Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant

Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant

Iran opens uranium mines, yellow cake plant

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:08 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it had started production at two uranium mines and a yellow cake plant, declaring that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear programme days after talks between Tehran and world powers failed to reach an accord.
    

Facebook to start charging users to contact celebrities

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT

Facebook has started charging UK users to contact celebrities through the social network.

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In the pink: the April Fool's prank played on Sergey Brin

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:40 AM PDT

Company members pranked Google co-founder Sergey Brin by turning his car into a bright pink Batmobile for a newly revealed April Fool's day joke.

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Negative tweets about flu vaccine spread like wildfire: study

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:38 AM PDT

Wondering how social media may influence your health decisions? A new study finds that Twitter posts about flu vaccines may have unexpected effects -- positive messages may backfire, while negative ones spread like wildfire.

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Penis size does matter to women, researchers say

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:30 AM PDT

The eternal question of whether penis size matters to women has been probed by a team of international scientists who reported on Monday that yes, ladies do find larger men more attractive.

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SUPP chief maintains stand not to defend Miri seat

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:28 AM PDT

Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) president Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui has maintained his decision not to defend the Miri parliamentary seat in the coming 13th General Election to give way to a new face.

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China bird flu outbreak spurs food safety fears

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:27 AM PDT

China's bird flu outbreak is "devastating" poultry sales, an industry group said Tuesday, as the H7N9 virus which has killed seven people triggered a new food safety scare.

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A distant dream

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:26 AM PDT

We can return to the reality if we take a look at the rankings of our top universities in the 2012 to 2013 QS World University Rankings. Our ace university, University of Malaya, was ranked the 156th in the world and 35th in Asia.

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Junk food only makes a bad mood worse: study

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:13 AM PDT

For young women concerned about their diet and weight, a bout of unhealthy eating when in a bad mood can make you feel a lot worse about yourself, according to a new US study.

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Nepalese man burns pregnant wife alive: police

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:01 AM PDT

Police have arrested a man in rural Nepal after he allegedly killed his 22-year-old pregnant wife by stuffing her into a hay bale and setting it alight, an officer said on Tuesday.

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VIDEO: Manet exhibition to hit cinemas

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 04:05 PM PDT

The Royal Academy's biggest exhibition of Manet's work in the UK has been made into a film to be broadcast in 29 countries in a live simulcast in April.

VIDEO: Kenya prepares for inauguration

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:13 PM PDT

Uhuru Kenyatta is set to be sworn in as Kenya's new president, following his victory in March against Raila Odinga.

VIDEO: Nepal's rhino protectors

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 04:05 PM PDT

BBC reporter Anbarasan Ethirajan joins an anti-poaching patrol in Nepal which aims to protect one-horned rhinoceroses

VIDEO: Obama's passionate plea for gun control

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 07:17 PM PDT

Speaking at the University of Hartford, a hour from Newtown, where 26 died in school massacre in December, Mr Obama said citizens must demand action.

VIDEO: US reacts to death of Lady Thatcher

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 10:54 PM PDT

During the 1980s, the special relationship between Britain and America was elevated to heights.

Japan's quake-crippled nuclear plant "losing faith" in leaking water pits

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:01 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits for radioactive water - but it doesn't have anywhere else to put it.
    

Iran opens new uranium mines, yellow cake plant

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:51 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran opened new uranium mines and a yellow cake production plant on Tuesday, state news agency IRNA reported.
    

North Korea warns foreigners to quit South

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:49 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on Tuesday to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang.
    

Iraqi al Qaeda wing says Nusra Front is its Syria branch -SITE group

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:34 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iraqi wing of al Qaeda announced that a rebel group at the forefront of the rebellion in Syria was its branch in that country and that both groups would operate under one name, according to the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group.
    

N. Korea urges foreigners in South to evacuate

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 11:28 PM PDT

North Korea said Tuesday the Korean peninsula was headed for "thermo-nuclear" war and advised foreigners in South Korea to consider evacuation, in the latest in a series of apocalyptic threats.

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