The scientist who created Dolly the sheep, a breakthrough that provoked headlines around the world a decade ago, is to abandon the cloning technique he pioneered to create her.
Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, secure his country's nuclear weapons, according to current and former senior administration officials.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has criticised the Anglican Church and its leadership for its attitudes towards homosexuality.
Few people are in a position to know firsthand the effects of a truly disastrous earthquake, on a magnitude of seven or higher on the Richter scale, as the last recorded such earthquake in Israel occurred in 1033.
The dollar could collapse if Opec officially admits considering changing the pricing of oil into alternative currencies such as the euro, the Saudi Arabian foreign minister has warned.
ON OCTOBER 14, 1997, Vice President Al Gore said, "For those who argue that global warming is already changing the world's climate, this year's El Nino weather front is more than enough evidence".
Plants genetically engineered to make fish oils offer a new approach to improving diet, say UK scientists.
The European Commission has decided to postpone plans to remove tariffs on Chinese-made products in an effort to alleviate fears of job losses in Europe, reports the IHT.
Kenya yesterday accused the EU of "arm-twisting" African, Caribbean and Pacific nations into agreeing to new trade deals - ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (EPAs) - before an end of December deadline.
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A leader in the Wall Street Journal criticises EU leaders' decision to sign the revived EU Constitution in Lisbon before flying straight to Brussels for another summit.
A little over a year ago President George W. Bush leaned across his podium at a White House press conference and told Pervez Musharraf he was "a strong defender of freedom and the people of Pakistan." Now he's sending the Pakistani President quite a different message.
UN nuclear report heightens tension. Iran has installed 3,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium - enough to begin industrial-scale production of nuclear fuel and build a warhead within a year, the UN's nuclear watchdog reported last night.
WASHINGTON - A new and virulent strain of adenovirus, which frequently causes the common cold, killed 10 people in parts of the United States earlier this year and put dozens into hospitals, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
DHAKA - A severe cyclone killed at least 328 people in Bangladesh, triggering a 15-foot (5-metre) high tidal surge that devastated three coastal towns and forced the evacuation of nearly one million people, officials said on Friday.