Achilles heel of HIV found

"HOUSTON: Scientists in the United States believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armour of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a development that may be useful in the treatment and prevention of the infection that continues to kill millions around the world. ...

Army housing gets £80m boost

"DEFENCE Secretary Des Browne today announced an extra £80million funding to improve Army housing. The money will pay for a further 1,350 new en-suite bed spaces to be built under phase two of a project to improve Armed Forces housing across the country. The Ministry of...

Metal-Detector Gloves: Ma'am, Your Bum is Setting Off My Alarm

These newfangled metal-detector gloves "enable a search to be carried out more discreetly"? In what sense? Do they expect British cops to be out playing grab-*ss in public? Uh-oh. Sounds like a privacy nightmare and a porno plot, all in one.I like sci-fi gloves, too, but...

US shock at Iraq helicopter toll

"THE shocking toll of six American helicopters shot down in Iraq within three weeks has sparked a Pentagon inquiry into the use of surface-to-air (Sam) missiles against the aircraft. “Is there a concern? Yes, there is definitely a concern,” said a Pentagon official about...

Scotland on Sunday

"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...