World News
 Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself
Haiti News.Net
A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.  Israeli girl hurt in car stoning
Haiti News.Net
A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.  Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
Haiti News.Net
Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.  Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia
Haiti News.Net
The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.  Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play
Haiti News.Net
US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Obama loses backing on taxes
Washington Times
Defying President Obama, Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of D... Mideast Experts Fear Peace Talks Are Too Ambitious
International Herald Tribune
Palestinian leaders pledged at the peace summit meeting in Washington this week to try to resolve the core issues that have long divided their people and bloodied the land, a growing number of stakeho... Ra’anana man feeds humous to a Hungary nation
Jerusalem Post
BUDAPEST – Uri Gotlibovich, a 37-year-old businessman from Ra’anana, has brought humous to Hungary.Gotlibovich is the proud owner of a chain of restaurants called Humus Bar that has found a foll... 3 weeks a year behind the wheel!
Jerusalem Post
Israel is a small country, but you wouldn’t know it by the number of hours Israelis spend on the road. According to the findings of a study released Thursday by road safety advocacy group, Or Yaro... Obama to launch political offensive on economy
Channel News Asia
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will next week make a new bid to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery, with visits to the struggling Midwest and a formal White House new... 25 die in Mexico military-gang clash
Channel News Asia
MEXICO CITY: A clash between soldiers and gang members near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey left 25 dead, local media reported Thursday. The soldiers had stormed a training camp set up by sus... Indonesian volcano spews more ash
New Zealand Herald
TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash and debris two miles (thousands of meters) into the air early Friday, sending villagers fleeing back to emergency sh... Nasa mission to hottest of hotspots
New Zealand Herald
Nasa is planning to send a mission to one of the most inhospitable places in the universe - the sun itself. The US space agency has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer th... Trapped miner in awkward love triangle
New Zealand Herald
Trapped Chilean miner Yonni Barrios may survive his ordeal far beneath the ground, but surviving what's waiting for him on the surface could be a whole new matter. Barrios is going to have some expla... Pinpointing the causes of Pakistan's devastating floods
New Zealand Herald
Sciblogs.co.nz . So why has this monsoon season caused the worst flooding in Pakistan's history? The overall impression given by the media is that this year's flood is unprecedented. But is it? On J... For families of Muslim 9/11 victims, a new pain
USA Today
NEW YORK After that cruel day nine Septembers ago, Talat Hamdani felt twice victimized: first by fellow Muslims who killed her son, then by fellow Americans who doubted that a Muslim like her S... What chance do Mideast talks have?
CNN
(CNN) -- The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome w... Hamas, 10 groups vow to target Israelis
CNN
(CNN) -- Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue. Opinion: School reform takes courage
CNN
When Obama and Duncan arrived in Washington, the Harvard-educated, basketball-playing buddies stormed onto the field of education reform like a pair of Chicago Bulls in a china shop, and appropriately... Massacre survivor recounts experience
CNN
(CNN) -- A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead advised other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one he and his companions met. BBC defends Thompson No 10 visit
BBC
The BBC has denied the director general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of spending cuts. A spokesman said Mark Thompson had discussed the possible partici... UKIP meets as leader hunt begins
BBC
Members of the UK Independence Party are set to gather for their autumn conference in Torquay, with the search for a new leader top of the agenda. Lord Pearson of Rannoch announced last month he woul... Amazon river level at 40-year low
BBC
The Amazon river has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, causing severe economic disruption in a region where it is the main transport route. At least six large boats have ... Technique to trace persistent CFCs
BBC
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help track down persistent sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. The use of the refrigerants and aerosol propellants... Ants protect trees from elephants
BBC
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage - by the ants that live on it. Researchers from the Universities of Wyoming and Florida, in the US, carried... Baby Rhino Born After Poaching Outlawed
Sky News
Conservationists riding on elephants spotted the greater one-horned rhino calf with its mother during a patrol of the park. Anti-poaching and monitoring patrols are carried out in the park as one way... Revealed: Afghan lie test flops
The Scotsman
Yet four of its top prosecutors have failed FBI lie-detector tests meant to weed out the corrupt. They failed when asked if they had accepted a bribe in the past two years but remain in post. One is i...
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