The Finnish sci-fi comedy 'Iron Sky' centres on real-life SS officer Hans Kammler who was said to have made a significant breakthrough in antigravity experiments towards the end of WW2.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, AFP - The death toll in Haiti's cholera outbreak has soared to 917 as officials struggle to contain the growing epidemic threatening the quake-ravaged country.
MECCA, AFP - The world's largest annual pilgrimage, the hajj, has begun, with hundreds of thousands of Muslims pouring into the camp of Mina from Mecca to prepare for solemn rituals.
The pilgrims are estimated to total up to 2.5 million this year.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and the French President Nicola Sarkozy met today in Paris shortly after 1 pm local time. The meeting focused on relations between the two countries, developments in the global economy and climate change.
At 6 o’clock this afternoon the Prime Minister will meet with François Fillon. Fillon is once again the leader of the new formed cabinet, according to last night’s announcements.
HAVANA – The first of 13 remaining Cuban dissidents jailed since 2003 was released from prison Saturday and returned to his home in the capital, a strong signal the government intends to release all of the men despite their refusal to go into exile.
Bertha Soler, a member of the Ladies in White dissident group, told The Associated Press that Arnaldo Ramos Lauzurique had "arrived at his apartment" in central Havana after his wife received a telephone call from Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega informing her of the government's intentions.
PASOK won 8 out of 13 regions. These include Attiica, Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Sterea Hellas, Western Greece, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, Crete, plus the southwest region of Central Macedonia, West Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, and the Ionian Islands.
The Earth may have played a major role in shaping the lunar surface, according to a new research study by US researchers.
The team members say our planet's gravitational pull distorted the shape of the Moon in ancient times.
Palaeontologists have identified the oldest known dinosaur embryos, belonging to a species that lived some 190 million years ago.
Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport.
The Twitter community is angry that the 27-year-old accountant has failed to overturn his conviction.
