SEOUL: Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans held a mass rally on Friday to celebrate the nuclear-armed state's rocket launch, as its youthful leader vowed new launches.Days before his first anniversary in charge of the isolated country, Kim Jong-Un upheld North Korea's "unshakable stand" that the rocket programme will continue despite UN condemnation and calls for new sanctions.The huge...
Susan RIce: My withdrawal better for the country
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Rice "would have been very honored to serve in that job," she says in interview Susan Rice withdraws from consideration as secretary of stateNomination would be "be lengthy, disruptive, and costly," she says in letter to presidentRepublican critics "respect" Rice's decision, vow to continue Benghazi inquiry(CNN) -- Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who drew...
Donation-based hospital rescues Afghanistan's wounded
Labels: Health (CBS News) KABUL - In Afghanistan, an American soldier and two Afghans were killed by a car bomb Thursday. It happened near the U.S. airbase in Kandahar, a few hours after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left there to meet with Afghan President Karzai. Taliban attacks have grown more frequent, causing a sharp rise in civilian casualties. There's one place where many of those lives are saved or lost....
NASA Debunks Maya Doom, 10 Days Early
Labels: Business Dec 13, 2012 2:57pm Kukulkan pyramid, Yucatan, Mexico. Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty.We’ll never know if they were wrong.NASA has quietly published a web video explaining why the world did not come to an end “yesterday,” Dec. 21, 2012.The date of its release, December 11, was no mistake, even if doomsayers would likely call it one last act of earthly hubris. NASA uploaded...
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UK government urged to consider relaxing drug rules
Labels: World JUST say yes to considering relaxed drug controls, urged a panel of UK parliamentarians this week - but Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected the calls. Many countries have loosened their penalties for drug use, including the Czech Republic and Portugal, which...
Asian markets mostly up after Fed move
Labels: Technology HONG KONG: Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday as the US Federal Reserve announced fresh monetary easing and said it would not lift interest rates until unemployment was under control.However, the gains were capped after the central bank's chief Ben Bernanke said the looming fiscal cliff of huge tax hikes and deep spending cuts was already hitting the economy.The yen continued its...
Mall gunman: 'I have lived one crazy life so far'
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Gunman's mother died at childbirth; he never met father, friend saysNEW: He was an 'outgoing' skateboarder in high school, another friend saysNEW: He told a friend he left aunt's home at age 14 and raised himselfJacob 'Jake' Roberts uses edgy, dark humor on his Facebook page(CNN) -- Intended or not, the central image on the Facebook page of Jacob "Jake" Roberts, the Oregon shopping...
Bruce Springsteen kicks off Sandy benefit
Labels: Health Updated: 8:25 p.m. ETMusic filled New York's Madison Square Garden Wednesday night for the "12-12-12" gig all in the name of helping superstorm Sandy victims. Bruce Springsteen kicked off the star-studded concert, a fitting start for the benefit, which will aid hard-hit storm areas such as the rocker's native New Jersey. The Boss launched into "Land of Hope and Dreams" as audience members rose to...
Mall Shooter Quit Job, Was Going to Hawaii
Labels: Business In the days before he stole a semiautomatic weapon and stormed into an Oregon shopping mall, killing two people in a shooting spree, Jacob Roberts quit his job, sold his belongings and began to seem "numb" to those closest to him.Roberts' ex-girlfriend, Hannah Patricia Sansburn, 20, told ABC News today that the man who donned a hockey mask and opened fire on Christmas shoppers...
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Today on New Scientist: 11 December 2012
Labels: World Out-of-season's greetings from the Arctic frost flowers Season's regards from an icy meadow in the Arctic, but it's no winter wonderland and please don't dash out into itHow hacking a mosquito's heart could eradicate malaria Watch how a double-pronged trick helps mosquitoes remain healthy while carrying disease, a process that could be exploited to eliminate malariaNew drug lifts hard-to-treat...
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