International

Iran not to join Additional Protocol of NPT: FM
07/10/2009 05:00
Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday that Iran has no plan to join the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the official IRNA news agency reported. A Ghadr 1 class Shahab 3 long range missile rises into...
Rice production in India to slump on drought, FAO says
07/10/2009 05:00
Drought in India may slash rice output in the worldâs second-largest grower by about 18 percent this year, cutting global supplies available for importers, a United Nations official said....
Tropical storm Parma makes landfall in Philippines for 3rd time
07/10/2009 05:00
People struggle through a flooded street in the town of Santa Cruz, south of Manila. Tropical Storm Parma made landfall for the third time in Luzon in the northern Philippines, after killing 20 people and...
Israeli scientist becomes 4th female Nobel chemistry prize winner
07/10/2009 05:00
Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath was declared on Wednesday as one of the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, becoming the fourth woman to be awarded this honor. Israeli scientist and Nobel prize winner Ada Yonath attends a press conference...
Rare head and neck cancer linked to HPV, U.S. study finds
07/10/2009 05:00
An increase in cases of a rare type of head and neck cancer appears to be linked to HPV, or human papilloma virus. The study looked at patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, a tumor that grows behind the nose and at the top of the throat, above the...
9 killed, 31 injured in car bombing in west Baghdad
06/10/2009 05:00
At least nine people were killed and 31 others injured in a car bomb explosion at a busy marketplace in Iraq’s western city of Fallujah on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said. At least nine people were killed and 31 others injured in a car...
George Papandreou sworn in as new Greek prime minister
06/10/2009 05:00
George Papandreou, head of the Greek socialist’s PASOK party which triumphed in Sunday’s general elections, was sworn in Tuesday morning as Greece’s new prime minister. Greek Prime Minister-elect George Papandreou (R) swears in during a ceremony in...