HPV-positive cancer sufferers live longer (plus 99 more items)

HPV-positive cancer sufferers live longer

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:05 AM PDT

The survival rate of head and neck cancer sufferers are reported to be higher in case human papillomavirus (HPV) is the cause of the malignancy, a new study says.

"Previous studies indicated a relationship existed between the presence or absence of HPV in oropharyngeal tumors and patient survival, but they couldn't determine if other favorable factors present in these patients were responsible for their better outcome," said lead author Maura Gillison.

Brazil rejects UNSC sanctions on Iran

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 01:05 AM PDT

Brazil, which voted against an anti-Iran US-proposed resolution at the UN Security Council, says past experiences prove the sanctions can only result in "tragic consequences."

In an attempt to halt Iran's nuclear program, 12 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted on Wednesday in favor of imposing a fresh round of sanctions against Tehran.

Iran to give right response to powers

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 12:35 AM PDT

The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council saysTehran will give the right response to certain powers depending on what approach they will adopt in dealing with Iran.

"Today the international community is witnessing the response by certain powers to the Tehran Declaration", said Saeed Jalili.

UNSC slaps new sanctions on Iran

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:26 PM PDT

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has voted in favor of imposing a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

Of the 15 UNSC member states Brazil and Turkey voted against the new round of sanctions on Wednesday, while Lebanon abstained from vote.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 11:04 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on June 6, meeting with President Ilham Aliyev on that day and on the following with Defense Minister Colonel General Safar Abiyev.

Ethiopia rules out elections re-run

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:46 PM PDT

Ethiopia's electoral body has rejected an appeal for a re-run of the parliamentary elections made by opposition groups who say the elections were rigged.

"Their appeal for a re-run has been rejected by the National Electoral Board because it was unjustified and they didn't provide any proof," AFP quoted Addisu Gebregziabher, the vice chairman of the National Electoral Board, as saying.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Washington says the Tehran declaration fails to address international concerns, hours before the UN Security Council made a decision on new sanctions against Iran.

"It does not address the underlying issue of iran's non-compliance with its non-proliferation obligations," argued the US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ambassador (IAEA), Glyn Davies, on Wednesday.

'Iran won't give up nuclear rights'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:00 PM PDT

As a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has once again highlighted its indisputable right to peaceful nuclear knowhow.

"Iran will not compromise on its inalienable rights under the NPT and the IAEA's Articles of Association", Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh said in a speech to the agency's Board of Governors in Vienna on Wednesday.

Early-term babies more prone to autism

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:54 PM PDT

While premature birth had long been linked with learning difficulties, a new study says being born even one or two weeks before the due date leads to the condition.

According to a study published in the Public Library of Science Medicine, babies born one or two weeks before the due date are more likely to suffer from learning difficulties such as autism and dyslexia in the long run.

London awards Iranian 'Superstar'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:32 PM PDT

Iranian filmmaker Tahmineh Milani's Superstar has been awarded at the 2010 edition of the Rainbow Film Festival held in the British capital of London.

Milani's 2009 production won the best film award of the annual festival, which was held from May 28 to June 3, 2010.

4 killed in IRGC copter crash

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:29 PM PDT

A training helicopter belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has crashed in north-central Iran, killing four people on board.

An IRGC chopper went down in Semnan Province Wednesday while on a training mission, killing four people on board, the Fars news agency quoted IRGC's Public Relations Office as saying.

Taliban execute 7-year-old Afghan boy

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT

Taliban militants have reportedly executed a 7-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the foreign and government forces in the region.

According to Afghan officials, the child was captured by the militants in Sangin district of Helmand on Tuesday,

Putin says Israel attack 'unacceptable'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:04 PM PDT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has criticized Israel's deadly attack on a Gaza-destined aid ship, saying the action was "unacceptable."

"It is particularly deplorable that the attack was carried out in neutral waters. Such actions against civilian ships are unacceptable," Putin said following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) on Tuesday.

Passive smoking, mental problem linked

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:50 PM PDT

While the risks of being a secondhand smoker had long been recognized, a new study links the condition to a higher risk of developing mental problems.

