UK science faces funding cutbacks

UK science faces funding cutbacks


UK science faces funding cutbacks

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:36 PM PST

The Science and Technology Facilities Council announces cuts in research funding that critics say could damage UK science.


Brown: Livni is welcome in Britain

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:17 PM PST

British prime minister phones Tzipi Livni as he seeks to defuse diplomatic row with Israel.


Bernanke named 'Person of the Year'

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:34 PM PST

Time magazine names the Federal Reserve Chairman as its 2009 Person of the Year.


Fed Will Hold Down Rates, Citing Tenuous Recovery

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:31 PM PST

Policy makers kept its overnight rate unchanged, pledging to keep it "exceptionally low" for "an extended period."


Roy E. Disney, Who Became a Power at His Uncle Walt's Studio, Dies at 79

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:06 PM PST

Roy E. Disney, Walt's cousin, dies in Los Angeles at age 79, had been a longtime power-broker at Disney Studios.


Pakistan Strikes Down Amnesty for Politicians

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:28 PM PST

The court ruling effectively restored corruption cases against thousands of politicians, including the president.


Criticized U.N.-backed Congo operation to shut down

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N.-backed military operation in eastern Congo in which government soldiers are accused of massacring hundreds of civilians will end this month, the top U.N. official in Congo said on Wednesday.


Two British boys aged 10 charged with rape of girl

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Two 10-year-old boys have been charged with the rape of an 8-year-old girl in London, British police said on Wednesday.


WITNESS: Failed state? Try Pakistan's M2 motorway

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:06 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - If you want a slice of peace and stability in a country with a reputation for violence and chaos, try Pakistan's M2 motorway.


Pakistan Voids Presidential Amnesty

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:00 PM PST

Pakistan's top court has declared an amnesty that had protected the president from corruption charges was illegal, state and private TV outlets reported.


Iraq offers cash to find bombers

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST

The Iraqi government is to offer a cash award for information revealing the location of suicide bomb factories.


Second agency downgrades Greece

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:50 AM PST

A second agency downgrades Greece's credit rating, saying the government's spending cuts will not be enough to trim its debts.


Iraq violence 'was unprecedented'

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:49 AM PST

Britain may have had "second thoughts" about the Iraq invasion had the scale of violence been foreseen, the Iraq inquiry hears.


Climate talks stall amid protests

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:51 AM PST

Formal negotiations at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen halt amid disagreement, as police and protesters clash outside.


He Delivers Christmas Trees for Rent

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:29 PM PST

Scott Martin delivers live, potted Christmas trees that are returned to the nursery once the season is over.


Obama writes to N Korea's leader

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:12 AM PST

US President Barack Obama sends a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong-il, apparently about nuclear talks.


Credit Suisse to pay $536m fine

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:21 PM PST

The Swiss banking group Credit Suisse says it will pay $536m for violating sanctions against Iran imposed by the US.


'Coldest place' found on the Moon

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:14 AM PST

The coldest place in the Solar System yet measured by a spacecraft has been found to be on our Moon.


Obama writes to N Korea's leader

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:12 AM PST

US President Barack Obama sends a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong-il, apparently about nuclear talks.


Boys aged 10 facing rape charges

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:50 AM PST

Two boys aged 10, who cannot be named, are charged with raping an eight-year-old girl in a park in Hayes, in west London.


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