VIDEO: What is synthetic biology?

VIDEO: What is synthetic biology?

VIDEO: What is synthetic biology?

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 04:50 PM PDT

David Shukman explains what synthetic biology is all about.


France criticised for denying cleric visa

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:37 PM PDT

International Union of Muslim Scholars voice outrage after President Sarkozy said Yusuf al-Qaradawi was not welcome.


L'Arc-En-Ciel: The Richest Rock Band You've Never Heard Of

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT

With 15 million albums sold worldwide, the group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with an international excursion that includes the headlining gig at MSG, the first ever for a Japanese act. Is this the decade they try to make it in the U.S.?


VIDEO: Pope Benedict in Cuba visit

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:30 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI has begun a three-day visit to Cuba - the first papal visit to the communist-run island for 14 years.


VIDEO: Germany hunts far-right 'fugitives'

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:45 PM PDT

The German authorities are trying to track down far-right fugitives following revelations that three neo-nazis were apparently able to carry out a decade-long spree of racially motivated murders.


VIDEO: Strauss-Kahn in sex ring charges

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 07:39 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing charges in France over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.


Pakistan to charge bin Laden widows

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Three wives and two daughters of former al-Qaeda chief face up to five years in prison for illegal entry and residency.


China sentences Uighur man to death over Xinjiang attacks

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:23 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly attacks in the far western region of Xinjiang in February has been sentenced to death, authorities said late on Monday. Attackers wielding knives killed 13 people on a busy pedestrian street in Yecheng County near Kashgar, a city in the western part of Xinjiang that has been beset by tension between the mainly Muslim Uighur people and Han Chinese. ...


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks ??? March 27

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Investors in China's main financial district are talking about the following before the start of trade today:?? The overnight rise in U.S. stocks fueled by comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that suggested a continuation of loose U.S. monetary policy may help China shares today. Many of China's biggest private-sector companies are reporting 2011 financial ...


VIDEO: Germany hunts far-right 'fugitives'

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:45 PM PDT

The German authorities are trying to track down far-right fugitives following revelations that three neo-nazis were apparently able to carry out a decade-long spree of racially motivated murders.


VIDEO: Pope Benedict in Cuba visit

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:30 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI has begun a three-day visit to Cuba - the first papal visit to the communist-run island for 14 years.


VIDEO: Strauss-Kahn in sex ring charges

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 07:39 PM PDT

Former International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing charges in France over alleged involvement in a prostitution ring.


Amnesty alarmed by execution surge

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Rights group says executions rose by 78 per cent worldwide and by 50 per cent in Middle East last year.


Turkey's ex-military chief set to testify in "terrorism" trial

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:14 PM PDT

Turkish Chief of Staff General Ilker Basbug salutes during the EFES-2010 military exercise in IzmirSILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's former armed forces chief was expected to defend himself against terrorism charges on Tuesday at a trial unthinkable before Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took on the power of a military that had dominated Turkey for decades. General Ilker Basbug, chief of staff in 2008-2010, exchanged salutes with former colleagues during a break in Monday's first day of a trial encroaching on sensitive territory in a country that saw three coups in the second half of the 20th century. ...

China sentences Uighur man to death over Xinjiang attacks

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:23 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly attacks in the far western region of Xinjiang in February has been sentenced to death, authorities said late on Monday.

Profit Rebound At Cost-Cutting Foxconn's Handset Unit

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Profits are up at Foxconn. No, not that Foxconn ( + Daisey = Meltdown). When it?s not building iPads and PlayStations, Foxconn, aka Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world?s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones via its Hong Kong-listed subsidiary. The subsidiary, Foxconn Holdings (FIH), said Mar. 22 that it had swung to a ...


Curing Diabetes with Surgery: It Works ??? Now Let's Figure Out Why

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:59 PM PDT

During my endocrinology training, I was captivated by a phenomenon I'd seen on the wards, and had just started to read about in the literature: diabetic patients receiving bariatric surgery exhibited rapid, seemingly instantaneous improvements in their glycemic control, apparently related to profoundly reduced insulin resistance as a consequence of the surgery.?? The first teaching ...


Turkey's ex-military chief set to testify in "terrorism" trial

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:14 PM PDT

SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's former armed forces chief was expected to defend himself against terrorism charges on Tuesday at a trial unthinkable before Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan took on the power of a military that had dominated Turkey for decades.

Obama says he's not 'hiding the ball' on Russia

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:46 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, smiles with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, as they attend the opening plenary session at the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Sitting in the center is South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is not trying to "hide the ball" in negotiations with Russia over U.S. plans for a missile defense shield in Europe, trying to put to rest a controversy over comments to Russia's leader that were picked up by an open microphone and quickly drew fire from Republican presidential contenders in America.

Obama: Nuclear terrorism remains a threat

Posted: 26 Mar 2012 09:29 PM PDT

Nuclear weapons remain a challenge for the world, US president says on concluding day of nuclear summit in Seoul.


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