Washington, April 30 (IANS) US space agency NASA said Tuesday its Curiosity rover will carry out its third drilling on Mars in the coming days. Curiosity used several tools to examine a Martian sandstone slab dubbed “Windjana” over the weekend, including a wire-bristle brush known as the Dust Removal Tool to clear away dust from a […]
Al Qaeda’s terrorist Osama Bin Laden’s killing did not fully quench Americans’ desire for revenge. Instead, according to research, US citizens have a stronger desire to take further revenge against those who were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As the third anniversary of bin Laden’s death falls May 2, a team of social psychology […]
Toronto, April 29 (IANS) Know why, to the delight of your spouse, that stubborn mouse runs the moment he sees you entering the house from office? Because even the smell of a man could elicit fear in mice and rats, a fascinating research has revealed. This happens because hardwiring of some animals may cause them […]
London, April 29 (IANS) Believe it or not, living the life of your favourite star or even your pet dog is now a possibility, at least virtually, as a group of artists have now developed a project to experiment body swapping. “The first few seconds are just overwhelming,” Rikke Frances Wahl, a woman participant who […]
United Nations, April 29 (IANS) Jacques Rogge, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, has been named Special Envoy for Youth, Refugees and Sport by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Ban said Rogge will focus primarily on promoting sport as an empowerment tool, with an emphasis on peace, reconciliation, security, health, education, gender equality and inclusiveness, […]
Brussels, April 29 (IANS) The European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Tuesday she was “alarmed by the worsening security situation in eastern Ukraine”. Ashton demanded an immediate release of those persons “being illegally detained by armed groups,” Xinhua reported. Ashton also asked Russia to “take concrete action in support of the Geneva […]
Damascus, April 29 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 50 others injured when mortar shells struck Syria’s capital Damascus Tuesday, the country’s official SANA news agency said. “Two of them fell on Badr Al Husseini school complex, killing 12 people and injuring 50 others,” SANA quoted a source at Damascus Police Command as […]
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks across the Iraqi province of Anbar Sunday, police said. An explosive-laden car was blown up by a suicide bomber outside a base of police commando force in the provincial capital city of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, […]
Kiev, April 28 (IANS) Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters stormed and occupied a regional television station building in Ukraine’s eastern city of Donetsk Sunday afternoon, the media reported. The protesters broke the building’s gate and entered the regional television facility as about 30 policemen stood idle nearby and did not intervene, Xinhua reported citing Interfax-Ukraine news agency. […]
Tripoli, April 28 (IANS) A Libyan court Sunday reopened the trial of dozens of senior figures from Muammar Gaddafi’s government, with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the slain leader’s son, appearing in court via a video-link. The defendants are facing charges of systematic rape, advocating violence and undermining national unity during the war that toppled the former government, […]