GRENOBLE, France (Reuters) - Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was fighting for his life on Monday after suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel, doctors said. - Click Here For More
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) rejected Lemtrada for launch in the worlds biggest drug market on the grounds that Genzyme had not shown its benefits outweighed its serious adverse effects, Sanofi said on Monday. PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofis Lemtrada multiple sclerosis treatment has failed to win approval from U. S. regulators,... - Click Here For More
BEIJING (Reuters) - Communist Party officials must not smoke in public places or buy cigarettes using public funds, and should encourage their colleagues to quit smoking, a top Chinese government body said in a circular on Sunday evening. "The phenomenon of smoking in public places remains prevalent, especially for a small... - Click Here For More
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp and Japans other mid-tier camera makers have a battle on their hands to win over a smartphone selfie generation to mirrorless cameras that held such promise when they were launched around five years ago. If you look mid-to-long term, digital camera makers are slipping and the... - Click Here For More
PARIS (Reuters) - A 75-year-old Frenchman was feeding himself and chatting to his family, more than a week after becoming the first person to be fitted with an artificial heart made by French biomedical company Carmat, one of his surgeons said. Heart-assistance devices have been used for decades as a temporary... - Click Here For More
Two vans carrying (18) prisoners left Ofer prison and were headed to Ramallah in the West Bank, the official said, adding three other prisoners were being released to the Gaza Strip and five others to east Jerusalem. Ofer Prison (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel released early Tuesday 26 Palestinian prisoners, a... - Click Here For More
Men carry out work on electricity power lines near Tamworth, central England, August 7, 2010. (Reuters) - Members of Britains parliament are set to summon the chiefs of energy network companies over the slow pace of restoring power services after a Christmas storm, The Daily Telegraph reported, quoting the chairman of... - Click Here For More
The revival of Harold Pinters Betrayal starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall not only broke its own weekly record by pulling in $1. 4 million over nine shows but producers also crowed that the show had made history as having the best single week for a play ever on... - Click Here For More
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - A BNSF train carrying crude oil in North Dakota collided with another train on Monday setting off a series of explosions that left at least 10 cars ablaze, the latest in a string of incidents that have raised alarms over growing oil-by-rail traffic. Local residents heard... - Click Here For More
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese troops killed dozens of armed youths who attacked the airport, a military barracks and state television headquarters in the capital Kinshasa on Monday in incidents claimed by a disgruntled religious leader. Government officials said the Kinshasa assault was carried out by untrained youths in civilian clothes with... - Click Here For More
A White House spokeswoman said the United States would welcome closer cooperation with Russia on security preparations for the Games. U. S. figure skater Ross Miner, who won silver in Vancouver, is well aware of the vulnerability of major sporting events. So, while many Olympic leaders offered reassurance on the day... - Click Here For More
Al-Azhar students have been protesting for weeks against the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood -- a group that Egyptian authorities on Wednesday designated a terrorist organization and stepped up their crackdown on its members and activities. Al-Jazeera network said in a statement that four... - Click Here For More
JUBA (Reuters) - Ugandas president said on Monday the nations of East Africa had agreed to move in to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional conflict. What we have said is there is... - Click Here For More
Israeli hard-liners typically oppose the release of Palestinian prisoners and, as with past releases, the Israeli government plans to announce the construction of new Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank— a move expected to anger the Palestinians. State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said Kerry will discuss with... - Click Here For More
Scouts for Equality will continue to advocate for a fully inclusive membership policy, to help build a stronger, more inclusive Boy Scouts of America. Brad Haddock, an executive board member of the BSA, told the Associated Press that the scouts are hoping the transition will happen seamlessly, noting that many churches... - Click Here For More
Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay celebrations on December 30, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. - Click Here For More
Sydney (AFP) - Most passengers and some crew from a scientific expedition ship stranded off Antarctica will be evacuated by helicopter to a Chinese icebreaker if weather conditions improve, Russia said Monday. Authorities decided to resort to the helicopter evacuation after the Aurora Australis rescue icebreaker was forced to retreat in... - Click Here For More
"If the Bundestag is keeping lists of its collection secret, hindering the press in its investigations, protecting the perpetrators of Aryanization and not informing the heirs, I would wish those responsible to show more sensibility and tact," Council President Dieter Graumann told Bild. (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2013. BERLIN (Reuters) -... - Click Here For More
NEW YORK (AP) -- At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. While the number of journalists killed for their work has declined... - Click Here For More
That's a major concern in a country mostly founded by secular Jews seeking a national home, in which a growing religious minority is increasingly at odds with less traditional brethren, and a major festering problem in the continuing occupation of millions of Palestinians in the West Bank — some of whom,... - Click Here For More
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A bomb ripped a bus apart in Volgograd on Monday, killing 14 people in the second deadly attack blamed on suicide bombers in the southern Russian city in 24 hours and raising fears of Islamist attacks on the Winter Olympics. President Vladimir Putin, who has staked his... - Click Here For More
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government is likely to call a presidential election before parliamentary polls, officials said on Monday, rearranging the political timetable in a way that could see army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi elected head of state by April. Holding the presidential election first would "accelerate the process of... - Click Here For More
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Fighting erupted when Iraqi police broke up a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said. Calling Maliki's government a "sectarian government that wants to smash and eradicate the Sunni people in its... - Click Here For More
It is hoped that whilst in Tehran the group will be able to make arrangements for a return delegation from the Majlis (the Iranian parliament) to visit the UK, said the statement, adding that Britains Foreign Office had helped arrange the visit. On Monday, the office of Jack Straw, a former... - Click Here For More
Electricity production in the North African nation has been affected since July when armed protesters demanding regional autonomy blockaded the main oil facilities in the east. Tripoli (AFP) - Production at two oilfields in southern Libya has restarted after it was suspended for several months, a national oil company official said... - Click Here For More
The central bank said that inflation slowed after the government took exceptional and historic actions to combat a speculative run-up in prices by groups trying to destabilize the country. Prices jumped 4. 8 percent in November and 2. 2 percent in December, according to the report. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For... - Click Here For More
Hasan said that security forces also discovered a cache of explosives in a village outside Manama, dismantled a car bomb and arrested 13 wanted people, including a Saudi national, as they attempted to flee Bahrain in a boat. Dubai (AFP) - Bahraini authorities said Monday they have seized a boat smuggling... - Click Here For More
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A volcano in eastern El Salvador belched more ash and gases on Monday after a big eruption on Sunday that drove more than 1,600 people into emergency shelters. The Chaparrastique volcano is still producing gases combined with small emissions of ash, which is normal after an eruption,... - Click Here For More
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