Ministers defend PM as Prescott reveals feuds inside Downing St

As Gordon Brown enters the fight of his political life to keep his job as British prime minister, competing autobiographies are being released this week that paint a picture of absolute dischord behind the...

Fires, Rail Sabotage Reported in France During Transit Strike

In the continuing saga that is the transit strike in France, thousands of transit workers are still away from work, forcing hundreds of thousands to walk or take over-stressed taxis and what little transit is...

Dem. Leadership; "Mistake Was Made" House Forms Panel

In an extraordinary move Dems close vote as Latino Congressmen try to change vote."The House last night unanimously agreed to create a special select committee, with subpoena powers, to investigate Republican...

Al Gore booed at Concordia

Al Gore was granted an honorary degree and gave a speech at Montreal's Concordia University recently. There as a guest, he seemed a bit dismayed when people in the audience began to heckle him, mostly over his...

Stauffer Library at Queen's

"It is a grand building, Stauffer, and has a large atrium as its entranceway that is punctuated with a helix staircase. This atrium poses something of a problem, despite its grandeur; it echoes. When sitting at...

Evolution: Genetic evidence for punctuated equilibrium

Evidence for punctuated equilibrium lies in the genetic sequences of many organisms, according to a study in this week's Science. Researchers report that about a third of reconstructed phylogenetic trees of...