North African bloggers get creative to evade censorship
PARIS: When confronted with free speech as an act of self-expression, authoritarian powers throughout history have tried to assert their legitimacy and remove threats to their rule through censorship. To…
A new approach to the Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks
LOS ANGELES: The idea sweeping Washington over recent weeks has been the notion that the President should release an “Obama Plan”, or a set of principles or a statement outlining…
A different type of Memorial Day
EILOT REGION, South Israel: For The Arava Institute — a college for environmental studies in the south of Israel where Israelis, Palestinians, Jordanians and Americans study together — these recent…
Methods to fight global warming
ROME: Centuries-old techniques to prevent desertification, energy wastage and other problems should be enlisted in the fight against global warming, a new UN-backed group said Wednesday. Traditional water management methods…
Giant dinosaur footprints found in Argentine 'Jurassic Park'
BUENOS AIRES: Dinosaur footprints up to 1.2 meters (four feet) in diameter have been found in an area of Patagonia known as Argentina's "Jurassic Park," a scientist said Wednesday. Jorge…
Newton's apple tree bound for gravity-free orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla: Sir Isaac Newton's famous apple tree is about to leave gravity behind. Flying aboard space shuttle Atlantis next week will be a 4-inch sliver of the tree…
Atlantis gears up for final launch
WASHINGTON: The space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Friday on the last mission of its 25-year career, taking astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time before becoming a…
14th-century aqueduct found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Archeologists said Tuesday they have uncovered a 14th-century aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem for almost 600 years along a route dating back to the time of Jesus —…
Judge nixes Facebook groups by class-cutting kids
BUENOS AIRES: A judge in Argentina has ordered Facebook to close all groups set up by minors, after thousands of middle-schoolers used the social media website to organize an unauthorized…
Microsoft looks to 'cloud' with Office 2010
NEW YORK: Microsoft released the latest update to its popular Office software on Wednesday including a Web-hosted version aimed at countering competition from emerging "cloud" products offered by Google. Office…
