Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded President Barack Obama's new stem cell policy saying it "harnessed the power of the federal government to move research forward" toward possible new therapies.
Obama on Monday reversed an eight-year long government block on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, a promising but controversial science, and rejected what he called a "false choice" between science and morals.
Washington - For years the Pentagon believed Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher was killed when he his plan was shot down by the Iraqis during the 1991 Gulf War, but his case remains a mystery.
His body was never found. The Pentagon concluded in 2001 after a review that he was missing in action, and following additional inquiries the Pentagon said Tuesday it still believes that to be the case, even though the intelligence community says he's dead.
Moscow - Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatches to the vacuum Tuesday to set up a bio experiment outside their orbiting home.
US Commander Mike Fincke and Russian flight engineer Yury Lonchakov began the six-hour space walk at 7:20 Moscow time (4:20 GMT).
"We have an important and very interesting mission. Today we will set up European scientific equipment, also we will undertake repairs and photograph various parts of the ISS," Lonchakov was quoted by news agency Interfax as saying during an exchange with the mission control centre Tuesday.
Washington - Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay accused of planning the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have filed a document taking pride in the assault that killed nearly 3,000 people.
In the document released Tuesday by the Pentagon, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the attacks, and four co- defendants took responsibility for the attacks and claimed they were carrying out God's will.
Los Angeles - The single mother of newborn octuplets and six other small children is moving out of her mother's home and getting a team of charity nurses to help care for her formidable brood, People magazine reported Tuesday.
The mother, Nadya Suleman, has come in for widespread criticism for her obsession with having babies even though she has no visible means of support. But the new arrangements will allow the children to get adequate care without the need for a massive government baby bailout.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday Haiti can break the impasse created by natural disasters and poverty, but it must act because international assistance is time bound.
Ban said in capital Port-au-Prince before leaving for Washington that the UN mission in that country and the United States' relief programme, known as US HOPE II Act, are not indefinite.
Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded President Barack Obama's new stem cell policy saying it "harnessed the power of the federal government to move research forward" toward possible new therapies.
Washington - For years the Pentagon believed Navy Captain Michael Scott Speicher was killed when he his plan was shot down by the Iraqis during the 1991 Gulf War, but his case remains a mystery.
Moscow - Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) opened the hatches to the vacuum Tuesday to set up a bio experiment outside their orbiting home.
Washington - Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay accused of planning the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have filed a document taking pride in the assault that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Los Angeles - The single mother of newborn octuplets and six other small children is moving out of her mother's home and getting a team of charity nurses to help care for her formidable brood, People magazine reported Tuesday.
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday Haiti can break the impasse created by natural disasters and poverty, but it must act because international assistance is time bound.
