KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

• Heartbreaker: Major Setback in Quest for ‘God Particle’

PLAGUES AND PESTILENCES

• Deadly and spreading, superbug on the loose in Ontario hospitals

THE ECONOMIC EARTHQUAKE

• IMF warns of increased risks to the world economy
• Senior Analyst Calls US Decline “Irreversible Trend”

HATE SPEECH ON TRIAL

• Dutch Court Acquits Anti-Islam Lawmaker

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russia’s President Medvedev “won’t stand against Putin”

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

• Exoplanet near Gliese 581 star ‘could host life’
• Striking view of ‘Milky Way twin’

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Putin decides to retake presidency
• Medvedev warns of Cold War over missile defence

IMAGINE THERE’S NO HEAVEN

• Heaven is a ‘fairy story’, says Stephen Hawking

PLAGUES AND PESTILENCES

• The mosquito virus killing one-quarter of its victims
• E. coli outbreak is ‘new strain’
• Death Toll Rises in Europe E. Coli Outbreak, Now At 22

NEWS FROM EGYPT

• Egypt accepts Muslim Brotherhood as legal party
• Egypt’s Christians Continue Protests Against Sectarian Violence
• Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists

THE GROWING NUCLEAR THREAT

• Nuclear weapons threat not decreasing, study says
• IAEA receives more evidence Iran nuke program military
• U.S. slams Iran enrichment plan as ‘brazen’ defiance

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Netanyahu in Congress: Jerusalem Must Remain Undivided
• Obama Mideast speech shows disconnect from Israel’s reality, senior official say
• Former U.S. peace broker: Netanyahu and Obama are on different planets
• Dozens protest Obama’s ME speech at US embassy in TA
• Hamas slams Obama’s speech, Abbas convenes ’emergency’ meeting
• Assad regime: Obama Mideast speech is interference in Syria’s affairs
• IDF chief: Israel faces growing range of threats, from ‘knife to nuclear’
• Iran cleric: Killing Israeli children OK
• Hamas MP: Jews Ingathered for Us to Annihilate Them