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NEW YORK – “The Da Vinci Code,” the mega-selling thriller, does not infringe the copyrights of a book published in 2000 by another author because the books are not substantially similar, a federal appeals court says. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a five-page order this week which …

KATMANDU, Nepal – Security forces in a southern town shot into a crowd marching on the main highway to protest Nepal‘s royal dictatorship Monday, killing one and wounding five, a local administrator said. The shooting was the fifth time in recent days that security forces have opened fire on demonstrators …

KIEV, Ukraine – Homemade bombs exploded in lockers at two supermarkets in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, wounding as many as 14 people, authorities and news agencies said. The blasts occurred at about noon in supermarkets near one another in Kharkiv, a duty officer at the Kharkiv Emergency Situations Ministry said, …