A new synthetic type of biofuel created by mixing and matching bits of DNA from different organisms could one day replace diesel and jet fuel, scientists say. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - The top share index rose in early deals on Wednesday, building on the previous session's gains and an overnight rise on Wall Street after encouraging U.S. economic data, with TUI Travel leading the index higher. By 08:05 a.m. ... [Full Article]
BANGKOK (AP) - Investor optimism about the economy pushed Asian stock markets higher Friday after Wall Street logged more gains and the U.S. job market showed further signs of strengthening. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Another drop in weekly U.S. jobless claims helped sustain the optimism in markets Thursday, particularly on Wall Street where the Dow Jones index was eyeing up its tenth straight day of gains. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should reduce its reliance on corn ethanol for renewable fuels and encourage the use of cheaper and more sustainable bio fuels such as used cooking oil, a report by a UK think tank said on Tuesday. It said ... [Full Article]
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Col. Faraj el-Dersi, who defected to the rebel side from Moammar Gadhafi's police force, was gunned down late last year on the streets of Benghazi, and he bled to death in the arms of his teenage daughter. (Source: Associa... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz, who was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Friday, struggled for years against a legal system that he felt had not caught up to the information age. Federal prosecutors had tried unsuccessfull... [Full Article]
OSLO (Reuters) - Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday. The report said ... [Full Article]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The seemingly pregnant belly sported by the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in mid-December appeared to be gone by New Year's Day. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
In a small town in northern China's Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a Communist Party boss three times an average urban resident's annual salary to become a local police chief. (Source: Associate... [Full Article]
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