"Remarkably, skeletal muscle stem cells can survive for 17 days in humans and 16 days in mice, post mortem well beyond the 1-2 days currently thought," they said in a statement. The stem cells...
WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- A scientific discovery about where and how cervical cancer takes root in the body has resolved a decades-long mystery and could lead to even better prevention in the...
DAMASCUS- The new head of Syria's main opposition group called Sunday for mass defections from a Syrian regime struggling to survive by carrying out massacres, as the death toll in the uprising...
TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Libya on Sunday announced that elections for a constituent assembly, the country's first national vote after four decades of dictatorship under toppled leader Moamer Kadhafi,...
THE HAGUE, Maude Brulard- Four International Criminal Court staff have been arrested in Libya during a visit to arrange the defence for slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's detained son Seif al-Islam, the...
SINGAPORE, Bhavan Jaipragas- Director Zoya Akhtar's road trip drama "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" swept the top honours, including best picture and best director, at the "Bollywood Oscars" held late...
DAMASCUS- UN monitors on Friday finally reached the site of a massacre of villagers in Syria on their second attempt as Western powers pressed at the United Nations for sanctions against Damascus....
DUBLIN- Syrian blogger Razan Ghazzawi has been honoured with this year's Human Rights Defenders at Risk award by the Dublin-based Front Line Defenders foundation, the group announced on Friday....
UNITED NATIONS- The United Nations said its monitors in Syria were fired upon Thursday and prevented from accessing the site of a new massacre that has ramped up fears of a drift toward all-out civil...
BENGHAZI, Libya- Hundreds of armed Libyan men calling for Islamic law staged a demonstration on Thursday in the eastern city of Benghazi, an AFP photographer said. More than 300 men poured into...