Researchers identify the genetic source of fatal tumours that are driving Tasmanian devils towards extinction. http://bit.ly/5x556g
Thursday, December 31, 2009
DNA analysed from early European
Scientists have analysed DNA extracted from the remains of a 30,000-year-old European hunter-gatherer. http://bit.ly/6FVvgC
Obama lauds CIA after bomb strike
Barack Obama praises the CIA after seven staff were killed by an Afghan bomber - one of the worst attacks in its history. http://bit.ly/75fYzF
19 die in Brazil flood, government says
At least 14 people have died in Brazil after flooding caused by heavy rain, the government-run news agency Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.
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2010 starts with good news for Tasmanian devils
Scientists fighting a cancer that threatens to wipe out Australia's Tasmanian devils say they have made a breakthrough http://bit.ly/7Xxc2w
Farmers attack government over TB
The NFU accuses ministers of doing nothing to stop thousands of cattle being slaughtered because of Bovine TB. http://bit.ly/7ptiTe
N Korea urges 'end to hostility'
North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula. http://bit.ly/4Al3XH
Williams in world suffering call
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on people to respond to the suffering of those in distant countries as if it involved a member of their own family. http://bit.ly/4pDgID
French online piracy law in force
The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts. http://bit.ly/6kSwZ5
China and Asean trade deal begins
A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect. http://bit.ly/7mMxqB
PM orders airport security review
Gordon Brown has ordered an airport security review after the "wake-up call" of the alleged failed US plane attack. http://bit.ly/5SNsGi
Alcohol toll 'could cripple NHS'
The cost of treating increasing numbers of people drinking heavily threatens to cripple NHS hospitals, warn experts. http://bit.ly/5iMiKa
Police: Mom who took sons in '98 found
Pennsylvania police have arrested a woman who authorities say fled Washington state 11 years ago with her two sons against a court order instructing her to return them to their father, police said.
http://bit.ly/6wPd72
Iran police deny protest hit-and-run
Iranian security forces blamed a "privately owned patrol vehicle" Thursday for allegedly running into protesters during Sunday's opposition protests on a Shiite Muslim holy day, according to a news agency.
http://bit.ly/8ViNtJ
Woman held over killing at flat
A 28-year-old woman is arrested in connection with the death of a grandmother "brutally attacked" in her Glasgow flat. http://bit.ly/8XSPTO
Montana rules on assisted suicide
The Supreme Court in the US state of Montana rules that doctor-assisted suicide does not clash with state law. http://bit.ly/5tswFG
US men face court in Pakistan
Pakistan police say they are seeking to charge five Americans arrested in the country in December with terrorism. http://bit.ly/4TVjNU
Fire damages office of Iran reformist
The office of a reformist Iranian member of parliament burned Tuesday night, and a reformist Web site said the act was the work of extremists.
http://bit.ly/78ih3c
Iraq contractors' charges dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed all charges against security contractors from the former Blackwater in connection with the 2007 deaths of civilians in a Baghdad, Iraq, square.
http://bit.ly/5Z3FU1
Judge dismisses Blackwater case
A US judge dismisses all charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater over the killing of 17 Iraqis in 2007. http://bit.ly/6OqDGy
Irish cardinal Cahal Daly dies
Cardinal Cahal Daly, the former Primate of All Ireland, has died in Belfast at the age of 92, it has been announced. http://bit.ly/4CbPt9
Major rescue after trawler fire
A major operation is under way to rescue the crew of a Cornish trawler after their fishing boat caught fire off the Isles of Scilly. http://bit.ly/8f2ubD
Storms kill at least 18 in Brazil
At least 11 people die in Brazil as flooding and landslides hit Rio de Janeiro state after heavy rains. http://bit.ly/4J5ASJ
Airports getting 150 full-body scanners
One hundred and fifty new full-body scanning machines are set to be placed in airports across the United States as federal authorities work to close security loopholes exposed by the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner.
http://bit.ly/4GXp70
Source: Visa changes coming
The State Department on Thursday is directing its embassies around the world to include information on whether a person has a U.S. visa when they send special cables to Washington containing information on potentially suspect individuals, CNN has learned.
http://bit.ly/7UoaUD
Attacks on Israelis fall in 2009
The number of attacks on Israelis in 2009 fell sharply to its lowest level since 2000, says the country's intelligence agency. http://bit.ly/54zlJG
2010 revelers have a blast
The New Year got under way with blasting horns and fireworks shot from the Sky Tower as revelers partied Friday morning in Auckland, New Zealand.
http://bit.ly/6hx5NT
Ethiopia rejects hunger warning
An Ethiopian minister denies reports that millions of people need urgent food aid after years of drought. http://bit.ly/8WS5qF
Nigeria doctor 'sold own babies'
Police in south-eastern Nigeria arrest a doctor suspected of impregnating girls and selling their babies.
http://bit.ly/7bJyu8
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Poll: Americans less hopeful
Americans will usher in the new decade less hopeful than they were at the dawn of the millennium in 2000, says a new national poll.
http://bit.ly/59VIOm
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