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Washington, Dec 31 – Eight Americans were killed Wednesday in an attack in a military base in eastern Afghanistan, the US State Department said.

Washington, Dec 31 – Disgraced billionaire financier Bernard Madoff has returned to his prison cell after being briefly hospitalised earlier in December, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Wednesday.

Washington, Dec 31 – A Florida man has been arrested for calling the police emergency line and claiming he was being assaulted and shot at, hoping it would lead to a ride to a bar, authorities said Wednesday.

New York, Dec 31 – Times Square revelers will be treated to a rare “blue moon” on New Year’s Eve Thursday night.

Washington, Dec 31 – Former US vice president Dick Cheney has accused President Barack Obama of “trying to pretend we are not at war” with terrorists in the wake of the Christmas Day attack on a US airliner.

Rome, Dec 30 – Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s latest album has sold more than five million copies around the world since its release last month.

Washington, Dec 30 – Personalised medicine to determine the best treatment and the optimal dose carrying the fewest side-effects for an individual, based on genetic makeup, has come a step closer to reality.

Washington, Dec 30 – Ginkgo biloba supplements, taken by older adults for several years, did not slow down their cognitive decline, says a new study.

Washington, Dec 30 – The Christmas Day foiled attack on a US passenger plane was most likely a proof-of-concept attempt, and had it worked then more attacks with similar devices could have followed, according to a US strategic think tank.

London, Dec 30 – England could pull out of next year’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi over fears that their athletes would be targeted by Pakistani terrorists, a newspaper said Wednesday.