Mar
03

Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in...
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Kate Middleton 'Careful In Heels' at Weekend Wedding

By Simon Perry 03/02/2013 at 08:00 PM EST The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Splash News Online The Duchess of Cambridge arrived at a wedding in a different kind of carriage Saturday – a bus. She and brother-in-law Prince Harry were spotted with a group of friends as they hopped off the coach...
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WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident

LONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
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