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The US Treasury Department said Thursday it expected to make a profit for taxpayers by selling shares in Citigroup, as it offloaded another slice of its stake in the bank.The Treasury Department said it had so far received 41.6 billion dollars from Citi...

Drillers passed the halfway mark Thursday in their most advanced evacuation shaft toward 33 men who have been trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine since August, officials said.The operation, referred to as "Plan B" by rescuers, has dug down 333...

Nobel Physics laureate Georges Charpak died on Thursday at age 86. A naturalised French citizen, Polish-born Charpak was a former World War Two resistance fighter and an advocate of nuclear disarmament.

The official guardians of the Spanish language launched Thursday a reading on YouTube of the Spanish masterpiece "Don Quixote de la Mancha" in order to promote the use of the language on the Internet.Miguel de Cervantes' 17th century novel was divided...

England fly-half Charlie Hodgson is expecting a tough return to action when he lines up for Sale in their Premiership match at home to Wasp at Edgeley Park on Friday.The stand-off will be making his first appearance of the season following shoulder...

The US dollar rate surged in Iran on Thursday as local banks halted the sale of foreign currency to private individuals, with some dealers saying the rise was because of latest sanctions on Tehran.The dollar was trading at 12,000 Iranian rials after...

Swiss Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara rode into the history books Thursday by winning a record fourth time trial crown at the world road race cycling championships.Cancellara clocked a winning time of 58min 09sec for the tough 45.8km course to beat...

Dubai's police chief said he has received death threats from Israel's spy agency Mossad linked to his role in uncovering details of the assassination of a senior Hamas leader, a report said on Thursday.The Arabic-language Al-Ittihad daily quoted Dahi...

Yemen's foreign minister acknowledged the United States has launched attacks on Al-Qaeda in his country in an interview published on Thursday, the first confirmation from Sanaa of a US military role.Abu Bakr al-Kurbi told the Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily...

Turkmenistan's president said on Thursday the isolated Central Asian state had the capacity to almost quadruple gas exports in the next 20 years and was ready to meet demand from Europe.The country's giant South Yoloten-Osman group of fields alone were...