The UK airline industry has backed British Airways chairman Martin Broughton's call for changes to airport security checks.
Oct 27, 2010
Mexico's Calderon: US not doing enough in drugs war
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has told the BBC the US should do more to reduce the demand for drugs that is fuelling violence in Mexico.
Damage, 'miracle' survival as US storm rolls east
VALE, N.C. – Fierce winds demolished three homes and injured 11 people in North Carolina and tornado watches were issued across the Southeast as a massive storm blew east Wednesday after lashing the central U.S.
China reaches out to tiny, resource-rich East Timor
DILI (AFP) – A jade elephant rears majestically in the corner as patrons tuck into their burgers and fries at one of only three US-style fast-food joints in East Timor, all of which are Chinese owned and operated.
The currency might be the same -- the greenback is the unit used in East Timor -- and the food is generic, but Brothers Burger restaurant in the dusty capital Dili is not just a slavish copy of its US progenitors.
Liberal Toronto elects conservative mayor
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto voters on Monday elected conservative Rob Ford as mayor of Canada's biggest city, tilting away from their recent liberal leanings and opting for his platform of small government, fewer taxes and big spending cuts.
Toll passes 270 in Indonesia tsunami disaster
by Bayu Ismoyo Bayu Ismoyo – 4 mins ago
PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) – The toll from a tsunami which smashed into Indonesia rose sharply past 270 on Wednesday as rescuers reached the remote islands hit hardest by the disaster and found scenes of devastation.
Kenya foreign minister quits over embassy scandal
By TOM MALITI, Associated Press Tom Maliti, Associated Press – 5 mins ago
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya's foreign minister said Wednesday he is resigning to allow investigations into allegations of a multimillion dollar scandal involving five Kenyan embassies in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Bin Laden warns France over Afghan war, veil ban
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, Associated Press Maamoun Youssef, Associated Press – 1 hr 10 mins ago
CAIRO – Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden threatens in a new audio tape to kill French citizens to avenge their country's support for th
Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner dies
By MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press Writer Michael Warren, Associated Press Writer –
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner — the husband of current leader Cristina Fernandez — died suddenly Wednesday after suffering from severe heart trouble, the presidency said.
Monoclonal Antibody News, Research, Oct 27, 2010
Compugen 2010 third quarter net loss decreases to $1.6 million from $1.9 million
Genmab begins Phase III head to head study of ofatumumab vs. rituximab in follicular NHLMorphotek receives DOD contract to support mAb therapies against pathogenic strains
Celtic Pharma receives US patent for methods to treat breast, colon cancerResearchers discover link between hereditary and sporadic ALS
Agensys and Seattle Genetics initiate ASG-5ME phase I clinical trial for castration-resistant prostate cancer
DMC concludes Protege Phase 3 clinical trial for type 1 diabetes lacks efficacy
Oct 26, 2010
Greece: Press; Papandreou, Stability Or Early Elections
(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, OCTOBER 26 - Greek Premier George Papandreou "has shown his cards" and launched "a dramatic warning" to the country: either Greeks confirm their confidence in him in the local administration elections on November 7 or there is a risk of early political elections. This is what is written today by the socialist press, commenting on the Premier's TV interview yesterday evening broadcast simultaneously on all channels. "I have no reason or intention to go to new political elections," said Papandreou, "but...
Tariq Aziz sentenced to death, Wikipedia
Mikhail Yuhanna (Arabic: ميخائيل يوحنا; Mīḫāʾīl Yūḥannā), later and more popularly known as Tariq Aziz or Tareq Aziz (Arabic: طارق عزيز; Ṭāriq ʿAzīz; Syriac: ܜܪܩ ܥܙܝܙ born April 28, 1936) was the Foreign Minister (1983 – 1991) and Deputy Prime Minister (1979 – 2003) of Iraq and a close advisor of former President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party.
Singapore Moves to Restructure Asia's Stock Exchange Model With Australia Merger
Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) announced yesterday (Monday) it agreed to buy Australia's main stock exchange, ASX Ltd., for $8.3 billion. The deal came about because both countries seek strength against growing Asian market competition, and Singapore strives to be a more sophisticated global financial center.
Saddam aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang
By HAMID AHMED and BARBARA SURK, Associated Press Hamid Ahmed And Barbara Surk, Associated Press – 54 mins ago
BAGHDAD – Saddam Hussein's foreign minister Tariq Aziz was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under the former regime.
Iraq's high criminal court spokesman
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Afghan president got cash from Iran; U.S. questions motives
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan acknowledged Monday he has received cash from Iran and said the United States knows about it and does the same thing in doling out cash.
Iraq's Tareq Aziz sentenced to death
Mexican officials ID 13 people killed in Tijuana drug rehab center
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican officials have identified 13 people killed Sunday night in a Tijuana drug rehabilitation center, the state-run news agency said Monday.
Supermodel Christy Turlington's directorial debut with maternal mortality film
She was one of the 'big six' supermodels of the 90s - as well as a writer and scholar. Christy Turlington Burns has been at the forefront of the fashion industry for more than 25 years.
But more recently Christy has turned her attention to a cause close to her heart, releasing her debut documentary film, 'No Woman, No Cry'. The film tackles the sensitive subject of childbirth mortality and tells the personal stories of pregnant women in four different countries.
But more recently Christy has turned her attention to a cause close to her heart, releasing her debut documentary film, 'No Woman, No Cry'. The film tackles the sensitive subject of childbirth mortality and tells the personal stories of pregnant women in four different countries.
Canadian militant pleads guilty at Guantanamo tribunal
BBC News - New polio vaccine more effective in reducing disease
A new vaccine against the polio virus has helped reduce the number of cases by more than 90%.
Research published online in the journal The Lancet, shows that the new vaccine is significantly better at protecting children against polio than the current popular vaccine.
BBC News - Iran loads fuel into the Bushehr nuclear reactor
Iran has begun loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant, state television has reported.It marks a key stage in the firing up of the Bushehr plant, which is set to produce electricity from 2011.
BBC News - Haiti: Cholera slows but fears of spread remain
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan: Haitians now fear the river that sustained them
Tens of thousands of people in Haiti are still threatened by an outbreak of cholera despite some signs that the epidemic is stabilising, the UN says. UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti Nigel Fisher said the UN was preparing for a wider outbreak although there were no new signs of it spreading.
Tens of thousands of people in Haiti are still threatened by an outbreak of cholera despite some signs that the epidemic is stabilising, the UN says. UN humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti Nigel Fisher said the UN was preparing for a wider outbreak although there were no new signs of it spreading.
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