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Hi-tech aqueduct explorers map Rome's 'final frontier'

Armed with laser rangefinders, GPS technology and remote control robots, a group of speleologists is completing the first ever mapping of the aqueducts of ancient Rome on archaeology's "final frontier"

Oct 29, 2013

Bolshoi ballet dancer in court on acid attack charges

Disgraced Bolshoi ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko appears in court on charges of splashing acid in the face of the renowned troupe's artistic director Sergei Filin. Duration: 00:30

Oct 29, 2013

Kennedy grave eternal flame restored before anniversary

A ceremony was held at Arlington Cemetery on Tuesday to rededicate the 'eternal flame' at the grave of President John F. Kennedy, weeks ahead of the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas

Oct 29, 2013

New mass graves raise hope for the missing in Bosnia

Forensic experts are analysing bodies that were recently exhumed from a mass grave in Bosnia, in which several hundred Muslim and Croatian victims were buried after being killed during the war in Bosnia during the 1990s. Duration: 02:03

Oct 29, 2013

Key US official apologizes for 'Obamacare' website woe

A key official overseeing the US health care law's new website apologizes for its trouble-plagued rollout, but insists the online program is fixable

Oct 29, 2013

French jazz singer pays homage to Marilyn Monroe

French jazz singer Anne Ducros highlights the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in her new album, focusing on the help Monroe gave Fitzgerald by securing her gigs in a formerly all-white Hollywood club. Duration: 02:02

Oct 29, 2013

London aims to become Islamic finance centre

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that London aims to become a top capital of Islamic finance as the city played host to the first World Islamic Forum outside the Muslim world.

Oct 29, 2013

China to 'ensure safety of capital' after car blaze

The Chinese government says it will take effective measures to "ensure the safety and stability of the capital" after a car crash on Beijing's Tiananmen Square killed five people

Oct 29, 2013

World Health Organisation confirms polio cases in Syria

The UN health agency on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of polio in war-torn Syria, which had been free of the crippling disease since 1999, and said it feared it would spread

Oct 29, 2013

Brahimi says 'Somalisation' of Syria comment a mistranslation

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi spoke to press in Syria on Tuesday, addressing criticism of his 'Somalisation' of Syria warning which he says was a mistranslation of his statement to a French website

Oct 29, 2013

Two Kenyan soldiers sacked for looting in mall attack

Two soldiers in Kenya have been court martialed and sacked for looting stores during last month's attack on Nairobi's Westgate mall, the Kenyan army announced Tuesday. Duration: 00:44

Oct 29, 2013

French neurologist speaks out on World Stroke Day

For World Stroke Day on Tuesday, a French expert talks about the causes of strokes, among the world's top killers, and ways to prevent them. Duration: 01:02

Oct 29, 2013

Crowds gather for opening of Bosphorus tunnel in Istanbul

Turkey on Tuesday formally opened the world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents, fulfilling a sultan's dream 150 years ago in a three-billion-euro mega project linking Istanbul's European and Asian sides. Duration: 00:39

Oct 29, 2013

French justice minister comments on racist remarks

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira calls racism "a crime" days after being herself targeted by verbal attacks in which she was labelled a "monkey" by a far-right politician and a student. Duration: 00:35

Oct 29, 2013

France backs down on truck 'ecotax' after protests

France's Socialist government bowed to public pressure on Tuesday by suspending plans for an environmental tax on trucks, in its latest climbdown on a controversial tax hike.

Oct 29, 2013