News 01/27/2012
(Reuters) - Infinity Pharmaceuticals said it stopped a mid-stage trial of its experimental pancreatic cancer drug following an interim analysis that showed it would not meet its main goal ... BERLIN (Reuters) - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japan's ... Watford dominate but Rafael van der Vaart's long-range strike ensures a happy end to the week for Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp ... A convicted killer has been executed in Texas for the abduction, rape and strangulation of a 38-year-old woman 18 years ago ... A group of soldiers who staged a failed mutiny in Papua New Guinea are seeking a pardon, Australian reports say, amid the ongoing power struggle in the country ... Newt Gingrich is defending himself after a questioner at the GOP presidential debate criticized him for calling Palestinians an invented people ... A new Justice Department fraud-fighting unit will bring together 55 prosecutors and federal and state investigators focusing on one of the contributing factors to the financial crisis -- the collapse ... Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free ... Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department opened a record number of more than 100 new investigations into possible voting rights discrimination across the country last year ... U.S. military personnel will travel to North Korea in March to restart efforts to recover thousands of servicemen missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the Defense Department said Thursday ... | 
