TOKYO For politicians in , the road to scandal usually winds through construction companies, defense contractors or a mistress. For newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the road leads to his mother, an octogenarian heiress.Prosecutors have
At first it sounded like science fiction, curing genetic diseases by giving people new genes. Then it seemed like simple fiction: while theoretically possible, gene therapy appeared unlikely to become a true therapeutic option, the field having suff
AMPATUAN, Philippines - A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlord
It may be that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has ruined the White House forever. In the warm and golden fictional world he envisioned in The American President and The West Wing, events at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue were always grand, glorious and utt
BANGKOK - Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand politician who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. Samak died at Bumrungrad Int
BRUSSELS - European leaders chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Union's first president on Thursday, the EU presidency announced, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. Britain in exchange secured the prestigio
DUBLIN, Nov 12 - Ireland's solid defence will bekey when they take on France in their two-legged World Cupplayoff, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said on Thursday, praisingmanager Giovanni Trapattoni's miserly system. Cowen, who has been on the defen
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