Friday 18th May, 2012
Michael J. Fox looks past stem cells for Parkinson's cure
Michael J. Fox, whose turn from Parkinson's disease patient to scientific crusader made him one of the country's most visible advocates for stem cell research, now believes the ...
Trayvon evidence fails to answer who screamed for help
View Gallery This combo made from Feb. 27, 2012 photos released by the State Attorney's Office shows George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin. The photo and ...
American militant in Somalia releases book; says he always had a bad temper
Abu Mansur al-Amriki , says in his online diary released Wednesday that his "bad temperament" runs in his family and that he showed anger to his teachers when he was in kindergarten.He ...
Private rocket poised to make history with Saturday launch
Yahoo NewsCape Canaveral Air Force Station . The spacecraft has an instantaneous launch window at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT), with a 70 percent chance of good weather predicted (the main risk of a delay is ...
Sanctions against North Korea being breached, according to draft UN report
The GuardianA North Korean missile test at an undisclosed location. Two rounds of UN sanctions, imposed for nuclear tests Pyongyang carried out in 2006 and 2009, ban the sale of luxury items to the country. ...
Exclusive - U.N. probes possible North Korea arms trade with Syria, Myanmar
The StarUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel of experts that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea is investigating reports of possible weapons-related deals between Pyongyang and Syria and ...
Scott Walker gains ground in Wisconsin recall campaign
Yahoo Newsslipped into a sheet-metal fabricating plant on an industrial street in Milwaukee's outskirts. Argon Industries is the kind of gritty, thriving small business Walker venerates: a 91-person ...
North Korea 'resumes work' on light water reactor to support its nuclear programme
General SourcesUnited States institute . North Korea started the work after 'months of inactivity' at the site since late December, the BBC reports. The analysis by an institute at ...
Chinese Fishing Boats Reported Seized by North Korean Gunmen
General SourcesBEIJING - The Chinese state news media said Thursday that North Korean gunmen plying the Yellow Sea had seized three Chinese fishing boats with 29 sailors aboard and were demanding a ransom for ...
Revolutionary thinker held in Chinese ..
The Korea TimesBy Kang Hyun-kyung Kim Young-hwan, one of four South Korean human rights activists held in China for 51 days so far, is a revolutionary thinker whose career has taken many dramatic turns. ...
Suspect arrested in Miss. highway shootings
Yahoo Newsauthorities previously thought, Strain said.Willie was arrested Tuesday morning when authorities responded to a disturbance at an apartment. Tunica police found Willie with a woman who claimed he ...
Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case
Yahoo NewsRielle Hunter as he ran for the White House in 2008.Jurors will have to weigh whether to believe Edwards, who argued that he didn't knowingly break the law, or his ...
The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times, hosted ...
The Korea TimesUlsan's most beautiful: The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times, hosted Miss Ulsan 2012, an annual beauty pageant for the port city in the southeast of Korea Thursday at the KBS ...
G8l leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
Yahoo NewsEurope 's debt crisis from spiraling out of control and jeopardizing fledgling recoveries in the U.S. and elsewhere.The turmoil in Greece is draining confidence in the 17 countries that use the ...
The Liberation of Rahm Emanuel
Yahoo NewsREAD MORE Race-Baiting Opens an Old Wound While Congress has basically done squat this year, Emanuel got his aldermen to approve his budget--including painful layoffs, fee hikes, and police-station ...
The 'illogic' of China's North Korea policy
Asia TimesBy Ralph A Cossa and Brad Glosserman BEIJING - Discussions in Beijing about North Korea are always frustrating. It's not so much due to the sharp divergence in United States and Chinese ...
DPRK denies jamming GPS of civilian aircraft
SINANorth Korea on Friday denied it had jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea, accusing the South of using problems with navigation equipment to smear the ...
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