First census of bugs living on us

First census of bugs living on us

First census of bugs living on us

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Scientists across the US put together the first extensive map of the bacteria, viruses and other microbes that live inside and on human beings.


BT to show Premier League games

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:24 AM PDT

BT secures the rights to broadcast 38 Premier League games per season from 2013-14 to 2015-16, while BSkyB will show 116 matches.


Bonobo's genetic code laid bare

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Scientists decode the genetics of the bonobo, the last great ape to have its DNA sequence laid bare for comparison with humans.


State of the Art: Apple’s MacBook Pro Is Just Short of Perfection — State of the Art

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

Apple's newly designed laptop looks good, starts up quickly and has a Retina display screen. And yes, it is expensive.

South Sudan seeks arbitration over disputed borderlands

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:48 PM PDT

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan said on Wednesday it is seeking international arbitration to settle a dispute with neighboring Sudan over ownership of several contested borderlands.

The Caucus: Romney Calls Obama Policies the Most Anti-Business in Recent History

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:12 PM PDT

Mitt Romney told a group of business leaders in Washington that the Obama administration had pursued the "most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern American history" and was responsible for the tepid pace of the recovery.

Sierra Leone police shootings stir unrest, probe

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:43 PM PDT

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone has announced a coroner's inquiry into recent shootings by the police, which have raised tensions in the West African state in the run-up to presidential elections in November.

U.N. official: Syrian crisis a civil war

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Civil war is tearing apart Syria, a U.N. official said, as the United States accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to the country and monitors tasked with observing a so-called cease-fire came under fire.

Former 'Goodfellas' Gangster Henry Hill Dies in LA

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Henry Hill, who went from small-time gangster to big-time celebrity when his life as a mobster-turned-FBI informant became the basis for the Martin Scorsese film "Goodfellas," died Tuesday. He was 69

Electrical fault caused deadly Qatar fire: QNA

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT

DOHA (Reuters) - An electrical fault caused a deadly fire at a shopping mall in Qatar last month that killed 19 people, most of them children, state news agency QNA cited investigators on Wednesday as saying.

Tymoshenko jailing casts shadow over Ukraine Euro match

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:22 PM PDT

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich stirred up a storm over his jailed rival Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday by linking her to a 16-year-old murder case and indicating he was unmoved by a boycott of Euro 2012 soccer matches by Western governments.

Greek radical Tsipras is no working class hero

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:24 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Alexis Tsipras, the radical Greek leftist who wants to cancel a bailout deal keeping the country afloat if he wins elections on Sunday, is no working class hero.

VIDEO: Miners protest in Spain's parliament

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Miners' union leaders protest in the Spanish parliament against a proposed 64% subsidy cut.


VIDEO: Cloned skin for S Africa burns girl

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:15 PM PDT

A South African girl who suffered severe burns to 80% of her body has successfully undergone a rare skin graft operation.


VIDEO: China football officials jailed

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 09:07 AM PDT

Two former senior football officials in China have been been convicted of corruption and given sentences of up to ten and a half years each.


VIDEO: WPP shareholders oppose pay deal

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:09 PM PDT

WPP shareholders have voted against the company's executive pay report, which includes a £6.8m deal for chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell, by a majority of 59.5%.


VIDEO: South Sudan 'not a real country'

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 02:12 AM PDT

Sudan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Abdullahi Alazreg, says neighbouring South Sudan's leaders are not behaving responsibly.


VIDEO: JR and Dallas make TV return

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 05:35 AM PDT

US critics have delivered a mixed response to the new, updated version of TV series Dallas, which has premiered more than 20 years after the original series ended.


AMD chip maker teams up with ARM

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:10 PM PDT

US firm AMD is to start building computer chips that use both its own x86 technology and a processor designed by the UK's ARM Holdings.


African migrants spark debate in Israel

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 11:46 AM PDT

TEL AVIV — A shattered refrigerator door and a hand-size hole in the wall are the only visible reminders of an attack on Helen Bereket's store in Tel Aviv last month. But the incident continues to haunt the 23-year-old asylum seeker.

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