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An Israeli strike on Iran N-sites possible: Report

The US believes that Iran has clandestinely procured advanced missiles from North Korea capable of striking European cities and apprehends that Israel could hit Iranian nuclear sites without its suppo

World braces for WikiLeaks

Governments around the world on Saturday braced for the release of millions of potentially embarrassing US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks as Washington raced to contain the fallout.

Shuttle images reveal Egypt lost great lake

Geologists have found that a huge lake waxed and waned deep in the sandy heart of the Egyptian Sahara.
Tushka region of Egypt is covered by a huge sand sheet today, but years ago, it was home to a lake as big as one of the Great Lakes, said T. Maxwell, a geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Radar images taken from the space shuttle Endeavour have confirmed that a lake broader than Lake Erie once sprawled a few hundred kilometres west of the Nile, reports Science News.

Ugly Betty actor says mom was ‘possessed’

Ugly Betty bit-part actor Michael Brea has admitted murdering his mother saying God told him to do so because she was possessed by a demon.
“I didn’t kill her. I killed the demon inside her,” People magazine quoted Brea as telling New York’s Daily News in a prison-ward interview at Bellevue hospital, where he is being psychiatrically evaluated.

Obama injured in basketball game, gets 12 stitches

US President Barack Obama received 12 stitches on his upper lip after he was accidentally elbowed in the face by one of his fellow players during a basketball match with friends and family, the White

Bomb plot at US Christmas lighting ceremony foiled

A Somalia-born US citizen was arrested as a plot to bomb a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony was foiled in Oregon, news reports from the northwestern US state said.

Gender lies in eyes of beholder

Gender, like beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder, it seems. A study shows that even if you are male, your face may appear to be that of a female to an onlooker.

Obama seeks Chinese role on North Korea

US President Barack Obama has asked China to use its influence over North Korea to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula after the communist state shelled South Korea's border island killing two mar

Obama presents plan to disarm Uganda's LRA rebels

President Barack Obama presented Congress with a plan to disarm Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in Africa, said the White House.

Congressman wants an end to war in Afghanistan

A US lawmaker has renewed his call to end the war in Afghanistan after it was revealed that a self-proclaimed senior Taliban negotiator working with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and Nato officials w

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