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Scientists take fresh look at 'faster-than-light' experiment - 10/29/2011

PARIS- Scientists who threw down the gauntlet to physics by reporting particles that broke the Universe's speed limit said on Friday they were revisiting their contested experiment. "The new test...

Saudi interior minister named crown prince - 10/28/2011

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia's interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a royal decree read out on state television Thursday. Nayef succeeds...

Jackson likely addicted to Botox painkiller: expert - 10/28/2011

LOS ANGELES, Michael Thurston- Michael Jackson was likely addicted to a painkiller given by a dermatologist in the months before his death, according to a witness called by lawyers battling to clear...

US threatens to cut off UNESCO over Palestinian bid - 10/27/2011

WASHINGTON- The United States warned Wednesday that a vote by UNESCO to accept the Palestinian Authority as a full member with state's rights could force the United States to cut off funding to the...

Online movies luring viewers away from primetime TV - 10/27/2011

OTTAWA- Services allowing North Americans to watch movies and television shows over the Internet is luring droves of viewers away from primetime television, a report showed Wednesday. Waterloo,...

BBC staff to be balloted over major strike - 10/26/2011

LONDON- BBC's flagship programmes could be severely disrupted by strike action as unions announced Tuesday they are to ballot thousands of staff over concerns at job cuts, pay and working...

Hopes left behind in wreckage of Turkey quake - 10/25/2011

VAN, Fulya Ozerkan- Hopes of finding more survivors from a massive earthquake that killed nearly 300 people in eastern Turkey were diminishing as more bodies were recovered by rescuers who have...

Libya aims for govt in two weeks, forms Kadhafi probe - 10/25/2011

BENGHAZI, Jay Deshmukh- Libya's interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil has given a two-week target Monday for the country to have a new government and said a commission of inquiry is to probe Moamer...

World leaders due in Riyadh as Saudi mourns prince - 10/25/2011

The body of Prince Sultan, who died Saturday in a New York hospital, was repatriated to Riyadh late Monday for a subdued funeral on Tuesday, in line with strict Islamic traditions applied in the...

Rice book recounts threat to quit over detainees - 10/24/2011

WASHINGTON- Condoleezza Rice says in a new book that she threatened to quit as president George W. Bush's national security advisor when she was cut out of a key decision on military trials for...
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