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A strange moon of Saturn may have a salty ocean lurking beneath its iceball surface, according to a study appearing Wednesday in the British journal Nature.
The discovery comes from data from the US-European orbiter Cassini, which has been touring...
Rome - Italy called for a suspension of hostilities in Libya on Wednesday in the latest sign of dissent within NATO as the civilian death toll mounts and Muammer Qadhafi shows no signs of quitting power.
"We have seen the effects of the crisis...
Tripoli - NATO defended the credibility of its air war in Libya after a bomb misfired killing civilians, as Libyan state media said the alliance had begun bombing highway traffic checkpoints.
"I would suggest that our reputation and credibility...
Egypt’s public prosecutor has set up a panel of judges to look into claims of police torture before and after a popular revolt that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday.
The three-judge panel, headed by...
An opinion poll has shown that Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri’s popularity almost equals that of President Barack Obama among Egyptians.
The poll, which came a few months before scheduled presidential and parliamentary elections in...
Paris - European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (ZEHST) rocket plane it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050.
"I imagine the plane of the...
Kabul - The United States is holding talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday, in what is thought to be the first official confirmation of such contacts.
"Talks with the Taliban have started...the talks are going on...
United Nations - The UN Security Council on Friday split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to encourage the Taliban to join reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan.
The council unanimously passed two resolutions which...
United Nations - The United Nations is sending peacekeeper reinforcements to the strife-torn Sudanese state of South Kordofan and has turned its main base there into a safe haven for refugees, UN officials said.
More than 120 Bangladeshi troops will...
Tripoli - Muammer Qadhafi's regime is in direct talks with Libya's rebels, a Russian envoy indicated, as the strongman's son said the way out of a months-long conflict is the staging of elections.
Russia's Mikhail Margelov, in...
