London Times
Nearly 900 students have been buried in a massive earthquake in southwest China, state media reported today.
US Marines supported by British troops in Afghanistan now command three key locations south of the town of Garmsir, in Helmand province, putting pressure on the main supply routes of the Taleban for arms, opium and reinforcements.
Sudan raised the spectre of war with neighbouring Chad yesterday, accusing it of backing Darfuri rebels who launched a daring assault on its capital, Khartoum.
A mutated gene that causes epilepsy and mental retardation only in women has been identified by scientists, in an unusual reversal of a genetic phenomenon that generally affects only men.
An American woman who claims that she was gang-raped by coworkers in Baghdad while employed by Halliburton/KBR, a defence contractor, can take her case to trial, a federal judge has ruled.
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