Researchers have found a way to persuade the body's immune system to attack tumours – and it is largely free from side effects

A self-assured President Obama on Monday used his second inaugural address to lay out a bold liberal vision of the American future, drawing direct links between the origins of the republic and some of the most vexing political issues of the day.

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama signed legislation into law early Wednesday that will keep the federal government funded through November 18, the White House said. The measure, called the "Continuing Resolution Act, 2012," ends the latest threat of a government shutdown.

A 24-hour general strike is underway in Greece in protest at the nation's austerity measures. Flights and ferry services have been cancelled, schools, government offices and tourist sites closed, and hospitals are working with reduced staff. Greece's biggest unions will want a huge turn-out to prove that resistance is still strong.

(CNN) -- Russia and China blocked efforts of other major powers to pass a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria Tuesday, with a dramatic dual veto thwarting a call for an immediate halt to the crackdown in Syria against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. Nine of the 15-member council countries, including the United States, voted in favor of adopting the resolution.

At least 55 people have been killed by a huge suspected suicide blast near government buildings in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, say officials. Eyewitnesses said a truck carrying explosives was driven into a gate near a government ministry and detonated.

The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden -- the second of six Nobel prizes to be announced this month. Last year, professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester in England won the physics prize for "groundbreaking" experiments with the two-dimensional material graphene.

Eurozone finance ministers have delayed making a decision on giving Greece its next instalment of bailout cash, sending European shares down sharply. It came after Greece said it would not meet this year's deficit cutting plan. A meeting set for 13 October, when finance ministers had been expected to sign off the next Greek loan, has now been cancelled, said BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris.

After a decade scarred by escalating militancy, deadly waves of suicide bombings and truculent relations with the West, Ahmed Rashid considers the devastating impact that the 9/11 attacks in the US had on Pakistan.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The Greek cabinet announced late Sunday that it adopted a draft budget for 2012, but the debt-ridden nation will miss key deficit targets for this year and next. According to this preliminary budget, Greece's budget deficit will be 18.69 billion euros, or 8.5% of gross domestic product, in 2011. Greece had originally agreed to a deficit of 17.1 billion euros, or 7.8% of GDP, with the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and the European Central Bank.

At least 15 people have been killed in tribal fighting in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, reports say. The clashes erupted in Kainantu town in Eastern Highlands province between the Agarabi and Kamano tribes.

About 30 soldiers have been killed after an air strike by Yemeni warplanes in the south of the country, local officials and medics said, though the government has denied the reports. The bombing on Saturday evening hit 119th brigade troops near Zinjibar in restive Abyan province and was followed by attacks by militants, reports say.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney praised the Obama administration Sunday for using a drone strike to kill American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but said President Barack Obama should now apologize for criticizing former President George W. Bush's actions against suspected terrorists.

Syrian opposition groups say they have formed united common front to challenge President Bashar al-Assad. After a two-day meeting in Turkey, leaders said they had agreed on the aims and structure of the Syrian National Council (SNC), first announced last month.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say. The ruling, although not officially confirmed, was tweeted by a Saudi princess and reported by AP news agency citing an unnamed official.

A 26-year-old US citizen has been arrested for allegedly plotting to fly explosive-packed, remote controlled planes into the Pentagon and the US Capitol in Washington DC. Rezwan Ferdaus was also charged with attempting to supply materials to al-Qaeda and aid attacks on US soldiers.

(CNN) -- A typhoon that left at least 21 people dead in the Philippines and 33 others missing spun toward China on Thursday morning, while another another tropical storm brewing in the Pacific is expected to hit the Philippines again within days. Typhoon Nesat -- referred to in the Philippines as Pedring -- displaced thousands in the archipelago nation, the state-run Philippines News Agency reported.

European Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials are expected

European countries proposing a new UN resolution over Syria have dropped demands for immediate sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad's government. The draft, proposed by the UK, France, Germany and Portugal and backed by the US, threatens sanctions only if the repression of protests does not end.

(CNN) -- Iran plans to send ships near the Atlantic coast of the United States, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tuesday, quoting a commander. "The Navy of the Iranian Army will have a powerful presence near the United States borders," read the headline of the story, in Farsi.

A powerful typhoon has struck the Philippines, triggering floods, cutting power and halting work in the capital Manila. Typhoon Nesat also forced the closure of the Philippine Stock Exchange and the US embassy in the city. At least two people were killed and another four were reported missing.