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U.S. and Russia attempt to bridge divides on deal to secure Syria's chemical weapons

13.09.2013 18:34
GENEVA (AP) — Prospects for restarting peace talks in Syria's civil war depend on the outcome of negotiations for the Syrian government to give up its chemical weapons, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday as meetings on the arsenal lurched into...

Astronomers Royal, scientific advice and engineering

13.09.2013 17:21
This evening, the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees , will weigh into the debate about climate change and geoengineering in an address at the British Science Festival. Finding such fixes, as well as more efficient forms of alternative energy, may well be problems focused on by the new challenge prize...

Treating children with HIV: the perennial resource challenge

13.09.2013 17:17
In June this year, the WHO published new guidelines on the prescription of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for the treatment of HIV positive patients. One of the major changes was a recommendation to prescribe ART to all children under five, whatever their CD4 count (a measure of the strength of the...

Ben Affleck's Batman to be a 'tired and weary' crimefighter, says studio

13.09.2013 17:00
Ben Affleck's Batman will be "tired and weary", according to the head of the studio behind the caped crusader's return in an upcoming head to head with Superman. Speaking to investors yesterday at a conference in the US, Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara confirmed rumours that the new Dark...

Rape charges dropped after alleged victim's Twitter feed casts doubt on case

13.09.2013 16:45
LONDON -- Nine men accused of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl were cleared Thursday after a series of old Twitter posts by the alleged victim cast doubt on her claims. Aged between 21 and 30, the men had been accused of abusing the teenager in London over a six-month period last year. They...

Twitter caught most of its employees by surprise when it announced its I.P.O. plans

13.09.2013 16:21
Twitter, which began as a side project in a small but failing start-up seven years ago and grew into one of the world’s largest platforms for public conversation, is about to take its biggest step yet into maturity: selling stock to the public. The company announced on Thursday — in a tweet, one...

Scientists call for overhaul of UN 'blockbuster' climate reports

06.09.2013 18:16
International scientists are calling for an overhaul of the United Nations' "blockbuster" climate reports ahead of the delivery of the next big assessment. The reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are compiled by hundreds of scientists and are considered the...

Alzheimer's may be linked to better hygiene, say scientists

06.09.2013 18:13
Improvements in hygiene could partly explain increased rates of Alzheimer's disease seen in many developed countries, according to research into the link between infections and the condition. The researchers studied the prevalence of the neurodegenerative disease across 192 countries and compared...

Netherlands to pay compensation over Srebrenica massacre

06.09.2013 17:34
The Netherlands has been ordered to pay compensation for the deaths of Bosnian Muslims in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in a ruling that opens up the Dutch state to compensation claims from relatives of the rest of the 8,000 men and youths who died. The judgment by Holland's supreme court is the...

Brother of Zetas cartel kingpin jailed for US race-horse money laundering

06.09.2013 17:29
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The brother of two kingpins of Mexico's infamous Zetas drug cartel was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in laundering money for the gang through the buying, training and racing of American quarter horses. Jose Trevino Morales, 42, his wife...
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