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A 27-year-old man has been arrested for his 65-year-old father's death at their home in Shan King Estate, Tuen Mun. KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed seven people on Saturday in the heart of the Afghan capital's most secure district five days before an election the Islamist group has vowed to disrupt.

The Environment Bureau has launched a four-month public consultation on the air quality objectives review, and has proposed measures to achieve the new goals. Hong Kong is committed to reducing carbon emissions and is working with other jurisdictions to do so. Today, we explore the impact of GM's bankruptcy, and we hear how an organization is helping disabled students attend prom.

A hundred meteors an hour may light up the August nights during this year's peak of the Perseid meteor shower, one of the most popular annual sky shows.

On foot, photographer Joe Riis provides an intimate window on one of North America's longest annual migrations, which is increasingly threatened by fences and highways. Video.

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HP today announced it has named Linda Dillman a senior vice president of Global Information Technology, effective immediately.

AP - He quit his job and drove his wife and their four young daughters across country, a 21st-century pioneer lured to these faraway farm fields by the promise of a life-changing deal with an older stranger.

In our last show of the year, we hear reaction to President Obama's Cairo address, and we recap students' top story selections.

AP - The Mormon church's vigorous, well-heeled support for Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in California last year, has turned the Utah-based faith into a lightning rod for gay rights activism, including a nationwide "kiss-in" Saturday.

SEATTLE/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring business software to smartphones and counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.