Carbon nails down Egypt's history

Carbon nails down Egypt's history


Carbon nails down Egypt's history

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:52 PM PDT

Scientific techniques are used to back up the historical chronology of the Egyptian civilisation.


Global organized crime becoming new superpower: U.N.

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:17 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Governments must smash markets supplied by the global "superpower" of organized criminals trafficking drugs, people, arms and counterfeit goods, the U.N. crime chief said on Thursday.


Afghanistan Moves Quickly to Tap Newfound Mineral Reserves

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Two hundred mining investors from around the world have been invited to a meeting in London next week where they will offer suggestions for how to develop huge iron ore deposits.


Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Ruling

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Ultra-Orthodox Jews staged protests after a ruling forcing the integration of a religious school.


Europe Widens Iran Sanctions

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

European Union leaders authorized a significant widening of the 27-nation bloc's sanctions against Iran because of concerns over Tehran's nuclear-weapons program.


Getty taps into Flickr snappers

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:03 PM PDT

Flickr users are getting the chance to make money out of their snaps as the site signs a deal with the Getty photo library.


Tourism Suffering on Isolated South Korean Island

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:23 AM PDT

Since the sinking of a warship nearby, residents fear more for their livelihoods than their safety.


Study Criticizes Swine-Flu Follow-Up

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

Researchers in Hong Kong find too little genetic surveillance of last year's human pandemic, which is now infecting pigs in China.


Justices Allow Search of Work-Issued Pager

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:42 AM PDT

A California police department did not violate the constitution with the audit, the Supreme Court ruled.


Sunni fighter's killing is latest in attacks on former al-Qaeda insurgents

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:37 AM PDT

BAGHDAD -- A Sunni fighter who had turned on al-Qaeda in Iraq was killed at his home outside Fallujah early Thursday in the latest of a string of attacks targeting members of a U.S.-backed Sunni militia group.


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Movie Review | 'Toy Story 3': Voyage to the Bottom of the Day Care Center

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:12 PM PDT

Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the cast from the first two "Toy Story" installments are joined by a new set of playthings.


Ancient ice ages 'linked' to CO2

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:02 PM PDT

A "global pattern" of change in the Earth's climate that began 2.7m years ago could be explained by CO2, say scientists.


'Errors' led to Air India bombing

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Canadian inquiry blames security forces over attack that killed 329 people in 1985.


Live text - US Open day one

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:57 AM PDT

Tiger Woods defends his world number one ranking while Lee Westwood leads the British challenge at Pebble Beach.


Gold Cup win for Rite of Passage

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:51 AM PDT

Rite of Passage causes a big upset in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, outpacing Age of Aquarius in the final furlong.


EU thumbs up to Iceland bid talks

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 07:43 AM PDT

EU leaders agree to open membership talks with Iceland, despite its failure so far to refund the UK and the Netherlands for lost savings.


Choi Joins Early Leaders at U.S. Open

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:10 PM PDT

In the event's first few hours, a slew of known and unknown golfers seemed eager to take some early chances.


A Circle of Comfort in Baghdad

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:19 AM PDT

"If not for this place, I would have died of depression."


Deficit-taming rightist Dutch government less likely: aide

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Chances that a left-leaning Dutch coalition government will emerge increased on Thursday after an adviser to the queen said it would be difficult to forge an austerity-minded right-wing cabinet.


England rugby player Ripley dies

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:02 AM PDT

Andy Ripley, a star of the England rugby union team in the 1970s, has died from prostate cancer aged 62.


Syria's Assad says Israeli raid raises war risk

Syria's Assad says Israeli raid raises war risk


Syria's Assad says Israeli raid raises war risk

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:22 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has said Israel is being run by a "pyromaniac government" and its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla had increased the risks of war in the region.


INTERVIEW - Japan DPJ has shot at upper house majority - lawmaker

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:22 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Democratic Party has a shot at taking an outright majority in a July 11 upper house election that it needs to win to avoid a policy stalemate, a party heavyweight said on Thursday.


