January 9, 2013
2012 Was Warmest Ever in US
The United States says last year was the warmest ever in the country. Government weather experts said Tuesday the average 2012 temperature in the country's 48 contiguous states — not counting the island state of Hawaii and far northern Alaska…
January 8, 2013
Syria crisis: Food aid ‘cannot reach a million people’
One million Syrians are going hungry and helpless due to the 22-month civil conflict in the country, the UN says. The World Food Program (WFP) says it is helping 1.5 million Syrians, but continued fighting and an inability to use the port of Tartus…
January 8, 2013
Nato soldier killed in Afghanistan ‘insider attack’
A member of the Nato-led forces has been shot dead by a man in Afghan army uniform, military officials say. The assailant was also killed during the attack, which took place in southern Afghanistan, they added. This year has seen a sharp rise in…
January 8, 2013
Mali army ‘fire on Islamists’ in response to incursion
Malian soldiers have fired on Islamist fighters in the centre of the country, military sources say. It the first significant fighting reported between the two sides since Islamist and Tuareg rebels seized control of the north of the country last…
January 8, 2013
Pakistani Suspect Pleads Innocent in British and US Terror Plots
A Pakistani man pled not guilty Monday in an alleged al-Qaida plot to set off terrorist bombs in New York and Manchester, England. Abid Naseer entered his plea in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, New York — where he was extradited from Britain last…
January 8, 2013
Astronauts on Long Space Missions Will Need Earth-like Sleep Habits
There is nothing like a regular sleep schedule to keep you healthy, especially on a long voyage to Mars. On June 3, 2010, a six-man team of international volunteers was sealed into a 550-cubic-meter spacecraft-like compartment at a Russian Academy…
January 8, 2013
Preliminary Hearing Underway for US Theater Shooting Suspect
Prosecutors have started to make their case against the man charged with carrying out a deadly rampage at a U.S. movie theater in July. The preliminary hearing in the case against 25-year-old James Holmes got underway Monday in Colorado. Prosecutors…
January 4, 2013
US Agents Arrest 245 Suspects in Child Pornography Ring
U.S. federal agents have arrested 245 suspects in an international investigation of child pornography. The head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, John Morton, said Thursday that authorities rescued 123 sexually abused children,…
January 4, 2013
Water Found in 2 Billion-Year-Old Mars Rock
Scientists examining a 2 billion-year-old rock from Mars that landed in the Sahara desert say it holds a large amount of water for a Martian meteorite. Experts at the University of New Mexico say the rock has about 30 times the water of other Mars…
January 4, 2013
Iraq Car Bomb Kills at Least 20
Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed at least 20 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims on their way home from a religious procession in the country's south. Police said Thursday's attack at a busy bus station in the town of Musayyib hit the pilgrims as…