Previous studies had reported that nicotine alters mood by disrupting immune responses, stress-hormone regulation and dopamine transmission, adding that smokers are more vulnerable to developing psychological problems.

Taliban shoot down NATO chopper, kill 4

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:45 PM PDT

Taliban militants have shot down a NATO helicopter in southern Afghanistan, killing at least four US-led soldiers, Afghan and NATO officials say.

A Taliban spokesman has claimed responsibility for shooting down the Chinook helicopter by an RPG rocket. The spokesman claimed at least 20 US-led soldiers were onboard when the attack was carried out.

Obama pledges aid to Palestinians

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:09 PM PDT

The US president has said his nation is set to unveil a $400m aid package for the Palestinians, as he called the situation in the Gaza Strip "unsustainable."

Barack Obama made his pledge on Wednesday after meeting Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, at the White House.

US sets deadline over BP oil spill

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:03 PM PDT

The US government has given BP, the British energy giant, a 72-hour deadline to produce improved plans on containing its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The deadline, stated in an official letter dated Tuesday, comes almost two months after a BP rig in the area collapsed, causing the worst man-made environmental disaster in US history.

Anger as EU deports Iraqi refugees

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 07:38 PM PDT

A group of about 60 failed Iraqi asylum seekers have been forcibly deported from several EU countries to Baghdad.

The move sparked anger from human rights and refugee groups who believe the situation in Iraq is too dangerous for them to return.

Finland falls back into recession

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 07:10 PM PDT

Finland has fallen back into recession as its economy shrank for the second quarter in a row in January-March, according to official data.

In the first quarter of 2010 the volume of Finland's gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.4 per cent versus the fourth quarter of 2009, Statistics Finland said in a statement on Wednesday.

UN approves new Iran sanctions

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:53 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council has overwhelmingly agreed to a new package of economic sanctions against Iran.

12 of the council's 15 members voted on Wednesday to approve the sanctions resolution.

4 killed in NATO chopper crash

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:25 PM PDT

At least four US-led soldiers have been killed in crash of an aircraft in southern Afghanistan that the Taliban claims to have shot down.

According to Afghan officials, the soldiers were killed Wednesday during an attack by militants in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, Press TV correspondent reported.

Iran calls for ban on Israeli products

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:10 PM PDT

Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill calling on the country's Foreign Ministry to establish a major effort to enforce a total embargo of goods originating in Israel.

The lawmakers agreed on Wednesday to task a committee with identifying Israeli companies and institutions in order to step up efforts for imposing a ban on Israeli products.

Two killed in Diyala bomb explosion

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 06:06 PM PDT

A bombing attack has targeted a US military convoy in the central Iraqi province of Diyala, killing two civilians and leaving five others wounded.

The explosion occurred at around 12:00 pm (0900 GMT) on Wednesday when a bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up near a US military vehicle in al-Muqdadiya, 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Baghdad, AFP reported.

Three Somali ministers resign

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:57 PM PDT

Amid exacerbating political strife in Somalia, three cabinet ministers have resigned in protest to government inaction in response to the country's dire situation.

Minister of Culture and Higher Education Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister of State Hassan Maalim and Defense Minister Yusuf Mohammed Siad aka, submitted their resignations to Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke on Tuesday, a Press TV correspondent reported.

Israel preparing for prolonged ME war

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:38 PM PDT

Israel seems to be preparing for a prolonged war in the Middle East, demanding the United States for more military equipment and a boost of US-held arsenals in Israel.

The requests were brought up during recent visits to Washington by high-ranking Israeli defense officials, and in conversations with senior administration and Congress officials, Haaretz revealed in an article published on its website on Tuesday.

Israel trying to prevent intl. probe

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:20 PM PDT

Israel is looking for ways to prevent an independent investigation into its deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid convoy on May 31 which claimed 20 lives.

The UK-based newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday that Britain last week circulated a document outlining proposals to ease the blockade. It quoted an unnamed Western source informed on the talks with Israel as saying, "A quid pro quo deal is in the offing."

