Balanced News Blog

Doctors held a new conference informing on the health condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem early Monday.

Russian prosecutors said Monday they dropped a criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko because the statute of limitations had expired on corruption charges against her.

Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano staged a spectacular pre-dawn explosion Sunday, sending a column of ash two miles into the air and spewing red-hot lava.

In a study to be published in the January 2006 issue of Nature Biotechnology, researchers led by a team of scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have devised a novel strategy that uses stem cell-based gene therapy and RNA interference to genetically reverse sickle cell disease (SCD) in human cells. This research is the first to demonstrate a way to genetically correct this debilitating blood disease using RNA interference technology.

One North Country village is thinking about fining underage smokers. State law bans minors from buying cigarettes, but not from smoking them.

India and Iran will hold bilateral talks this week in New Delhi to discuss the progress of a proposed $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and a separate liquefied natural gas deal between the two nations.

The European Union (EU) has announced a 166 million euros ($196.9 million) aid package for 10 African countries, saying the continent’s poorest nations must be remembered on the first anniversary of the tsunami in Asia.