Modern Science Unravels Ancient Mummy Mysteries

Reported by Dr. Julielynn Wong:Call it the coldest case ever. New York researchers have used modern-day forensic science to reveal the faces of four ancient mummies from the 1st century A.D.“It was pretty exciting,” said Bob Brier, an Egyptologist at Long Island University and lead author of a new study published in the journal ZÄS. ...

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Anglo American chief to step down

26 October 2012 Last updated at 12:11 ETCynthia Carroll is to step down as chief executive of mining giant Anglo American after six years in the job. Earlier this year a group of shareholders, unhappy with a sharp drop in profits, asked the chairman to look for a new chief executive.Anglo said it was her decision to leave and chairman Sir...

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Exclusive: Massachusetts’ regulator eyes other firms on research

BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts‘ top securities regulator said on Friday that his office is looking into whether top Wall Street investment banks in addition to Citigroup have leaked research in violation of state law on how to share this kind of information.“We are looking at all of them, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,” regulator William Galvin said in...

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Amnesty Int: Ivory Coast torturing detainees

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast security officials are torturing dozens of detainees by administering electric shocks and other forms of abuse, Amnesty International alleged Friday.The victims include people charged with endangering state security in the wake of a recent spate of attacks targeting military installations. Since early August, unknown gunmen have...

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Exclusive: Massachusetts’ regulator eyes other firms on research

BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts‘ top securities regulator said on Friday that his office is looking into whether top Wall Street investment banks in addition to Citigroup have leaked research in violation of state law on how to share this kind of information.“We are looking at all of them, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan,” regulator William Galvin said in...

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Taiwan’s HTC reports 79 percent drop in 3Q profit

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. on Friday reported a 79 percent drop in third quarter profit as intensifying competition from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. hurt sales.HTC said its profit totaled 3.9 billion New Taiwan dollars ($ 99 million) on revenue of NT$ 70 billion in the three months through September. It was HTC’s fourth consecutive...

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China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment

BEIJING (Reuters) – China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations that psychiatric hospitals are used to lock up people against their will and silence dissidents.Human rights advocates called the hard-fought for law, which has been debated for more than two decades, significant, even though they...

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Lull in fighting between Israel, Gaza militants

JERUSALEM (AP) — A flare-up in fighting between Israel and militants from Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has subsided.Both sides say the government in Egypt helped to restore calm. Israeli defense official Amos Gilad told Army Radio on Thursday that Egyptian security forces have “a very impressive ability” to convey to the militants that it...

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