Anger as UK deports Iraqi refugees

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:12 PM PDT

A group of about 10 failed Iraqi asylum seekers in the UK are being forcibly deported to Baghdad, sparking anger from human rights and refugee groups who believe the situation there is too dangerous for them to return.

It is thought the flight left for the Iraqi capital early on Wednesday morning and was due to land later in the day.

EU ends tuna fishing season early

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:06 PM PDT

The European Commission has announced an early end to the fishing season for the bluefin tuna, a mainstay of Japanese food, saying the allowable quotas had already been taken.

Maria Damanaki, the EU Fisheries Commissioner, took the decision on Tuesday "due to the exhaustion of the quotas allocated to them."

Prince warns S. Arabia of apocalypse

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has warned the country's royal family to step down and flee before a military coup or a popular uprising overthrows the kingdom.

In a letter published by Wagze news agency on Tuesday, the Cairo-based prince warned Saudi Arabia's ruling family of a fate similar to that of Iraq's executed dictator Saddam Hussein and the ousted Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, calling on them to escape before people "cut off our heads in streets."

Azeri MPs agree military doctrine

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Azerbaijan's parliament has approved at its plenary session a new official military doctrine allowing the ex-Soviet republic to host foreign military bases.

The military doctrine was approved on Tuesday by a vote of 110-2, AFP reported.

US lawmaker's anti-Israel move rebuked

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:52 PM PDT

In an effort to silence the only anti-Israeli remarks in the US, Jewish Democrats have slammed a letter seeking to penalize Israel for its recent assault on a Gaza aid flotilla.

The National Jewish Democrats Council (NJDC) urged US congressmen on Tuesday to shun a letter to US President Barack Obama that was circulated by House of Representative's Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich last week.

EU ends tuna fishing season

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:42 PM PDT

The European Commission has announced an early end to the fishing season for the bluefin tuna, a mainstay of Japanese food, saying the allowable quotas had already been taken.

Maria Damanaki, the EU Fisheries Commissioner, took the decision on Tuesday "due to the exhaustion of the quotas allocated to them."

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT

Amid a US-led push for fresh UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the move will only result in the council losing more of its credibility.

Speaking in an interview with Turkey's Channel 24 on Wednesday, President Ahmadinejad described a decision by the UNSC to impose fresh sanctions on Iran as illogical, adding that it comes in violation of the Iranian nation's inalienable rights.

Dutch vote in general election

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:39 PM PDT

Voters in the Netherlands are turning out for a general election dominated by concerns about taxes and the economy.

Polls opened at 530GMT on Wednesday across the country following a campaign led by the country's centre-right liberal party with its message of fiscal austerity and plans to slash public spending.

Short folks more prone to heart disease

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT

Heart disease is discriminatory as it affects short people 50 percent more than tall people, a study on the relationship between height and mortality shows.

The first systematic review of three million people shows that height is a factor in coronary heart disease and short people are likely to die prematurely of heart disease.

Anti-incumbent mood in US primaries

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Primary stage of US local elections has exposed an anti-incumbent mood as people in 12 states vote for favorite candidates within the two dominant political parties.

Voting ends at different times across the US, but early results show that incumbent members of the US House and Senate from both Democratic and Republican parties in the country are facing a tough challenge.

Iran to face new UN sanctions vote

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council is hours away from a scheduled vote on a new package of economic sanctions against Iran.

The vote, presumed to take place at 10am local time (1400 GMT) on Wednesday, is expected to target more than three dozen companies and individuals subject to a travel ban and an asset freeze.

Iran decries UNSC nuclear meddling

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 03:11 PM PDT

As the UN Security Council gets ready to vote on a US-sponsored resolution for new anti-Iran sanctions, Tehran's IAEA ambassador warns of consequences to the new punitive measures.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the imposition of new sanctions against Iran would disturb the constructive atmosphere recently created over Iran's nuclear program.

35 militants killed in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:58 PM PDT

At least 35 militants and six Pakistani soldiers have been killed during clashes between security forces and militants in Orakzai agency in northwest Pakistan.

Officials told Press TV that dozens of pro-Taliban militants attacked a security check post in Kornochi area on Tuesday, killing six soldiers and injuring 15 others.

Will Israel Buckle?

