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Mexican cement maker Cemex is likely to try and renegotiate a hefty portion of its debt in coming months to avoid a potential clash with creditors in 2014.

In the US, your fast food probably comes with extra salt, like it or not. A new study shows that the same products at chains like McDonald's can vary wildly in sodium content depending on what country you're in.

I can announce that we are lifting sanctions considerably, Carr said.

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Seemingly out of nowhere, Australian artist Wouter Wally De Backer (whose stage name is Gotye) has become the musician to watch. First, his top single, Somebody That I Used To Know, was covered on American TV, and now he himself will be performing on Saturday Night Live this Saturday night.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will launch his new TV talk show on Russia Today on April 17, but is keeping the guest list secret, the Kremlin-funded English language station said on Friday.

Lockheed Martin Corp on Friday won a $259 million contract adding two more F-35 fighter jets to a fifth batch of jets being purchased by the U.S. military, boosting the size of that order to 32 jets, the Pentagon and Lockheed officials said.

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According to Australian brewery XXXX: No man is an island. But every man deserves one.

Rihanna snapped at an Australian interviewer when they tried to ask her about her love life.

Barely minutes after takeoff, North Korea's rocket exploded scattering debris over the Yellow Sea, triggering an international search as the US and other countries believe that the debris could be a mine of information to assess the reclusive country's nuclear and missile capabilities.

Australia's Catholic Church has drawn fire from worldwide religious groups, after a high-ranking Catholic official publicly labeled Jews as intellectually and morally inferior, the Telegraph said.

Asian shares rose Friday on better-than-expected demand for Italian sovereign debt, shrugging off the failed rocket launch by North Korea before the markets opened.

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Astronomers have long known about the superwinds and space sandstorms that herald the deaths of stars, but until now, have been at a loss to explain how they happen.

North Korea may wake on April 15 to find a present for the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il-sung: the country's first functional satellite. And North Koreans may not have long to wait for another big event, as the regime prepares what may be a third nuclear test.

Modeling requires a woman to become a human-chameleon, changing her looks for the sake of art and professional success. Crystal Renn has gone and done just that, though she attributes the transformation to her Gemini moment rather than job requirements. Sporting drastic weight loss and bleached blonde hair, Crystal Renn looks virtually unrecognizable.

Eight Australian teenagers pulled off a criminal stunt earlier this week worthy of only one moniker: real life GTA. Although there is no indication the teens were inspired by games like GTA 4, the randomness and driving style, as seen in news helicopter footage of the two-hour car chase, will seem familiar to many a gamer.

The full list of bands, including headliners The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys and Florence and the Machine on the lineup, were announced on Wednesday for Lollapalooza 2012, a three-day music festival held in Chicago, Illinois.

A global cyber arms race is engulfing the Internet and the best way to counter the rapidly escalating threat is combining the efforts of U.S. agencies, private firms and international allies, cyber security officials said on Tuesday.

A geophysicist with the US Geological Survey has said it was unlikely that a tsunami would be generated given that this type of earthquake that largely involved the horizontal movement of the earth's blocks, does not produce a column of water that could cause a tsunami.