SWINE flu had not peaked but seemed to be waning in Canada and the United States, signalling that the end of the pandemic may be on the horizon, the World Health Organization said yesterday. A third wave of infections...
A MALE suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony yesterday in a small part of the capital Mogadishu still under Somali government control, killing up to 19 people, including three...
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized yesterday for delays in sending letters of condolence to families of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan. "I can only apologize to those families and I want to...
THE Louvre Museum and the royal palace at Versailles were closed yesterday because of a French museum workers' strike that appears to be gathering steam. Frustrated tourists gathered outside the landmark pyramid...
THE Dutch navy captured 13 pirates off the coast of Oman after they attacked a merchant ship, the Defense Ministry said yesterday. Armed pirates on speedboats tried to board the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged BBC...
PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia's new rich have a problem spending their money in a tasteful way, commenting on the ostentatious spending by the small proportion of Russians who enjoy massive wealth. "The...
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in power for over 10 years, ruled out a departure from politics yesterday, telling a questioner: "Don't hold your breath." He made the comment with a smile when asked on...
WHEN pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco. Many become hooked, and the World Health Organization warned yesterday it is a...
A UNITED State Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged on Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two...
TAYLOR Swift has won just about every top music award there is this year, but the possibility of winning eight Grammys, had the 19-year-old screaming for joy as the nominations were announced. "I started freaking...
AN Italian who lost his left forearm in a car crash has been successfully linked to a robotic hand, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial limb and control it with his thoughts, scientists said. During...
ITALY will send around 1,000 additional soldiers to Afghanistan as part of US President Barack Obama's planned troop surge, Italian Defence Minister Ignacio La Russa said in an interview published Thursday. Responding...
WELCOME to an orchestra of the 21st century. iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at an American university. Students at the University of Michigan are learning to design, build and play...
SMALL or slow-growing nodules discovered on a lung scan are unlikely to develop into tumors over the next two years, researchers reported yesterday. The findings, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
THIS time they're invited, but they don't want to come. Congress wants to talk to the husband and wife who slipped through security into last week's state dinner at the White House. But on the eve of today's...
R&B singer Beyonce led the field of Grammy contenders with 10 nominations yesterday, closely followed by teen country sensation Taylor Swift with eight, and both will compete for coveted album of the year. Hip-hop...
THREE people died and at least 60 were injured in an explosion at a South Korean defence research institute, local media reported today. The site is 45 km (28 miles) northwest of Seoul and about 30 km from the...
THE Honduran Congress voted yesterday not to allow the reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a move that closes the door on his return to power after he was toppled in a June coup. Congress was deciding...
TOP US officials said the first of 30,000 new US troops would arrive in Afghanistan in two to three weeks but also made clear yesterday that plans to start bringing the soldiers home in 18 months could slip. One...
A BRITISH association which provides legal advice and support to doctors has said they should not respond to amorous advances from patients on social networking sites. The Medical Defence Union said it was aware...
DOCTORS may be able to use an advanced X-ray called a CT scan to see whether patients with advanced colorectal cancer are responding to treatment with Avastin and chemotherapy, United States researchers said on Tuesday. ...
IRAN yesterday released five British sailors who were detained last week when their 60-foot racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iran's Persian Gulf waters and was seized. The elite Revolutionary Guard, whose...
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