Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 science Science News en-us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:54:52 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/753 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_spy_satellite ap/20091128/as_japan_spy_satellite AP world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:02:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_spy_satellite"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091128/capt.ed1f3bb98e0243318a7344a98f400f70.japan_spy_satellite_tok802.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=bUK4Z8wTs.JU3JOfw74.zg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="An H-2A rocket carrying a spy satellite lifts off from a space center on the southern island of Tanegashima, on Saturday Nov. 28, 2009. Japan launched its fifth spy satellite Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_spy_satellite"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091128/capt.ed1f3bb98e0243318a7344a98f400f70.japan_spy_satellite_tok802.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=bUK4Z8wTs.JU3JOfw74.zg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="An H-2A rocket carrying a spy satellite lifts off from a space center on the southern island of Tanegashima, on Saturday Nov. 28, 2009. Japan launched its fifth spy satellite Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle ap/20091127/us_space_shuttle AP science Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:53:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.b6f6c4f1fd72431d82dbaeaa6cc29076.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc111.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=A_QElKeRpHkrciN0oEdInA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="Birds scatter as the space shuttle Atlantis touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle completed an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091127/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.b6f6c4f1fd72431d82dbaeaa6cc29076.aptopix_space_shuttle_ksc111.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=A_QElKeRpHkrciN0oEdInA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="Birds scatter as the space shuttle Atlantis touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33 Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle completed an 11-day mission to the international space station. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_sc/us_space_station ap/20091128/us_space_station AP science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:58:24 GMT AP - NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091128/sc_livescience/researchersfindthefirsthorsewhisperers livescience/20091128/researchersfindthefirsthorsewhisperers LiveScience.com science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:31:12 GMT LiveScience.com - This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091128/ts_nm/us_commonwealth_climate nm/20091128/us_commonwealth_climate Reuters science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:54:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091128/ts_nm/us_commonwealth_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091128/i/r3259398298.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=XqrK15PaGxung8cSkzrFeg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen walks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port-of-Spain November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Commonwealth leaders will lobby for an international climate deal that includes $10 billion for next year to help poor and vulnerable states fight the effects of global warming, the Maldives president said on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091128/ts_nm/us_commonwealth_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091128/i/r3259398298.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=XqrK15PaGxung8cSkzrFeg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen walks with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port-of-Spain November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Wattie" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/ts_afp/russiafranceenergygaspipelinecompanyedf afp/20091127/russiafranceenergygaspipelinecompanyedf AFP topstories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:27:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/ts_afp/russiafranceenergygaspipelinecompanyedf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091127/capt.photo_1259343013938-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BWHBCckxvbCC25TEX5UOug--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) is welcomed by France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon as he arrives for a Franco-russian seminary session in Rambouillet, west of Paris. Putin won another victory for his aggressive energy diplomacy strategy Friday, signing a deal bringing French investment to a pipeline project.(AFP/Fred Dufour)" border="0" /></a>AFP - French energy giant EDF has signed a deal with Russia's Gazprom to join the consortium building the South Stream gas pipeline, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091127/ts_afp/russiafranceenergygaspipelinecompanyedf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091127/capt.photo_1259343013938-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=BWHBCckxvbCC25TEX5UOug--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) is welcomed by France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon as he arrives for a Franco-russian seminary session in Rambouillet, west of Paris. Putin won another victory for his aggressive energy diplomacy strategy Friday, signing a deal bringing French investment to a pipeline project.(AFP/Fred Dufour)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/sc_afp/spacejapansatellitenkorea afp/20091128/spacejapansatellitenkorea AFP science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:11:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/sc_afp/spacejapansatellitenkorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091128/capt.photo_1259392232777-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=MmVT_iOoyEy8N.gS6_0p2A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="The Japanese rocket H-2A carrying information-gathering satellites (IGS) blasts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima island in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan's southern island of Kyushu, on November 28.(AFP/Jiji Press)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan on Saturday launched a next-generation spy satellite as part of efforts to beef up its surveillance system against the threat of North Korea's missiles, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/sc_afp/spacejapansatellitenkorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091128/capt.photo_1259392232777-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=MmVT_iOoyEy8N.gS6_0p2A--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="The Japanese rocket H-2A carrying information-gathering satellites (IGS) blasts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima island in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan's southern island of Kyushu, on November 28.(AFP/Jiji Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091128/hl_time/08599194286200 time/20091128/08599194286200 Time.com health Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:45:00 GMT Time.com - After years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_sc/climate_trinidad ap/20091128/climate_trinidad AP science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:27:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_sc/climate_trinidad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.6b4a6f1507b447a688fcf18e71fa0822.trinidad_and_tobago_commonwealth_summit_xal119.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Ngn9pR6djfYsv5kxZL9TYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures at a news conference held during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Sarkozy and other non-Commonwealth leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, made a special trip to this Caribbean nation Thursday in a bid to salvage sputtering negotiations for a new global-warming agreement. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)" border="0" /></a>AP - The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_sc/climate_trinidad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.6b4a6f1507b447a688fcf18e71fa0822.trinidad_and_tobago_commonwealth_summit_xal119.