| Latest worldwide news | Mouse body clock study offers clues to possible jet lag cure | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a genetic mechanism in mice that hampers their body clock's ability to adjust to changes in patterns of light and dark, and say their results could someday lead to the development of drugs to combat jet lag. |
| Douglas, Zeta-Jones separate; Clooney, Bullock open Venice | | | Aug 28 - The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones separate, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock kick off the Venice Film Festival, and Hugh Jackman premieres "The Wolverine" in Japan. Bob Mezan reports. |
| Li clears another grand slam barrier for China | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Li Na became the first Chinese player to reach the semi-finals of a U.S. Open when she beat Russia's Ekaterina Makarova 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 in the quarter-finals on Tuesday. |
| Holding governments to account | | | With hundreds of millions of Africans owning mobile phones, citizens are becoming increasingly well connected. This is providing a powerful opportunity for citizens to access critical information about their parliaments and to report on human rights violations, corruption and poor service delivery. |
| Trial Run Switching to Lipstick | | | As temperatures begin their gradual slide, the great switch from balms and glosses to proper lipsticks begins. Here, four brands are assessed. |
| Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years | | | NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns -- has been delayed until the fall of 2011, NASA officials said at a news conference Thursday in Washington. |
| Refugee challenges Australian detention | | | A refugee and mother of three young boys who is being held in indefinite detention in Australia has two days to convince the country's highest court why she should be freed. |
| Today's Economist Fiscal Collisions Ahead | | | In the debate over the budget and the debt ceiling, it is important to avoid immediate fiscal retrenchment and economic catastrophe, but also to address the budget imbalance over time, an economist writes. |
| Middle East's big aviation ambitions | | | The Middle East is currently the setting of a new form of airspace race. As the economies grow in a handful of countries in the region, so too do ambitions -- and few things symbolize a country's aspirations as aptly as an airport. |
| Murray grinds past Istomin into U.S. Open quarters | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Andy Murray ground his way past Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin with a 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-4 victory on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open where he will face Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka. |
| U.S. court gives mixed ruling on FCC program carriage rules | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out part of a federal rule against cable television companies discriminating against independent networks by putting their stations behind high pay barriers, but invited a U.S. regulator to re-issue the regulation. |
| European insurers spent 9 bln euros on regulation-report | | | LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Europe's insurers spent up to 9 billion euros ($11.9 billion) between 2010 and 2012 as they struggled to meet standards set in a barrage of regulation introduced since the financial crisis, a report published on Thursday said. |
| Bale's move to Real Madrid finally done | | | The longest transfer saga of the summer came to an end when Gareth Bale officially signed for Real Madrid. It's not known for sure if the fee is a world record but Bale did make it clear that he was overjoyed to be joining the Spanish giant. |
| Life, Interrupted A Test of Faith | | | It had never occurred to me that, with all of the progress that has been made in cancer research, none of the standard treatments would work for me. Thats when I learned about something called a clinical trial. |
| Fukushima analysis | | | Two years on, the situation at Japan's stricken nuclear power plant remains toxic. |
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