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North Korea able to launch nuclear attack – Pentagon
By Simon Tomlinson, Sam Webb, Tim Shipman and Beth Stebner A Pentagon agency has concluded for the first time that the secretive country could have a likely ability to launch a nuclear-armed missile at its enemies. The details were leased in Pentagon Defence Intelligence Agency documents from last month that were mistakenly marked as unclassified. The [...]
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Angelina Jolie brings star power to the G8 summit
Actress joins world powers to vow action against rape as weapon of war LONDON, April 11 (AFP) -World powers pledged new measures and funds on Thursday to tackle rape and sexual violence used as a weapon of war, in a “historic” deal drawn up with UN special envoy Angelina Jolie. G8 foreign ministers meeting in London [...]
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Teeing off at edge of the Arctic? A Chinese plan baffles Iceland
By Andrew Higgins GRIMSSTADIR, Iceland – Struggling to stand upright against a howling wind, Bragi Benediktsson looked out over his family’s land – a barren expanse of snow and ice that a Chinese billionaire wants to turn into a golf course – and laughed. “Golf here is difficult,” said Mr. Benediktsson, a 75-year-old sheep farmer. [...]
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‘Queen Thatcher is dead’
Taiwan TV bosses mistake monarch for Maggie in broadcast of death andThailand uses Meryl Streep instead By Harriet Arkell It was the story of the day yesterday, and television newscasters the world over rushed to broadcast the news that Margaret Thatcher had died in London. So it is, perhaps, no surprise that one or two [...]
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Bookmakers slash odds on Alexandra for UK royal baby name
LONDON (Reuters) – Bookmakers have sharply cut the odds that Britain’s royal baby due in July will be called Alexandra after a flurry of betting. The baby will be the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate, officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge since their marriage in April 2011. Coral [...]
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Chinese officer accuses United States of secret biological attack
By James Rush A Chinese military official has blamed the US government for the new strain of bird flu affecting China, calling it a secret biological attack. People’s Liberation Army Senior Colonel Dai Xu said America released the H7N0 bird flu virus into China, in an act of biological warfare, in a blog on Saturday. Writing [...]
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See-through brains promise to clear up mental mysteries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Dr Karl Deisseroth were an architect, he might be replacing stone or brick walls with floor-to-ceiling glass to build transparent houses. But since he is a neuroscientist at Stanford University, he has done the biological equivalent: invented a technique to make brains transparent, a breakthrough that should give researchers a [...]
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Fruit juice chocolate
Scientists have invented a novel way to cut the fat content in chocolate- bars made with fruit juice. And it is better for their waistline too, as the tiny droplets of juice – apple, orange and cranberry – are used to replace up to half of the bar’s fat content. The technique works with all types of [...]
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Breakthrough in bid to find treatment for degenerative diseases
By James Rush A major breakthrough has been made by researchers seeking treatments for degenerative illnesses such as Parkinson’s Disease. Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology have detailed how an enzyme in the brain interacts with a drug-like lead compound for Huntington’s Disease to inhibit its activity. The team said their findings demonstrate that [...]
