Long-term mobile phone use raises brain tumor risk: study (Reuters)

Japanese women talk on their mobile phones in Tokyo March 24, 2006. The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk of brain tumors, according to a Swedish study released on Friday, contradicting the conclusions of other researchers. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors, a new Swedish study said on Friday, contradicting the conclusions of other researchers.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 15:00

More bird flu discovered in Cambodia (AFP)

People walk thru a poultry market in Phnom Penh. Bird flu has been found in chicken samples taken from a Cambodian village where a toddler died of the virus last week, according to health officials.(AFP/File/Chhin Sothy Tang)AFP - Bird flu has been found in chicken samples taken from a Cambodian village where a toddler died of the virus last week, according to health officials.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 14:40

Tens of thousands flee conflict in Iraq: IOM (AFP)

An Iraqi boy carry a banner that reads: 'Save us and save our children from expulsion,' as he stands in front of a US Humvee inside a former military compound at al-Dora district south of Baghdad, in May 2005. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes in the face surging violence in recent weeks and are in desperate need of aid, the International Organisation for Migration said.(AFP/File/Ahmad Al Rubaye)AFP - Tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled their homes in the face surging violence in recent weeks and are in desperate need of aid, the International Organisation for Migration said.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 14:33

Tough talks resume to form new Iraq government (AFP)

Shiite worshippers perform Friday noon prayer outside al-Mustapha Hussieniya (praying place) that was raided last week by Special Iraq Forces in Baghdad. Tough negotiations on forming Iraq's long-delayed national unity government resumed after a two-day suspension in a week that has seen almost no progress but plenty of violence.(AFP/Ahmad Al Rubaye)AFP - Tough negotiations on forming Iraq's long-delayed national unity government resumed after a two-day suspension in a week that has seen almost no progress but plenty of violence.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 14:27

NASA Clarifies New Public Affairs Policy (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - NASA's top officials rolled out anew public affairs policy Thursday designed to ensure open communicationsbetween its employees, scientists and the public.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 14:00

Phone trail backs CIA kidnap case: Italian source (Reuters)

Reuters - Prosecutors hoping to put 22 CIA agents on trial in Italy for kidnapping a Muslim cleric there say they have gleaned new evidence from German phone records, a well-placed judicial source said.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 13:57

Consumer Spending Slow, But Above Expectations

Consumer spending rose a scant 0.1 percent in February, though it was higher than expectations.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 13:54

More deaths in SE Turkey clashes (Reuters)

Turkish para-military police block a street during clashes with rioting Kurdish protesters in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, March 30, 2006. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Six people have been killed this week in clashes between Kurdish protesters and police in Diyarbakir, the main town of Turkey's troubled southeast, its mayor said on Friday.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 13:53

Texas biotech company aims to clone 100 horses per year (AFP)

A cloned horse at the Italian Laboratory of Reproductive Technology. Texas-based ViaGen Inc. said it has cloned two cutting horses for $150,000 each and plans to develop its cloning business to up to 100 horses per year.(AFP/File/Paco Serinelli)AFP - ViaGen Inc. of Austin, Texas, said it has cloned two cutting horses for 150,000 dollars each and plans to develop its cloning business, over time, to up to 100 horses per year.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 13:49

Rice Concedes Errors in Iraq, Elsewhere (AP)

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, right, at Ewood Park in Blackburn, England where they delivered keynote speeches for the Chatham House lecture Friday March 31, 2006. A huge security operation is underway Friday as the Secretary of State Rice begins her two-day tour of England's north west. (AP Photo/PA,Peter Byrne)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conceded Friday that the United States probably has made thousands of "tactical errors" in Iraq and elsewhere, but said it will be judged by its larger aims of peace and democracy in the Middle East.

admin – Fri, 2006 – 03 – 31 13:47