Iran under pressure to grant access to nuclear sites

Five permanent Security Council members issue joint statement urging Tehran to allow watchdog to inspect ‘relevant sites and information' Vienna: The five permanent members of the UN Security Council put pressure on Iran yesterday to allay international concern about its nuclear programme, and said they expected talks with Tehran to lead to concrete steps toward a negotiated solution. Iran and major powers ...

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This Futuristic Boat Just Circumnavigated the Globe on Solar Power

By Alexis Madrigal A pioneering ship proves a point about the possibilities of renewable energy. For the past 19 months, the Turanor PlanetSolar has been on a voyage around the world powered only by 38,000 SunPower solar cells. On May 4, the boat will return to Monaco, completing a trip that it began in September of 2010. The 537 square meters of solar panels power six banks of lithium-ion batteries. On a g ...

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‘Pain over with Asif’s release’

PAKISTAN cricketer Mohammad Asif’s release from prison has brought an end to six months of pain for his family, his father has said. Asif, 29, was yesterday freed from jail in Britain after serving half of a 12-month sentence over a spot-fixing scandal and was taken by his friend Mohammad Haroon to his house in suburban London. "Asif was very happy at his release and his first words were 'thanks Almighty,'" ...

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RIM assures fans the keyboard will stay on BlackBerry

Research in Motion said yesterday it will continue to offer physical keyboards on future BlackBerry models. Reports suggested RIM would ditch the physical keys that are favoured by its users, but chief executive Thorsten Heins said RIM won't lose the focus on physical keypads. Touchscreen BlackBerrys without physical keyboards have largely flopped. Heins had unveiled a proto-type touchscreen BlackBerry on W ...

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Samsung Galaxy S III unveiled, coming later this month

As promised, Samsung unveiled its next generation Galaxy smartphone at company's Mobile Unpacked event in London. Dubbed as Samsung Galaxy S III, the smartphone improves on the predecessor in many ways. First, you've got the addition of quad core processor, in the form of company's own Exynos 4 Quad. It has four cores clocked at 1.4GHz. It also runs on Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich', but as expected it wi ...

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Did pro-India militias kill Western tourists in Kashmir?

[caption id="attachment_786" align="alignright" width="299" caption="A picture released by Kashmiri militants in July 15, 1995 in Srinagar shows the five Western hostages somewhere in Kashmir. Hostages seated (L-R) are Keith Mangan (the UK), DrikHasert (Germany), Hans Christian Ostroe (Norway), Paul Wells (the UK) and Donald Hutchings (US)."][/caption] By Sheikh Mushtaq A government human rights commission ...

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