China sets 6-way talks on N Korea nuke issue June 23-26
China has decided to hold the third round of six-nation talks on North Korea`s nuclear ambitions June 23-26 in Beijing, conference sources said Monday. It has already informed the other participants -- Japan, North and South Korea, Russia and the United States -- of the schedule and is set to announce it as early as Tuesday, the sources said. [ Continue Reading ]
Jun 14, 2004, 10:16
Chalabi: CIA has woven lies against me
Leader of Iraqi National Congress Party Ahmed Chalabi was quoted by Radio free Iraq (RFI) on Monday, as saying "The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief George Tenet has woven lies against me, and I`m ready to prove he has lied in front of the US Congress." [ Continue Reading ]
May 25, 2004, 09:05
Private spaceship sets altitude record
Aircraft designer Burt Rutan and his firm Scaled Composites took a giant leap early Thursday toward becoming the first private company to send a person into space.Scaled Composites, funded by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, set a new civilian altitude record of 40 miles in a craft called SpaceShipOne during a test flight above California's Mojave Desert.
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May 14, 2004, 08:34
Yahoo! takes on Gmail
For free subscribers to Yahoo!'s e-mail services, the increase will be from 4 MB to 100 MB.
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May 14, 2004, 08:33
Afghanistan: Conference On Reconstruction Ends With Call For Regional Unity
On the heels of last month's Berlin conference on Afghan reconstruction, the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek this week hosted a forum for Afghanistan's regional neighbors. The three-day conference, which ended today, explored mutually beneficial ways for Iran, Pakistan, and the countries of Central Asia to contribute to the process of rebuilding the war-torn country. [ Continue Reading ]
May 13, 2004, 09:50
China plans two-manned space flight for 2005
In October 2003, China became only the third nation to place a human in space, after the former Soviet Union and the US. The achievement is a source of great national pride for China and the government has revealed even more dramatic ambitions. These include constructing a space station and sending unmanned spacecraft to the Moon.
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May 13, 2004, 09:49
Stem cells can be used to grow new teeth
Odontis plans to research on humans in two years time. Its scientists have managed to grow new teeth in mice. In this technique, if you lose a tooth, stem cells would be programmed to develop into teeth. They would then be transplanted into your jaw, where you lost tooth was (in the gap). Two months later you would have a brand new fully-developed tooth that you created yourself.
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May 5, 2004, 08:13
Iran criticizes US for reinstating Ba`athists in Iraq
Iran upbraided the United States Sunday for deciding to bring thousands of Saddam Hussein`s disbanded Ba`ath Party members back to office, saying this shows a lack of strategy on the US part. [ Continue Reading ]
May 2, 2004, 09:16
EU Leaders Welcome Historic Expansion
Ten countries have begun their first day as new members of an enlarged European Union, following an historic reunification of Western and Eastern Europe that comes 15 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. [ Continue Reading ]
May 1, 2004, 09:54
US outlines $ 701m aid package for Pakistan
The United States has outlined dollar 701 million aid package for Pakistan for the next US fiscal year, beginning October 1, 2004, a local publication said. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 30, 2004, 09:27
Bone marrow can turn itself into brain cells
The finding, published in The Lancet, may have huge potential for treating degenerative brain diseases and strokes. It also provides further evidence that adult stem cells are remarkably “plastic”, adapting to new circumstances by developing into specialised cells.
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Apr 30, 2004, 09:22
Charred remains may be earliest human fires
The site, on the banks of the Jordan River, dates to about 790,000 years ago. There are older sites in Africa, but the evidence from these is much more hotly contested.
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Apr 30, 2004, 09:18
US-picked Iraq leaders approve new flag
The flag, designed by an Iraqi artist and approved by the Governing Council, has two parallel blue stripes along the bottom with a yellow stripe in between. The blue stripes represent the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and --- because the river basin is Iraq's Arab heartland --- therefore symbolize the country's Sunni and Shiite Arabs. The yellow stripe represents Iraq's ethnic Kurd minority, taking its color from the yellow star on the flag of Kurdistan. Above the stripes, in a white field, is a blue crescent of Islam.
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Apr 27, 2004, 09:15
Afghanistan: Karzai Calls On Taliban To Participate In Elections
Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai has called on former Taliban members to participate in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Some members of the ousted regime have threatened to disrupt the elections, due to be held in September. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 27, 2004, 09:13
Da Vinci Invented Car Forerunner
Drawn on sheet number 812r of the Atlantic Codex in 1478, when Leonardo was 24 years old, the sketch has been translated into a one-third scale model at the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence.
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Apr 26, 2004, 08:51
Molecular basis for Mozart effect revealed
New research has revealed a molecular basis for the "Mozart effect" - the observation that a brief stint of Mozart, but not other music, may improve learning and memory. Rats that heard a Mozart sonata expressed higher levels of several genes involved in stimulating and changing the connections between brain cells, the study showed.
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Apr 24, 2004, 08:51
US Appointed Leaders Create Tribunal for Saddam
Salem Chalabi, a U.S.-educated lawyer and nephew of the head of the Iraqi National Congress, was named as general director of the tribunal, and he has named a panel of seven judges and four prosecutors, INC spokesman Entefadh Qanbar said.
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Apr 21, 2004, 08:54
US to lift economic sanctions on Libya this week
The United States will this week lift economic sanctions on Libya, opening the door for US companies to bid for oil contracts. Citing US officials and diplomatic sources, the Financial Times business daily said Washington was to announce as early as Wednesday that it would end the sanctions dating from 1986, which have barred US companies from commerce with Libya.
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Apr 20, 2004, 09:03
UN refugee chief expects 1 million Afghans to be repatriated this year
The United Nations expects up to 1 million Afghan refugees to be repatriated from host countries Iran and Pakistan and up to 100,000 internally displaced people to return to their southern and western Afghanistan homes this year, UN High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers said. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 20, 2004, 08:59
International team publishes detailed map of 20,000 human genes
A detailed map of more than 20,000 human genes has just been published on the Internet by an international research team. Some 152 scientists from 40 research institutes from around the world, including France, Germany, Sweden and the UK, worked together to validate and annotate 21,037 human genes. The results of the study were then collected and assembled into a searchable database, the H-Invitational database, linked to other functional databases around the world.
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Apr 20, 2004, 08:56
Economic Conference Opens In Afghanistan
18 April 2004 -- A two-day regional economic conference on trade and development opened today in Afghanistan. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 18, 2004, 09:28
Afghan delegation due in Iran to register Afghan refugees to vote
A delegation, representing Afghan Joint Elections Commission, is to visit Iran on Monday to examine ways and means of registering the Iran-based Afghan refugees for voting in the upcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 12, 2004, 09:32
US Criticizes Iran Over Human Rights
The U.S. State Department has released a pamphlet denouncing Iran for human rights abuses. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 11, 2004, 09:36
Aid agencies concerned over medical supllies in Fallujah
Aid agencies have expressed deep concern over medical help available to the injured following an escalation in violence in Iraq, particularly in the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west from the capital, Baghdad. [ Continue Reading ]
Apr 11, 2004, 09:34
Asian states plan to building trans-national highway
A decades-old dream of building Asia’s first trans-national highway will move a step closer this month as 24 of 32 countries committed to it will sign an agreement for a road from Japan to western Russia, the United Nations said on Friday. The proposed Asian Highway would extend across 32 countries along several routes, stretching through China south to Indonesia, and as far west as Russia’s border with Finland, according to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
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Apr 10, 2004, 10:06
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