Vitamins might undo exercise effects

Some of the beneficial effects of the workout might be undone by taking vitamins after exercise, suggests research.

Journalist’s release shows divisions in Iran

On Monday, an Iranian-American journalist imprisoned on charges of spying for the US was released in Tehran. It removes an obstacle to President Obama’s opening to Iran but also illustrates the volatility of the Iranian government.

Nazi war crimes suspect jailed in Germany

Facing charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews in World War II, John Demjanjuk, an alleged former Nazi death camp guard to Germany, is in jail in Munich. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

China earthquake parents ‘monitered’

A few days before the first anniversary of the earthquake in Sichuan province, parents who lost their children when their schools collapsed, fear they won’t be allowed to properly commemorate the disaster. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

DC votes to recognise same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages in the US might be about to become legal. Washington DC city council has voted in order to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in the other states of the country. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

Swine flu kills US resident

In Texas, a woman has apparently become the first US resident to die from swine flu. She is the second person to die from the virus outside Mexico. The first one was a Mexican toddler who died of swine flu in the US in April.

Third claim of child fathered by Paraguayan president

A third woman has claimed that Fernando Lugo, the Paraguayan president (photo, from bbc.co.uk), fathered her child.

Ahmadinejad said he will not intervene for Ms Saberi

Iranian president (photo, nouvelobs.com) said he will not intervene in the case of the Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been jailed for spying.

Refugees flee ‘hellish conditions’ in Sri Lanka

As they escaped the last remaining stronghold of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE), Sri Lankan refugees have described the conditions they have endured. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

The author of the torture memos ‘could be prosecuted’

After the Obama administration released CIA torture memos last week, the US president has left open the possibility of prosecuting officials.