A North Atlantic current flowing into the Arctic Ocean is warmer than for at least 2,000 years in a sign that global warming is likely to bring ice-free seas around the North Pole in summers, a study showed.

Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert Homeland Security NTARC News | 1/27/2011 | no comments Fox News has an exclusive report on a book, found in the Arizona desert , near the Mexico border that celebrates suicide bombers. The book, “In Memory of Our Martyrs,” was spotted Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent out of the Casa Grande substation who was patrolling a route known for smuggling illegal immigrants and drugs.

KSL is reporting that the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground is currently on lockdown as “an ongoing security operation,” takes place on the base. There are reports that nearly 1,000 employees are stranded at the base, some in their cars but that food and beverages were being brought in.

A radical imam was captured in San Diego after he tried to sneak into the country in the trunk of a car.

In a momentous decision, Botswana’s Court of Appeal today quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands.

About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead. Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the Internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule, experts said.

A potato virus, around for years, is mutating. That’s got both researchers and industry leaders worried.

Middle East Thousands protest in Jordan Protesters gather across the country, demanding the prime minister step down. Last Modified: 28 Jan 2011 13:24 GMT Email ArticlePrint ArticleShare ArticleSend Feedback Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country's prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment. In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about 3,500 opposition activists from Jordan's main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and leftist organisations gathered in the capital, waving colourful banners reading: "Send the corrupt guys to court".

The Ford Motor Company said on Friday that it earned $6.6 billion in 2010, its largest profit in 11 years, a result of surging global sales and cost cuts made during a lengthy turnaround.

U.S. diplomats repeatedly raised concerns with Egyptian officials about jailed dissidents and bloggers and followed reports of torture by police, according to cables released by WikiLeaks Friday. A May 2009 cable also noted the Egyptian government's use of "heavy-handed tactics against individuals and groups" after riots over bread prices broke out in 2008, in the first major public disorder for 31 years, The New York Times reported.