LONDON: Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University has said.The physicist, who works at the university, has been having tests after being taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.A university spokesman said: "Professor Hawking is very ill. He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks."Professor Peter Haynes, head of the University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, added: "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague."We all hope he will be amongst us again soon."One of the last times the 67-year-old scientist appeared in public was in September when he unveiled a £1m clock erected at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.The professor is best known for his book A Brief History of Time.He has motor neurone disease and is wheelchair bound. He speaks with the help of a voice synthesiser.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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