The 2012 Nobel Prize for medicine has been won by Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka and Britain’s John Gurdon for their work on stem cells. The winners of the prestigious prize were announced Monday in Stockholm. The scientists won for their research in nuclear reprogramming, a process that instructs adult cells to form early stem cells, which […]
France Beefs Up Security at Religious Sites After Anti-Jewish Attacks
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
French police carried out another raid Sunday in Cannes as part of a nationwide terrorist crackdown after attacks on a Jewish grocery store and a synagogue. So far, police have arrested 11 suspects in Cannes, Paris and Strasbourg, where a suspect was killed during a gunfight with police. French President Francois Hollande says he is […]
Anti-Terror Sweep in France Leaves 1 Dead
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
French officials say the man who was killed Saturday during a countrywide crackdown on terror suspects is linked to a grenade attack on a Jewish market outside Paris last month. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins identified the man as Jeremy Sidney and said he was a 33-year-old delinquent who had converted to radical Islam. Sidney was […]
Suspect Dead in French Anti-Terrorism Raids
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
French officials say one person is dead after police carried out raids across France Saturday while investigating a grenade attack on a Jewish market outside Paris. Police conducted the raids after DNA on the grenade led police to a suspect in the eastern city of Strasbourg. When confronted, police say the suspect opened fire on […]
Pope’s Butler Found Guilty, Sentenced to 18 Months
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
The Vatican Court has found Pope Benedict’s former butler guilty of aggravated theft for stealing the pontiff’s personal papers and leaking them to a journalist. A Vatican spokesman said it is likely the pope will pardon Gabriele, although he did not say when. Judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre on Saturday read aloud the three-judge panel’s sentence […]
Terror Suspects Extradited from Britain Headed to U.S. Courts
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Five suspected terrorists extradited overnight from Britain, including Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, are expected to appear in U.S. courtrooms within 24 hours. Two U.S. planes arrived in the U.S. early Saturday, having departed a British Royal Air Force base immediately after the High Court rejected last-minute appeals by Hamza and the others. The five […]
Pope’s Butler Found Guilty, Sentenced to 18 Months
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
The Vatican Court has found Pope Benedict’s former butler guilty of aggravated theft for stealing the pontiff’s personal papers and leaking them to a journalist. Judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre on Saturday read aloud the three-judge panel’s sentence of 18 months in prison for Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three. Gabriele’s co-defendant, a Vatican computer […]
Five Terror Suspects Flown to US from Britain
Posted October 6th, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
Two U.S. planes have flown radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists to the United States, hours after Britain’s High Court cleared the way for their extradition. The planes departed a Royal Air Force base immediately after the British High Court rejected last-minute appeals by Hamza and the others. The five […]
Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have left Britain for the United States, hours after Britain’s High Court cleared the way for their extradition. The planes departed a Royal Air Force base late Friday, after the British High Court rejected last-minute appeals by Hamza and the […]
Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges
Posted October 5th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have departed Britain for the United States, hours after Britain’s High Court cleared the way for their extradition. The planes departed a Royal Air Force base late Friday, after the High Court rejected last-minute appeals by al-Masri and the others. […]
