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May 3, 2013
4:57 pm

A sign pointing at a nuclear shelter (illustrative photo credit: CC-BY-SA un_cola/Flickr)

Nations wrap up nuke talks with a note of alarm

Global sessions focusing on Iran and North Korea showcase worrying trend of modernizing nuclear arms instead of dumping them

By John Heilprin

December 4, 2012
4:43 am

A man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012. (Narciso Contreras/AP)

UN pulling staff from Syria, with violence near capital

Commercial flight turned back from Damascus as fighting rages between rebels and government forces

By Ben Hubbard and John Heilprin

November 8, 2012
5:21 pm

A group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem, Syria on October 30. (photo credit: AP/Mustafa Karali)

Red Cross says it can’t cope with worsening Syria civil war

International committee overwhelmed by the dire need of hundreds of thousands of people

By John Heilprin

July 4, 2012
1:29 pm

A wall painting at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. (Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

Scientists confirm God particle, sort of

Discovery of new subatomic particle consistent with Higgs boson announced

By John Heilprin and Seth Borenstein

July 3, 2012
2:07 am

A wall painting at the Atlas experiment site at the European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, outside Geneva, Switzerland. (Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

Scientists find God (particle)

Discovery may confirm the primary plank of a theory that could restructure the understanding of why matter has mass

By John Heilprin and Seth Borenstein