European DNA meat-tracing spreads to US | US Meat retailers can now trace their wares from the ranch to the refrigerator using DNA analysis. | IdentiGEN, based in Ireland with US offices in Lawrence, Kansas, says its DNA TraceBack technolog... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)NZ Herald
Hezbollah battles Druze east of Beirut, 5 dead | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shi'ites loyal to Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah battled Druze supporters of the ruling coalition east of Beirut on Sunday, adding to the worst civil strife since the 1975-90... (photo: AP Photo / ..)The Star
Surging food prices bite across Asia | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)The Manila Times AsiaBIo FuelFoodInflationPhotos
Beirut calm but violence spreading | AT least 12 people were killed in fresh sectarian clashes in Lebanon's second-largest city of Tripoli late yesterday as violence that erupted in Beirut on Thursday spre... (photo: AP)The Australian HezbollahLebanonPhotosPoliticsWar
Hillary close to conceding | NOT so long ago, the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was dominated by talk of Hillary Clinton's mental toughness and fighting qualities. One critic even... (photo: (AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster))The Australian ElectionsPhotosPoliticsSocietyUS
News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated | Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush... (photo: AP Photo / kalpana)The Australian ChinaEconomyIndiaPhotosUS
