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...planet, called HD 189733b, revolves around a bright star 64 light years from Earth. Scientists refer to the planet as a "hot Jupiter" (it's similar to but slightly larger than Jupiter - and keeps a much tighter orbit around its sun, ensuring a scorching climate). And they have examined it for water before. But earlier tests of the planet's atmosphere yielded uncertain results, so this time, astrophysicists tried something slightly different. When HD 189733b was passing in front of its sun, they observed the way electromagnetic radiation was absorbed by the planet's atmosphere. The authors of the current...
...Army of Islam, Johnston said, was "a small jihadi group that wasn't so interested in the Israeli-Palestinian issue as much as getting a knife into Britain." The group, numbering several hundred, claim to be inspired by al-Qaeda's anti-Western agenda, but Hamas leaders refer to them as kidnappers and guns-for-hire patronized by Fatah security forces loyal to Palestinian President Abbas. It was only after Hamas defeated Fatah militia in Gaza last month, said Johnston, that his abductors became edgy and nervous...
...Royal Alexandra Hospital and Neuk Crescent; and another one-way trip to Glasgow airport on June 13. On Monday, one of the suspects detained in Glasgow was identified as Bilal Abdulla, an Iraqi physician who reportedly worked at the same hospital. It is not yet clear if both incidents refer to the same...
...Royal watchers in the media certainly do - so much so, indeed, that a lot of coverage of the British royals still turns on the dead princess. "Most of the royal stories we do refer back to Diana in some way," says Simon Perry, London bureau chief for PEOPLE magazine (a sister publication of TIME). "Now when we look at Diana, it's through the eyes of the people she left behind, and that's the Princes, William and Harry." Iconic pictures of her are still worth a tidy sum for those photographers lucky enough to have taken them, whether they?...
...rich Russia (its leaders refer to it as an "energy superstate") in some ways is reminiscent of Nigeria, as corruption and money laundering fritter away a great deal of the country's wealth. To an extent, Russia can use its vast profits to get its way. But buying influence, even in Washington (where money goes a long way), cannot match the clout the Soviet Union once enjoyed as the beacon of an ideology with broad international appeal...