16 injured in German train collision

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:04 AM PDT

BERLIN, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Two trains collided late Wednesday in the northern German region of Hanover, leaving 16 injured, police said.

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Australian teen charged over Indian student's murder

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 12:03 AM PDT

MELBOURNE, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - A 15-year-old Australian boy was charged on Thursday with the stabbing murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, which followed a string of attacks on Indians and threatened to derail ties with New Delhi.

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12 Maoists killed in latest Indian govt attack: police

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:42 PM PDT

KOLKATA, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Indian security forces killed 12 Maoists, including three women, in the latest of a series of raids against rebel strongholds in the east of country, officials said Thursday.

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Hundreds of flights delayed or cancelled as storms hit China

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:33 PM PDT

BEIJING, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of flights in and out of Beijing were cancelled or delayed on Thursday as thunderstorms wreaked havoc across the Chinese capital, airport authorities said.

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Pacific nations deny selling whaling votes to Japan

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:32 PM PDT

MAJURO, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Impoverished Pacific nations the Marshall Islands and Kiribati have denied taking bribes from Japan in return for supporting whaling.

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Indonesian court rejects graft fighter's appeal

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:29 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - The Indonesian high court on Thursday rejected an appeal by the country's former anti-corruption chief against his 18-year jail sentence for murder.

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Kidnapper of Swiss hostage killed in Philippines: police

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:28 PM PDT

ZAMBOANGA, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - One of the suspected Muslim militants who kidnapped an elderly Swiss man was shot dead in the southern Philippines hours after their hostage was rescued, police said Thursday.

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Thaksin's role to finance unrest exposed

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:21 PM PDT

BANGKOK, June 17: Billions of baht were withdrawn from the accounts of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family during the recent anti-government protests, Thailand's Department of Special Investigation has found.


China mulls crackdown on big energy consumers

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will consider forcing energy-guzzling companies to reduce their output or close down completely in order to meet tough energy saving targets for this year, a senior official said on Wednesday.


19 dead in southern France flash floods

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:27 PM PDT

At least nineteen people are dead in southern France, and the number is expected to rise, according to one government minister.


BP to set up US$20bil oil spill fund

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:28 PM PDT

 

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WASHINGTON – BP agreed to pay 20 billion dollars into a fund to meet mounting oil spill claims, as US President Barack Obama

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Mexican police, teenagers killed in Monterrey

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:02 AM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico – Seven police officers, one of them retired, were abducted from their homes and murdered in violence-wracked northern Mexico, local officials said.

The officers, aged between 30 and 48, were grabbed at dawn from their homes by armed men, Benito Caballero, mayor

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Let's make Malaysia Boleh a reality

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:53 PM PDT

The federal government and every citizen should think and strive with a broad open heart to make Malaysia a great nation where everyone, irrespective of colour, creed, culture or class, will find a comfortable personal niche and enjoy to the fullest the resources and benifits of the motherland.

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Toyota says parts supplier hit by brief strike in China (UPDATED)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:14 PM PDT

BEIJING, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Japan's Toyota Motor said Thursday a brief strike this week by workers at a China parts supplier affiliated with the firm had ended and would not affect production at a nearby assembly plant.

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US to retake control of S.Korea war games amid tensions

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:13 PM PDT

SEOUL, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - US forces will regain control over a major annual military exercise with South Korea amid rising tensions with the North following the sinking of one of Seoul's warships, officials said Thursday.

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Brothers detained for operating as bookies

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:06 PM PDT

Two brothers who work as architects were detained last night for running online betting on the World Cup football matches which so far is believed to involve bets totalling RM5 million.

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PSD never SMS students on appeal outcome

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:05 PM PDT

The Public Service Department (PSD) has advised parents and students who received the outcome of their appeals for National Foreign Degree Programme scholarships through the short messaging service (SMS) to ignore them.

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Seoul city govt seeks war scenarios as Korean tensions mount

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:55 PM PDT

SEOUL, Thursday 17 June 2010 (AFP) - Seoul's city government is asking citizens for their ideas on how a modern armed conflict might play out, raising eyebrows at a time of heightened tensions between North and South Korea.

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