BAGHDAD, June 19 Scores of gunmen fired in the air and cursed America on Thursday at the funeral of a former Iraqi air force man killed by US troops during a violent protest in Baghdad the previous day.
ZURICH, June 19 An Iranian protester set himself on fire in the centre of the Swiss capital Berne on Thursday, police said, in a protest similar to those seen in France and Italy over France's arrest of Iranian opposition figures.
The company that arranged for two millionaire businessmen to fly on Russian space missions announced on Wednesday that it will send two tourists together on the first privately-funded odyssey to the International Space Station.
Scientists are on the verge of creating a quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter that has not existed since the Universe was less than a millionth of a second old.
The world's first SARS outbreak is finally winding down but the disease could prove impossible to wipe out and authorities must stay on high alert for new cases, experts warned yesterday.
On 20 May, hundreds of residents of the Azeri capital of Baku, Azerbaijan say they witnessed an unidentified flying object hovering some 2.5 miles over the city, the Baku daily Ekho reported. Witnesses said they watched the UFO for two hours, describing it as having a "complicated and prolonged shape."
At London Heathrow Airport today, an individual, later discovered to be a school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a compass, a protractor, and a graphical calculator. Authorities believe he is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of maths instruction.
ZURICH, June 19 An Iranian protester set himself on fire in the centre of the Swiss capital Berne on Thursday, police said, in a protest similar to those seen in France and Italy over France's arrest of Iranian opposition figures.
The company that arranged for two millionaire businessmen to fly on Russian space missions announced on Wednesday that it will send two tourists together on the first privately-funded odyssey to the International Space Station.
Scientists are on the verge of creating a quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter that has not existed since the Universe was less than a millionth of a second old.
The world's first SARS outbreak is finally winding down but the disease could prove impossible to wipe out and authorities must stay on high alert for new cases, experts warned yesterday.
On 20 May, hundreds of residents of the Azeri capital of Baku, Azerbaijan say they witnessed an unidentified flying object hovering some 2.5 miles over the city, the Baku daily Ekho reported. Witnesses said they watched the UFO for two hours, describing it as having a "complicated and prolonged shape."
At London Heathrow Airport today, an individual, later discovered to be a school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a compass, a protractor, and a graphical calculator. Authorities believe he is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of maths instruction.