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=Ngn9pR6djfYsv5kxZL9TYQ--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures at a news conference held during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Sarkozy and other non-Commonwealth leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, made a special trip to this Caribbean nation Thursday in a bid to salvage sputtering negotiations for a new global-warming agreement. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_giant_pandas ap/20091128/as_australia_giant_pandas AP world Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:16:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_giant_pandas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.5e09a7f62611475f9a958b3c6eea1983.china_australia_pandas_xay802.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=ffoxNyZVhsafmgI6FsNi4g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Giant panda Wang Wang eats bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding Center in Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. China will send two giant pandas, four-year-old male Wang Wang and 3-year-old female Fu Ni, to an Australian zoo this Friday as part of a joint research program. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling into their new home, a 25-acre (10-hectare) natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091128/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_giant_pandas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091127/capt.5e09a7f62611475f9a958b3c6eea1983.china_australia_pandas_xay802.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=ffoxNyZVhsafmgI6FsNi4g--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Giant panda Wang Wang eats bamboo at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding Center in Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. China will send two giant pandas, four-year-old male Wang Wang and 3-year-old female Fu Ni, to an Australian zoo this Friday as part of a joint research program. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091125/sc_space/stellarfossilsfrommilkywayspastrevealed space/20091125/stellarfossilsfrommilkywayspastrevealed SPACE.com science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:15:45 GMT SPACE.com - A cluster of ancient stars is likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its early days, scientists now find. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_sthasia_afp/unclimatewarmingnepalgovernment afp/20091128/unclimatewarmingnepalgovernment AFP science Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:21:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_sthasia_afp/unclimatewarmingnepalgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091128/capt.photo_1259402272843-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=vLrPHnSptjL3kVPzdZlxHg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="This photograph taken in November 2006 shows a general view of the Mount Everest. Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday.(AFP/File/Sam Taylor)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091128/wl_sthasia_afp/unclimatewarmingnepalgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091128/capt.photo_1259402272843-1-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=vLrPHnSptjL3kVPzdZlxHg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="This photograph taken in November 2006 shows a general view of the Mount Everest. Nepal's cabinet will meet in the shadow of Mount Everest next week to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of UN climate talks in Copenhagen, officials said Saturday.(AFP/File/Sam Taylor)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather ap/20091128/us_weatherpage_weather AP us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:50:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091128/capt.2bf097ebc2a24626809f75734b2ec466.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=bp01NYWcI1rByyvwS2gJrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="A developing front will provide increasing afternoon rain from the Southern Plains through the Ohio Valley Sunday Nov. 29, 2009. A low pressure system will continue to provide precipitation in the Southwest. Chilly temperatures are expected in the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" /></a>AP - Snow and freezing rain was expected before a storm moves out of New England Saturday morning, leaving strong winds behind. Freezing temperatures also were expected in parts of the Southeast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_weatherpage_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091128/capt.2bf097ebc2a24626809f75734b2ec466.weather_national_ny1.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=bp01NYWcI1rByyvwS2gJrQ--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="A developing front will provide increasing afternoon rain from the Southern Plains through the Ohio Valley Sunday Nov. 29, 2009. A low pressure system will continue to provide precipitation in the Southwest. Chilly temperatures are expected in the Northern Plains. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091127/sc_space/spaceshuttleatlantislandssafelyinflorida space/20091127/spaceshuttleatlantislandssafelyinflorida SPACE.com science Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:30:48 GMT SPACE.com - Space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida early Friday, gliding in under sunny skies to wrap up a successful 11-day delivery mission to the International Space Station. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery ap/20091124/eu_belgium_coma_recovery AP health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0" /></a>AP - With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message Tuesday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, expressed skepticism that the man was truly communicating on his own.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_he_me/eu_belgium_coma_recovery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259077414108-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=wBDP4_hQ_n1_luea_F2jEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/boliviaspainargentinagas afp/20091126/boliviaspainargentinagas AFP topstories Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:40:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/boliviaspainargentinagas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259268010965-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=_71WXEXxHiZCVuYHkVVpKw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Picture of the Spanish Repsol YPF gas and oil refinery in Rio Grande, 80 km from Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 2006. Spanish oil company Repsol YPF will invest 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to boost natural gas production in Bolivia, the company announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Aizar Raldes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Spanish oil company Repsol YPF will invest 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to boost natural gas production in Bolivia, the company announced Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/boliviaspainargentinagas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259268010965-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=_71WXEXxHiZCVuYHkVVpKw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Picture of the Spanish Repsol YPF gas and oil refinery in Rio Grande, 80 km from Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 2006. Spanish oil company Repsol YPF will invest 1.5 million dollars over the next five years to boost natural gas production in Bolivia, the company announced Thursday.(AFP/File/Aizar Raldes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/saudireligionhajj afp/20091126/saudireligionhajj AFP topstories Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:29:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/saudireligionhajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259225707505-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=CfB5dxbb2rZ0j.T5PSg27g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca. Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/ts_afp/saudireligionhajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259225707505-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=CfB5dxbb2rZ0j.T5PSg27g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca. Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed's last sermon.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)