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France's Loire River dries up

2011-05-20 20:39

A plant sprout is seen in the cracked and dry earth in the wide riverbed of the Loire River near the Anjou-Bretagne bridge in Ancenis, western France, May 20, 2011.

Many hurt in South Africa train crash

2011-05-20 14:09

Over 250 people were wounded after two trains carrying passengers returning from work collided in Soweto, local media reported.

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 19

2011-05-20 16:26

Snapshot photos capture the moments of events happened all around the world during the past 24 hours of May 19.

Hard measures for drinking water in India

2011-05-20 10:54

Women carrying empty pitchers walk to draw water from a well near the banks of the dried-up Dharji lake at Dharji village, west of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, May 14, 2011. The village has six wells but only one of them has water. In the afternoon women from the village must wait for two to three hours for the water level to rise before they are able to draw water.

Playboy puts entire 57 years of magazines online

2011-05-20 11:02

Good news for those who thought their copies of Playboy were gone forever when their moms found them and threw them away.

'Drones' key to fighting terrorism

2011-05-20 08:03

More unmanned aerial vehicles, so-called drones, are likely to be used for security purposes in future, supplementing the anti-terrorism work that currently relies on cars and other ground-based equipment.

Ex-IMF chief gets $1M bail in sex case

2011-05-20 06:50

A judge agreed Thursday to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn from a New York City jail on the condition that he post $1 million in bail and remain under house arrest.