Germany is committed to research into nuclear fusion as a clean and abundant source of alternative energy but international co-operation is vital, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday "Nuclear fusion could provide endless energy

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Iran dismissed on Saturday a move by the US Senate to impose tough new sanctions, saying the measure will further motivate the Islamic republic to pursue nuclear technology. "If the US administration acts on the

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Kazakh protesters scuffled with police on Saturday at a rally against their government's burgeoning ties with neighbouring China. Many in Kazakhstan, a vast but thinly populated nation, are suspicious of China's growing influence in resource-rich

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Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher went on a strict diet of eggs to get into shape before her first election victory in 1979, according to documents released Saturday. The now 84-year-old devoured 28 eggs

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Now we know why there were no Margaret Thatcher tea cups in 1979. The Iron Lady wouldn't have it. When her media adviser, Gordon Reece, said he had been inundated with requests to lend her

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Britain's newspapers expressed shock Saturday at Tony Blair's defiant insistence he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein, blasting what they saw as the ex-prime minister's blind self-belief. But commentators also showed grudging respect for

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Haiti's leaders can point to progress since a powerful earthquake devastated the country but just surviving the first weeks' chaos, hunger and overwhelming loss may be the easiest part of a long recovery. Since the

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Nigeria's main militant group called off a three-month-old cease-fire in the Niger Delta on Saturday and threatened to unleash "an all-out assault" on Africa's biggest oil and gas industry. The Movement for the Emancipation of

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The US space shuttle Endeavour will carry the last major component needed to complete the International Space Station and a high-tech "sunroom" called a cupola next week, officials said Friday. The shuttle is due to

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The leader of Yemen's northern rebels says he is ready to accept the government's conditions for a cease-fire, including relinquishing control of strategic mountain positions. Abdel-Malek al-Hawthi says in an audio recording posted Saturday on

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