projected to win Louisiana Primary

Republican presidential candidate, former US Sen Rick Santorum, talks with voters at a polling station in Chapin, South Carolina, on Jan. 21, 2012.WASHINGTON - US Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum Saturday was projected by major TV networks to win the Louisiana primary.The win would give the Pennsylvania senator a much needed...

French gunman dies in hail of bullets

French special unit policemen leave the scene after the assault to capture gunman Mohamed Merah during a raid on a five-storey building to arrest a suspect in the killings of three children and a rabbi on Monday at a Jewish school, in Toulouse March 22, 2012.TOULOUSE, France - A 23-year-old gunman who said al Qaeda inspired him to kill seven...