A Romp Through Theories Into the Cradle of Life

A Romp Through Theories Into the Cradle of Life
U.S. Mullen Meets Saudi Military Officials
Velodrome for 2012 Games to open
Petraeus's comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government
State Department cables detail U.S. links to Bahrain
Libya’s U.N. Diplomats Break With Qaddafi
XBox to welcome Kinect 'hackers'
Live - West Ham v Burnley
The Doctor’s World: When Alzheimer’s Waited Outside the Oval Office
Tunisia government seeks to dissolve Ben Ali party
Two Libyan fighter pilots defect, fly to Malta
Residents give conflicting reports of Tripoli attacks
Junta has left Guinea 'bankrupt'
VIDEO: Gerry Adams on Ireland campaign trail
VIDEO: What sort of leader is Gaddafi?
EU to Vote on Admitting GM Food
China Co-Opts Social Media to Head Off Unrest
Ivorian troops kill protesters, AU team arrives
Renewed clashes hit Libya capital
VIDEO: Pressure mounts on Libyan leader

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:56 PM PST

Chemists, geologists, biologists, planetary scientists and physicists gathered recently to ponder where and what Eden might have been.

U.S. Mullen Meets Saudi Military Officials

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:49 PM PST

The top U.S. uniformed military officer met with Saudi military officials Sunday to discuss the pro-democracy protests roiling the Middle East and whether Iran was seeking to take advantage of the unrest.

Velodrome for 2012 Games to open

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:19 PM PST

The 6,000-seat velodrome for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics will open on Tuesday.

Petraeus's comments on coalition attack reportedly offend Karzai government

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:10 PM PST

KABUL - To the shock of President Hamid Karzai's aides, Gen. David Petraeus on Sunday suggested that Afghans caught up in a coalition attack in northeastern Afghanistan might have burned their own children to exaggerate claims of civilian casualties, according to two participants at the meeting.

State Department cables detail U.S. links to Bahrain

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:05 PM PST

It's not surprising that the White House worked with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa to end the crackdown on protesters and hold talks with the country's mainly Shiite-led opposition movement after reading classified State Department cables released last week by Wikileaks.

Libya’s U.N. Diplomats Break With Qaddafi

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST

Members of Libya's mission to the United Nations publicly repudiated Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, calling him a genocidal war criminal responsible for mass shootings.

XBox to welcome Kinect 'hackers'

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:04 PM PST

Microsoft is to open up its XBox Kinect technology to allow amateur software developers to experiment with it.

Live - West Ham v Burnley

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:31 AM PST

Championship side Burnley travel to Premier League West Ham with an FA Cup quarter-final at Stoke a reward for the victors.

The Doctor’s World: When Alzheimer’s Waited Outside the Oval Office

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST

"My Father at 100," Ron Reagan's memoir, is a reminder of the difficulty of distinguishing the initial symptoms of Alzheimer's from, say, simple forgetfulness.

Tunisia government seeks to dissolve Ben Ali party

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:42 AM PST

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's Interior Ministry filed for the dissolution of ex-President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's political party on Monday following accusations its members sought to destabilize the country, state media reported.

Two Libyan fighter pilots defect, fly to Malta

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:34 AM PST

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Two Libyan Air Force fighter pilots defected on Monday and flew their jets to Malta where they told authorities they had been ordered to bomb protesters, Maltese government officials said.

Residents give conflicting reports of Tripoli attacks

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:42 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Tripoli residents gave conflicting reports Monday, with some saying they could hear gunfire in the Libyan capital and a political activist telling Al Jazeera warplanes were bombing the city.

Junta has left Guinea 'bankrupt'

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:20 AM PST

Guinea's President Alpha Conde tells the BBC the military junta that held power before he was elected has left the country bankrupt.

VIDEO: Gerry Adams on Ireland campaign trail

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:13 AM PST

The Irish head to the polls this Friday in a General Election that was forced by the collapse of the country's finances.

VIDEO: What sort of leader is Gaddafi?

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:09 AM PST

During his 40 year rule of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi has been shunned as a supporter of international terrorism but in more recent years relations with the West have been improving.

EU to Vote on Admitting GM Food

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:47 AM PST

EU officials are set to vote Tuesday on whether to allow trace amounts of unauthorized GM material in animal feed imports, a move campaigners say could herald a shift in the bloc's attitude to biotechnology.

China Co-Opts Social Media to Head Off Unrest

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:15 PM PST

Chinese security officials ratcheted up Internet controls in order to stifle calls on social-networking sites for antigovernment protests, in a move that illustrates how social-networking sites, have been allowed to flourish in China—if they actively collaborate with state censors.

Ivorian troops kill protesters, AU team arrives

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:44 AM PST

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivorian troops killed at least six protesters calling on Laurent Gbagbo to step down as leader Monday, witnesses said, as African presidents charged with resolving Ivory Coast's crisis arrived in Abidjan.