Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable The News & Observer | LONDON -- About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say. | To mark World Cancer day on Thursday, officials at the International Union Against Canc...
'Merchant of death' Michael Sammon jailed for 30 years The Guardian | • One of gun smuggler's weapons killed 12-year-old | • Gang sold converted £43 flare pistols for £750 | Some of the passport guises of Michael Sammon, who was convicted of masterminding the illegal importation of hundreds of guns from Germany...
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Chemical Ali: Four death sentences The Guardian | Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the gassing of Kurds in 1988, killing more than 5,000...
Report: 40 percent of cancers are preventable The News & Observer | LONDON -- About 40 percent of cancers could be prevented if people stopped smoking and overeating, limited their alcohol, exercised regularly and got vaccines targeting cancer-causing infections, experts say. | To mark World Cancer day on Thursday,...
England Debate: Who Will Be Fabio Capello's Captain At The 2010 World Cup? Goal Goal.com UK looks at the leading candidates to skipper the Three Lions | By Matt Monaghan | The explosive revelations about John Terry and his affair with Wayne Bridge's girlfriend have led to widespread calls that the Chelsea defender should no long...
Ahmadinejad proposes prisoner swap for US hikers Philadelphia Daily News | NASSER KARIMI | The Associated Press | TEHRAN - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran. | Ahmadinejad said in interview with state TV that there we...
Hedge fund group Man leads FTSE lower on growth fears The Guardian | , the world's largest quoted hedge fund, led the market lower on fears about its future growth. | The company's shares dropped 17.1p to 246p - a 6.5% decline - after it announced that the net asset value of its key AHL fund had fallen by 3.57% last week. At the same time Credit Suisse cut its price target from 320p to 300p. The bank said: | We ar...
European stocks rally despite debt fears Syracuse | (AP) - LONDON - European markets rebounded Monday as investors looked past a slump in Asia and set aside worries about debt problems in countries like Greece and Portugal to buy into stocks made cheaper by last week's vicious sell-off. | Sentiment remains balanced on a knife's edge, however, with hope for a bailout for Greece weighed against fear...