Daredevil leaps from plane without parachute

A British stuntman became the world’s first skydiver to land without a parachute on Wednesday, falling 731 metres (2,400 feet) to drop safely onto a crash-pad of cardboard boxes. Wearing a specially-made “wing suit”, Gary Connery leapt from a helicopter over Henley-on-Thames in southern England,

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World powers, Iran at odds in crunch nuclear talks

Iran demanded late Wednesday that world powers sweeten proposals made in talks in Baghdad aimed at easing the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme, saying future negotiations were at stake. “The points of agreement are not yet sufficient for another round,”

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Hollande draws first blood in eurobonds battle

Firmly pushing for growth-oriented policies to re-balance austerity:

French President Francois Hollande stepped up his crusade Thursday to convince eurozone nations to share debt between rich and poor despite resistance from Germany. Boarding a train rather than a plane to attend his maiden EU summit,

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