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…
January 4, 2013
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills Top Militant Commander in Pakistan
Pakistani security officials say recent U.S. drone strikes in tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed at least 14 al-Qaida-linked militants, including a top militant commander. Officials say several missiles were fired before dawn on…
January 2, 2013
President Obama praises US ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
Barack Obama has hailed a deal reached to stave off a "fiscal cliff" of drastic taxation and spending measures as "just one step in the broader effort to strengthen the economy". The US president was speaking after the House of Representatives…
January 2, 2013
Thousands in Hong Kong Protest Against China-Backed Leader
Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong are calling for the city's scandal-ridden chief executive to step down and demanding that China allow them to elect their own leaders. Police say about 17,000 protesters joined a New Year's Day march through the…
January 2, 2013
60 Crushed to Death in Ivory Coast
Officials in Ivory Coast say at least 60 people were crushed to death during a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Abidjan. At least 50 others were injured in the incident, which took place early Tuesday in the Plateau district, at a stadium…