AP - An earthquake struck off of Taiwan's east coast Tuesday, the Central Weather Bureau said. No damage or injuries were reported, and no tsunami warning was issued.
AFP - An experimental lung cancer treatment that drastically suppresses tumors in mice may point the way to more effective and less toxic therapies for this type of cancer in humans, a study said.
AFP - A massive winter storm moved eastward across the central US bringing snow, sleet, ice and flash floods, killing at least 25 people and prompting President George W. Bush to declare an emergency in Oklahoma.
Reuters - Scientists launched a bid on Tuesday to
save some of the world's rarest and most neglected creatures
from extinction.
AP - A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago.
AFP - President George W. Bush released federal aid to help the central United States recover from freezing rain, snow, sleet and flash floods, as the storm's death toll rose to at least 17, local officials said.
Reuters - On Martin Luther King Day last
year, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin famously said his city would
"be chocolate at the end of the day," a remark meant to
encourage African Americans to return after Hurricane Katrina.
Reuters - Leaders from 16 Asian
nations, representing half the world's population, pledged on
Monday to develop alternative energy supplies and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
AFP - Sixteen Asian nations have pledged to work together to save energy and develop new supplies in order to cut the region's reliance on expensive oil imports.
AFP - Japanese whaling ships on their annual hunt in the Antarctic are banned from docking in Australia and should use restraint in looming clashes with protesters, Canberra has said.
