WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The H1N1 flu pandemic has hit a plateau in parts of Canada, but the overall numbers of hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise, health officials said on Wednesday. In the week ended November 14, the flu hospitalized 1,674
WASHINGTON - The camera that captured many of the Hubble Space Telescope's most famous images and the contact lenses that focused the observatory's flawed mirror debuted Wednesday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Mus
THURSDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have created their first map of parts of the human genome that are considered disposable. Scientists estimate that at least 2.7 million base pairs of the human genome, which reside in 58 distinct reg
SEOUL, South Korea - NASA has posted a satellite image showing huge plumes of smoke billowing across northeastern North Korea. NASA says on its Web site that the image was taken Oct. 15. The image shows more than a dozen clouds of smoke that appear
Luton Town have parted company with manager Mick Harford by mutual consent.The former Hatters striker, 50, took charge in January 2008 and oversaw two successive relegations after the club were hit by points deductions. But Harford also won last sea
BEIJING (AFP) - The number of newborns with birth defects in many parts of China is rising rapidly as women have children later in life and environmental pollution takes its toll, state media reported Tuesday. In Beijing, the rate of physical abnorm
One of the world's top authorities on climate change warned on Friday that carbon emissions per person in parts of China were higher than in some developed countries. Nicholas Stern, the British author of an acclaimed review on climate change, told
A Belgian arms dealer who allegedly tried to smuggle fighter-jet engines and parts from the United States to has been indicted, U.S officials announced Wednesday, days after he was arrested in New York City after stepping off a flight from .Jacque
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