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The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which was centered at a depth of 10.5 miles, had a magnitude of 6.8.

A lawmaker is working now to overturn the centuries-old tradition in which South Korean babies become 1 on the day of their birth and then get an additional year tacked on when the calendar hits Jan. 1.

The bill would install equipment to route internet traffic through Russian servers, increasing the power of state agencies to control information.

Built at a cost of just over 1 billion euro, the Jewel is a hub that links Changi Airport’s Terminals 1, 2, and 3.

Julian Assange has been a wanted man in the U.S. for nearly a decade – stretching back to 2010.

Two senior officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power.

Aletter written by Pope Emeritus Benedict that blames the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis on homosexuality and the sexual revolution draws fire.

With 900 million of India’s 1.3 billion people registered to vote, election seen as referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was forcibly bundled out of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and into a British police van, setting up a potential court battle over attempts to extradite him to the US. (April 11)

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London police arrested Julian Assange on Thursday at the embassy of Ecuador in London.