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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER: WASHINGTON (AP) — A recession in Europe will slow the global economy this year, the International Monetary Fund predicted Tuesday, while urging world leaders to focus on growth more than budget cuts. The IMF forecasts global growth of 3.25 percent this year, slower than... Sign in to see full entry.

By Allison Jackson | AFP: Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea -- panda poo. The former calligraphy teacher has purchased 11 tonnes of excrement from a panda breeding centre to fertilise a tea crop in the mountains of... Sign in to see full entry.

LONDON (Reuters) - The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women. When New Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen Hawking what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unravelling some of the... Sign in to see full entry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is denouncing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for questioning whether the U.S. might be behind a rash of cancer cases among Latin American leaders. The State Department on Thursday said Chavez's comments were "horrific and reprehensible." Spokeswoman... Sign in to see full entry.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The growing scrutiny of the rich dominated this year's best quotes, according to a Yale University librarian who anointed the Occupy Wall Street protesters ' slogan — "We are the 99 percent" — as the year's best. Fred Shapiro, associate librarian at Yale Law School, has... Sign in to see full entry.

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES Dec. 13, 2011 As early as age 4, Wyatt Maines asked his mother, "When do I get to be a girl?" And he told his father he hated his penis. Wyatt always liked girl's clothes and movies, while his twin brother Jonas played with traditional boy toys. Born identical twins, the... Sign in to see full entry.

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY United Nations, New York, 1 December 2011 On the occasion of World AIDS Day We commemorate World AIDS Day this year with hope and optimism. Thirty years since the first case of AIDS was reported, HIV has infected 64... Sign in to see full entry.

By SETH BORENSTEIN: WASHINGTON (AP) — Think of the Texas drought, floods in Thailand and Russia's devastating heat waves as coming attractions in a warming world. That is the warning from top international climate scientists and disaster experts after meeting in Africa. The panel said the world... Sign in to see full entry.

HONOLULU, November 12 (RIA Novosti): Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt sees Russia as the world’s future IT-leader, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Saturday. Schmidt was among the participants of the informal talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and business... Sign in to see full entry.

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago alderman says he's found a way for the city to raise desperately needed cash that will also keep more police officers on the street: Marijuana. Alderman Danny Solis introduced an ordinance to the City Council on Wednesday that would make... Sign in to see full entry.