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:28 PM PDT

Every new act of violence deepens Israel's paranoia, the resentment, the isolation. The killing of 9 peace activists aboard the Mavi Marmara was celebrated in Tel Aviv–another blood victory against the terrorists, another triumph against those who would harm Israel. Heads of state around the world have condemned the butchery, but Israelis have shrugged off the criticism. They claim that support for the activists is anti Semitism. They claim that food and medicine are weapons that will be used by Hamas against Israel. This is madness, but madness has consequences. Nine people are dead.

UK's welfare system targeted for cuts

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:26 PM PDT

UK Chancellor George Osborne discloses that the government has targeted welfare benefits, tax credits and public sector pensions for spending cuts.

It is the first time that Britain's welfare system has been identified for targeted cuts, with Osborne vowing to "comprehensively" scrutinise each area planned for cuts.

UAE buys 32 Airbus A380 jetliners

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 02:05 PM PDT

The 100th edition of the Berlin Air Show has kicked off with Dubai's Emirates Airline snapping up 32 Airbus A380 superjumbo jetliners worth $11.5 billion.

The UAE's deal was hailed as the largest order ever for commercial aircraft which is counted as a trade battle with flag carrier Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

Blair '100 percent on Israel side'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:59 PM PDT

As the world presses Israel to heed calls for an international probe into its deadly Flotilla attack, former British Premier Tony Blair echoes Tel Aviv's alleged security concerns.

Having met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday, Blair called for a "full and impartial" investigation into the attack, saying "there may be some sort of international element that could be part of it."

Iran: New UN resolution 'big mistake'

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:42 PM PDT

Iran has warned the US and its Western allies against pushing for a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear drive at the UN Security Council.

"Efforts by three Western countries to adopt a new resolution against Tehran will be a big mistake," said Iran's UN Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee Tuesday, quoted by IRNA.

McDonnel's apology for Thatcher joke

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:21 PM PDT

Labour leadership candidate John McDonnell issues an apology for joking he would assassinate former British Premier Margaret Thatcher if he could go back to the 1980s.

"I'm sorry if I have caused offence to anyone. It was a joke and in that audience it was taken as a joke," Mr. McDonnell told the BBC on Tuesday.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:14 PM PDT

Periodically, US administrations prepare NNS documents for Congress, outlining their major national security concerns and plans for addressing.

On May 27, the White House Office of the Press Secretary announced Obama's saying it's to "Advanc(e) Our Interests: Actions in Support of the President's National Security Strategy." UN ambassador Susan Rice called it a "dramatic departure" from the Bush administration. The White House claims it's "to keep the American people safe" and advance the nation's "values and ideals."

Dutch voters go to parliamentary polls

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:10 PM PDT

Amid concerns over Europe's financial crisis, voters have gone to polls in the Netherlands to elect 150 members of Parliament for the Dutch lower house.

Latest opinion polls suggested that the center-right liberal party (VVD) -- with a promise of slashing government spending, reducing the size of bureaucratic structure and cutting income taxes -- would lead the elections.

Getting to know your own killer

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 01:09 PM PDT

Attention all Jews. As you sow, so shall you reap.

Repeat after me: Jews shoot unarmed teenage boys who risk their lives for peace with four slugs in the back of the head.

Let's hear it: Jews shoot unarmed teenage boys who risk their lives for peace with four slugs in the back of the head.

Rafah border indefinitely open: Cairo

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Egypt says it will indefinitely keep open its long-closed border crossing with the Gaza Strip, distancing itself from the Israeli siege of the impoverished enclave.

The populated coastal sliver, home to some 1.5 million Palestinians, remains under a crippling blockade tightened since 2007 with Israel sealing all its border terminals.

Businesswomen win California poll

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Republicans in the US state of California have nominated two wealthy businesswomen to lead their party, in a historic primary poll vote to select candidates for elections in November.

California was among the 12 US states where voters headed to the polls on Tuesday for the country's primary elections.

Mladic's wife arrested in Belgrade

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:27 PM PDT

The wife of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes, has been arrested in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.

