BRITISH doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will face a judge today for the first time over his string of monstrous war crimes.

Saddam Hussein may already have been convicted in the court of international public opinion for crimes against the Iraqi people, but more will be needed to get a guilty verdict from an Iraqi court – and DNA evidence may be the key.

US VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney and vice-presidential candidate John Edwards slugged it out over jobs, judgment and Iraq in a hard-hitting debate that set the stage for US President George W Bush’s speech yesterday denouncing his Democratic rival’s record on national security.

On the campaign trail, Vice President Dick Cheney often jabs at Democrat John Edwards for his past as a trial lawyer, blaming his sort for “frivolous lawsuits” that raise health care costs.

As George Bush and John Kerry go head-to-head in what is considered the most crucial presidential election in generations, America has turned to another issue – the colour of Senator Kerry’s face.

PARALYSED actor-director Christopher Reeve last night spoke publicly for the first time without the use of a mechanical ventilator, thanks to a “lung pacemaker” operation performed in February.

Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has received an award from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, recognising scientific achievement and contributions to the advancement of knowledge.

A gunman in camouflage gear who opened fire inside an Ohio university business school, killing at least one person and injuring another, was captured early today after a seven-hour siege.

People who adore themselves may be infuriating - but they outshine others at times of crisis, psychologists said today.