Washington (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - Washington accused Iranian officials Thursday of being present at North Korea's latest missile launches, escalating US suspicions of sensitive military cooperation between the Islamic state and Pyongyang.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 20, 2006 - US computer chip maker Intel announced a management shake-up Thursday on the heels of a lackluster earnings report and the laying off of 1,000 managers at its facilities worldwide.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - China plans to embark on an ambitious space exploration program that will see it focusing on Mars as well as the moon, a senior space agency official was quoted as saying Wednesday.
London (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Britons coped with a heatwave on Wednesday by pouring grit on melting roads, supplying water to stranded motorists and giving blood-flavoured ice blocks to zoo lions.
Copenhagen (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Greenland has opened an eagerly awaited round of concession sales for oil and gas exploration for which officials expect record bidding, authorities on the island said on Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Leading biologists have called for the creation of a global taskforce on biodiversity, warning that the Earth faces an extinction crisis that has no parallel in human history.
Paris (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - The launch of a European climate-monitoring satellite was delayed Wednesday for the third time, RIA-Novosti news agency quoted the Russian space agency as saying.
Paris (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Much of western Europe sweltered under tropical temperatures Wednesday, as Britain reported the hottest July day on record and France said nine people may have died because of the weather.
London (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Britain's inland capital of London may be a far cry from a languorous beach resort but some of its office workers have found something that comes close enough.
San Francisco (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Apple Computer beat third-quarter expectations Wednesday, crediting its second-highest quarterly earnings on the continued popularity of its iPod music players and growing interest in Macintosh computers.
Copenhagen (AFP) Jul 19, 2006 - Greenland has opened an eagerly awaited round of concession sales for oil and gas exploration for which officials expect record bidding, authorities on the island said on Wednesday. There are hopes that the remote oil fields of Greenland, an ice-covered island off the coast of northeast Canada, could become a new eldorado for oil companies thanks to a spectacular rise in fossil fuel prices and uncertainty concerning future supplies.
Seoul (AFP) Jul 18, 2006 - South Korea on Tuesday delayed the launch of its first military satellite by 10 days to August 20 at the request of the US launching company, defense officials said.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Jul 18, 2006 - With Discovery and its crew of six safely back on Earth, NASA set its eyes on next month's scheduled launch that should mark the resumption of regular shuttle flights.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Jul 17, 2006 - NASA Monday woke up the Discovery shuttle crew ahead of their scheduled return to Earth on a mission that marked a critical step for the US space program's recovery from the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Jul 17, 2006 - The Discovery shuttle crew made final preparations to return to Earth Monday after a mission considered critical for the US space program's recovery from the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Jul 17, 2006 - Space shuttle Discovery early Monday started the nerve-jarring, hourlong journey back to Earth, the critical phase during which Columbia burst into flames in 2003.
