Army hands over to Egypt's first Islamist president
CAIRO - Mohamed Mursi was sworn in as Egypt's first Islamist, civilian and freely elected president, although the military remains determined to call the shots. Full Article | Video
Assad's fate left open after Syria crisis talks
GENEVA - International powers agreed on Saturday that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the bloodshed there but left open the question of what part President Bashar al-Assad might play in the process. | Video
Afghanistan wants its cultural heroes back
KABUL - Amid the death and destruction of the past three decades, Afghans say they lost a chunk of their rich cultural heritage as artists fled to faraway lands which slowly began to claim them as their own. Full Article
Proprietary models may not be so exclusive
NEW YORK - Usually proprietary means exclusive. But when it comes to the quantitative equity models for which some mutual fund managers charge a premium, proprietary is a matter of degree. Full Article
Ex-Milosevic aide to be Serbia's prime minister
BELGRADE - As the spokesman for late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s, Ivica Dacic lashed out against the democratic opposition. More than a decade on, Serbia's next prime minister says he "speaks to the people and for the people." Full Article
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Oldest sound recording resurrected
Patrick Feaster's latest finding may be as vintage as it gets. The sound historian at Indiana University has used modern technology to resurrect the oldest sound recording in the world from an image in a German magazine from 1890. Video
Enjoy the long weekend, if only for a second
LONDON - The world is about to get a well-earned long weekend, but don't make big plans because it will go by quickly -- a "leap second" is set to be added to the world's atomic clocks. Full Article
Hu sings on stage at Hong Kong gala
June 30 - Chinese president Hu Jintao attends a banquet, then sings on stage at the end of a gala show during his three-day visit to Hong Kong. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
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