Aljosa Milenkovic, Al Jazeera's reporter in Belgrade, said many are regarding the arrest as "one more way of pressuring Mladic to surrender".

Pres. Ahmadinejad arrives in Dushanbe

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:24 PM PDT

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Tajikistan capital, Dushanbe at the head of a high-ranking delegation to attend the World Water Summit.

President Ahmadinejad will introduce Iran's ideas on preservation, management and proper consumption of water as one of the most significant issues in the world today.

Aquino named Philippine president

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 12:05 PM PDT

The Philippine congress has proclaimed Benigno Aquino III the country's new president.

A joint senate and House of Representatives session voted on Wednesday to formalise Aquino's landslide victory in the country's first national automated elections last month.

PPS: "Israel To Expel Nine Detainees"

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 10:39 AM PDT

A special committee in Israel will be holding a meeting on Wednesday to make a decision on expelling nine Palestinian detainees from the West Bank.

The violation is considered an implementation of illegal Israeli government decision number 1650 in which Israel allows itself to expel detainees or residents of the occupied territories under security claims and standards set by Israel.

US border patrol kills Mexican teen

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Mexico has strongly condemned the US Border Patrol's "disproportionate" use of force and demands a full investigation after a border officer shot dead a Mexican teen.

"We energetically condemn the death of a minor near the international border crossing in Ciudad Juarez," the Mexican foreign ministry said in a statement.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:32 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Israel to work with all parties to find a solution for Gaza and offered the Palestinians $400 million in new aid as Washington sought to contain the fallout from Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

In remarks made as he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Obama urged Israel to curb settlement activity and called on the Palestinians to prevent any actions that could incite confrontation.

US debt rises to $14 trillion

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 09:10 AM PDT

The US debt will top $13.6 trillion this year and climb to an estimated $19.6 trillion by 2015, the country's Treasury Department announced.

The report that was sent to lawmakers Friday night with no fanfare said the ratio of debt to the gross domestic product (GDP) will rise to 102 percent by 2015 from the current 93 percent, Reuters reported.

European shares fall over debt, BP

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:58 AM PDT

European shares have fallen sharply on Tuesday, hitting a near two-week closing low, on intensified worries about debt levels in Europe and the BP oil spill.

According to Reuters, the pan-European FTS Eurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 1 percent at 980.35 points, falling for the third consecutive session and down around 11.9 percent from a mid-April peak on concerns about the euro zone debt crisis.

Where is the American Freedom Flotilla?

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:55 AM PDT

While world leaders condemned Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla and eight European governments summoned their Israeli ambassadors, the response of the Obama administration was painfully muted and embarrassingly awkward, regretting the loss of life without assigning neither blame nor responsibility. Increasingly, the United States' government looks lost at sea when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, unsuccessfully pressuring Israel on freezing settlements or lifting the Gaza siege, even as it concedes that a swift end to the conflict is in America's national interests. General Petraeus goes further by coupling troop safety to progress in the Middle East.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT

The Obama administration has at last issued its own National Security Strategy, a 52-page document that takes the place of the strategy statements published by the George W. Bush administration, beginning in 2002, notable for their belligerence in proclaiming America's policy priority to be the "defeat" of "terrorism," their assertion of unilateral pursuit of American interests, and expressed determination to preempt by war any threat to the United States when this might be deemed necessary, and to prevent the emergence of any rival superpower.

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT

An Israeli parliamentary committee recommended stripping an Arab MP of her privileges yesterday in a move to prepare the ground for putting her on trial for participating last week in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos.

Haneen Zoubi, who has become a national hate figure since challenging Israel's account of the confrontation, said yesterday she was facing "a witch-hunt."

Free Bradley Manning!

Posted: 09 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT

No good deed goes unpunished, and that is especially true when it comes to whistleblowers who expose the murderous machinations of the US government: SPC Bradley Manning, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer in the vicinity of Baghdad, was arrested two weeks ago for having supposedly sent Wikileaks the "Collateral Damage" video of US troops shooting Iraqi civilians. The video, which showed US pilots murdering unarmed Iraqis, including a journalist, in cold blood and laughing about it, was posted to Wikileaks a month ago, and caused an internatio

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