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• Climate change helps spread deadly diseases
BARCELONA, Spain - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. The society, based in the Bronx Zoo in the United States and ...
• Huge exoplanet puzzles astronomers
... that powers real stars. Planets do none of that. "It has puzzled us; we're not sure where to draw the boundary between planets and brown dwarfs," said Hans Deeg, an astronomer at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in the Canary Islands, Spain.
• NATO wants more action on Afghan drugs
But diplomats at NATO headquarters said Germany, Italy and Spain were among those have expressed wariness, effectively blocking the initiative because such changes require consensus. "We are not there yet. We still have a handful of nations, and maybe ...
• Britain ups guarantee on savers’ bank deposits
B&B's savings business, including its entire retail branch network, was sold to Spain's Banco Santander, which also owns Britain's Abbey. Earlier this month, mortgage lender HBOS PLC agreed to a rescue takeover by rival bank Lloyds TSB Group. The FSA ...
• Travel Picks: World's top 10 trekking vacations
Named after the founder of the Sierra Club, you will traverse Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks. Photographer Ansel Adams would be jealous. 10. Camino de Santiago, Spain Hiking this 460 mile pilgrimage footpath, a thousand year old ...