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Beijing - Chinese astronauts are preparing to grow fresh vegetables on Mars and the moon after researchers successfully completed a preliminary test in Beijing, state media...
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Tweet Sydney, Dec. 4 (ANI): Austria's capital Vienna gives its residents the best quality of life of any city in the world and Baghdad is the worst, according to the latest global...
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As far as villains go, Pfc. Bradley Manning is hardly quintessential. At 5 foot 2 inches tall, his slender frame and bespectacled image has invoked snickers, sarcasm and according...

Does the UN's observer state status change Palestine's position?
TIMES VIEW Palestine's on stronger ground With over two-thirds of the United Nations voting to give Palestine non-member observer state status, the latter's on stronger ground than ever before. Crucially, coming on the 65th anniversary of the same...
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz
NATO pledges continued support for Afghanistan
NATO combat troops are set to pull out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Member states have promised continued commitment, but key questions still need to be resolved. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is full of praise for the transfer...
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Differing Afghan, US priorities could hurt proposed security agreement
KABUL — When Afghan and American negotiators sat down here last month to begin talks on a bilateral security agreement that would define and govern a long-term U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, their meeting was cordial, vague and brief....
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
CLIMATE CHANGE: In the Arab world, building fridges to live in an oven
DOHA, 5 December 2012 (IRIN) - In the last three decades, 50 million people in the Arab world have been affected by natural disasters, many of them extreme climate events, according to a new report by the World Bank. The report projects the horrific...
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras
Residents prepare to assess their house which was damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan city in southeastern Philippines Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012.
Manila, December 04: At least 43 villagers and soldiers drowned in a southern Philippine town Tuesday when torrents of water dumped by a powerful typhoon cascaded down a mountain, engulfing emergency shelters and an army truck, officials said. The...
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	Berners-Lee warns against changes to Internet at UN conclave
World Wide Web's inventor becomes the latest technology notable to raise red flag over proposals being voted on this week at Dubai conference. by If you ask the folks who had a hand in the creation of the Internet, odds are you'd get a very different...
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Romanesco broccoli or fractal broccoli is an edible flower of the species Brassica oleracea and a variant form of cauliflower.
Four kinds of vegetables were grown in an "ecological life support system", a 300 cubic metre cabin which will allow astronauts to develop their own stocks of air, water and food while on space missions, Xinhua news agency said Monday. The system,...
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updated 04 Dec 2012; published 20 Aug 2012
9:59
On the frontline with British troops in Afghanistan
The Examiner 05 Dec 2012, ISAF today issued an operational update on combat operations in Afghanistan. It noted, among other things, that Afghan and coalition security forces conducted an operation in Watahpur district yesterday that resulted in the “death of insurgent leader Mohammad Yar...

updated 05 Dec 2012; published 05 Dec 2012
1:04
Egyptian protesters set up camp outside presidential palace
Joy Online 05 Dec 2012, Police in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, have clashed with protesters angry at what they say is the rushed drafting of a new constitution and by President Morsi's recent extension of his powers. Tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the presidential palace. The police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, some of whom managed to cut...

updated 05 Dec 2012; published 05 Dec 2012
2:12
NATO approves missiles on Turkey-Syria border
The Times of India 05 Dec 2012, BRUSSELS: NATO on Tuesday approved member state Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend its border against Syria following a series of blunt warnings to Damascus not to use chemical weapons. As the conflict approached the 21-month mark with more than 41,000 people killed, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 26 Oct 2012
12:21
Rush military caller says that Obama ordered no response to Benghazi attack
Yahoo Daily News 05 Dec 2012, WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a car bomb struck the U.S. ambassador's residence in Lima in 1992, the State Department convened a special panel to answer the same questions now hovering over a review of the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya: How much security is enough? What is the right role for U.S. diplomats? The Lima panel, known as an...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
1:19
Deadly Typhoon Bopha rips rooftops in Philippines as thousands flee
BBC News 05 Dec 2012, The death toll from a powerful storm that hit the southern Philippines is continuing to rise, as rescue teams headed for affected areas. Typhoon Bopha struck Mindanao island on Tuesday, bringing rain and high winds. Tens of thousands were evacuated ahead of the storm, which is now passing over the western island of Palawan. Its victims included at...

updated 05 Dec 2012; published 05 Dec 2012
2:48
UN head says world is in a race against time
Al Jazeera 04 Dec 2012, Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has called on world leaders to confront a global warming "crisis" and show "strong political commitment" and compromise in dealing with it. Speaking at the annual UN climate talks in Doha, Ban noted that there were "mixed feelings" among delegates who were negotiating deals, but that the...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
0:31
Barack Obama lays down red line to Syria over chemical weapons
The Guardian 04 Dec 2012, WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be "totally unacceptable" and that the country's leaders would be held accountable....

updated 03 Dec 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
13:26
Fiscal Cliff Debate: Austerity One Way or Austerity Another Way
The Guardian 04 Dec 2012, ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue — but not raising rates...

updated 25 Nov 2012; published 20 Nov 2012
1:15
DR Congo M23 rebels enter Goma city.
The Guardian 03 Dec 2012, Despite retreat by the M23, there's no sign that any of the major players are willing to act to stop the violence flaring up again A Congolese M23 rebels sleeps in the back of a truck as the rebels withdraw from Goma. Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 06 Jul 2012
4:38
Can Afghan Army Fight Taliban Alone?
US News 03 Dec 2012, By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The debate over how many U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 comes down to risk. Leaving too few troops in place could stall progress for Afghan security forces. But keeping too many troops there might prolong Afghanistan's dependence on the U.S. military...

updated 18 Sep 2012; published 19 Dec 2010
7:45
UN & FCC Mulls Internet Regulation! Ireland Downgraded!
The News Tribune 03 Dec 2012, DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesA major U.S. delegation is in Dubai to lead opposition to possible new Internet regulations at a...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 04 Dec 2012
2:39
Israel's 'denied' nuke sites: UN demands atomic arsenal access
New Straits/Business Times 03 Dec 2012, UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon warned Sunday that if Israel implemented its latest plan for new settlements it would deal an “almost fatal blow” to any prospects for peace with the Palestinians. Israel’s announcement about the 3,000 Jewish settler homes, whose planned location was not revealed, came in the wake of a historic...

updated 04 Dec 2012; published 20 Aug 2012
9:59
On the frontline with British troops in Afghanistan
Orange News 02 Dec 2012, Tweet British Army staff have been granted an extra five days holiday this Christmas in recognition of their hard work during 2012. Defence officials have ordered staff to take leave for 25 days between December 14 and January 7 following their service during the London Olympics...

updated 05 Dec 2012; published 29 Nov 2012
4:48
UN recognises Palestine as non-member state
Deccan Herald 02 Dec 2012, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status for the Palestinians, telling cheering crowds: “Yes, now we have a state. “Palestine has accomplished a historic achievement at the UN,” Abbas added, three days after the United Nations General Assembly granted the Palestinians...