Japan team offers fertility hope with stemcell eggs

Japan team offers fertility hope with stemcell eggs

Japan team offers fertility hope with stemcell eggs

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 11:47 PM PDT

Hopes of a cure for infertility in humans were raised Friday after Japanese stem cell researchers announced they had created viable eggs using normal cells from adult mice.

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Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian militant

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Gaza (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another on Sunday, hospital officials said, hours after Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group.

Palestinian women look to Bethlehem to boost their role

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 10:13 PM PDT

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - "Many people still believe the post of mayor is exclusively for men," says Vera Baboun, aiming to become the first female mayor of the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, and in the process shake up a society where men still make the laws and do the deals.

Washington urges Tunisia to bring embassy attackers to trial

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:16 PM PDT

Tunis, Oct 14 — Washington today urged Tunisia to bring attackers of its embassy here last month to trial and pledged to continue to support for the democratic transition in Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab Spring. "I call upon the Tunisian government to conduct its investigation and bring the perpetrators and instigators of this attack to ...

Emails show meningitis-linked firm sold drugs without prescriptions

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:43 PM PDT

BOSTON, Oct 14 — The drug-mixing company at the heart of a deadly US meningitis outbreak solicited bulk orders from physicians and failed to require proof of individual patient prescriptions as required under state regulations, emails to a customer show. Reuters reviewed more than a dozen emails that show the New England Compounding Center, ...

Damage but no injuries as US Navy cruiser, submarine collide

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 07:29 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 — A US Navy Aegis cruiser collided with a nuclear-powered submarine during exercises off the East Cost yesterday, collapsing the sonar dome on the cruiser and possibly causing other damage, but no injuries, US Navy officials said. The collision between the USS San Jacinto and the nuclear-powered submarine USS Montpelier occurred ...

Mauritania says president wounded in accidental shooting

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:11 PM PDT

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 14 —Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was "lightly wounded" after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy, the government said yesterday. Abdel Aziz is undergoing treatment at a military hospital in the capital Nouakchott, a source at the presidency and two military sources told Reuters. They did not give ...

Tunisia ruling coalition agrees to hold elections next June

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:31 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling coalition, led by the Islamic Ennahda Movement, said early on Sunday it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23 with the president being chosen directly by voters.

Israeli air strike in Gaza kills Palestinian militant

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 09:17 PM PDT

Gaza (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike in Gaza killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another on Sunday, hospital officials said, hours after Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-linked militant group.

Tunisia ruling coalition agrees to hold elections next June

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 08:00 PM PDT

Tunis (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling coalition led by the Islamic Ennahda Movement said early on Sunday it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23, 2013, with the president being elected directly by voters.

Washington urges Tunisia to bring embassy attackers to trial

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:48 PM PDT

Tunis (Reuters) - Washington on Sunday urged Tunisia to bring attackers of its embassy here last month to trial and pledged to continue support for the democratic transition in Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab Spring.

Washington urges Tunisia to bring embassy attackers to trial

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 06:09 PM PDT

Tunis (Reuters) - Washington on Sunday urged Tunisia to bring attackers of its embassy here last month to trial and pledged to continue to support for the democratic transition in Tunisia, the cradle of the Arab Spring.

Missile gets makeover on 50th anniversary of Cuban crisis

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:49 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - In October 1962, as fears of mushroom clouds and radioactive fallout gripped the United States in the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a battery of anti-ballistic missiles near Miami stood as the nation's first line of defence against nuclear attack.

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:10 PM PDT

PORTSMOUTH (Ohio), Oct 14 — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his strong debate performance last week against President Barack Obama. Despite pundits and pollsters dismissing Romney's chances in the state in late September, ...

Israel kills Qaeda-tied leader of Gaza militant group

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 05:05 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed the Palestinian leader of an al Qaeda-affiliated group in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Hamas and medical sources said.

Romney closing gap in Ohio as poll numbers, crowds rise

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:50 PM PDT

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is recovering ground in the critical swing state of Ohio as he rises in the polls and crowd numbers swell after his strong debate performance last week against President Barack Obama.

U.S. asks Britain to extradite Kyrgyzstan ex-leader's son

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:20 PM PDT

ALMATY (Reuters) - The United States has asked Britain to extradite the arrested son of Kyrgyzstan's fugitive ex-president on fraud charges, the U.S. embassy in Bishkek said on Saturday.

Mauritania says president wounded in accidental shooting

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was "lightly wounded" after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy, the government said on Saturday.

Two anti-drugs police killed in Peru jungle ambush

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:57 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Two police officers were killed and another two injured in an ambush in Peru's south-eastern jungle region late on Friday, the latest strike again President Ollanta Humala's drive to regain control of cocaine-trafficking strongholds.

Venezuela's Chavez shuffles cabinet, then tweets about it

Posted: 13 Oct 2012 03:57 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shuffled his cabinet on Saturday then announced the changes from his Twitter account, days after winning a re-election bid that could extend his rule to nearly two decades.

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