Exclusive interview with oil trading giant Gennady Timchenko
When the Finnish, and originally Russian, Businessman Gennady Timchenko settled in Geneva, he also established Gunvor. The company he founded became a giant oil trader achieving a turnover of 65 billion dollars in 2008. By Stéphane-Benoit Godet. Gennady Timchenko is a...
Cern Large Hadron Collider restarts after 14 months
Scientists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, based in Geneva, Switzerland are searching for the Higgs boson, a sub-atomic particle central to understanding physics. Higgs boson is only predicted to exist, in other words, it has never been...
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome: The Untold Story
Frequency of Autonomic Abnormalities in GBS. WARNING: GBS can mimic almost any neurological disease process, including "brain death", effective allowing cover-up of drug induced medical error.
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Swine Flu Mortality Rate Climbs to 5 000
WHO has reported that the swine flu mortality rate has now climbed to 5 000 deaths. The 5 000 deaths are those that have been reported to WHO and as many countries have stopped reporting deaths from Swine...
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Bush Attacker Receives Heroes Welcome In Geneva Switzerland
Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who was recently released from an Iraqi prison after serving nine months for throwing his shoes at former U.S. president George W. Bush, has been greeted with a heroes welcome in Geneva Switzerland.Muntadhar al-Zeidi gained worldwide...
Nepal's Special Security Plan: Political Stunt?
By Krishna Hari Pushkar Nepal is a one of the most leading domiciles of many ethno-political insurgents. Since longtime, the country has lost its normalcy of law and order, good governance, civil supremacy, and democratic practices due to fast growing ratio of institutional...
World Climate Conference Focuses On Adaptation To Climate Change
The third World Climate Conference started on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland. WCC-3, as it is called, is a week-long event organized by the World Meteorological Organization. Over 1,000 politicians and scientists from 150 countries attend, in an attempt to better understand...
Human Rights: The Story of a Volunteer
The words "busy" and "important" don't even begin to describe the various elements of voluntary work done by thousands throughout the world to help better the quality of life for disadvantaged people, by way of which I refer not only to those in so-called 'third world'...
Possible Drug Target For One Of The Most Aggressive Breast Cancer
Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) investigators have identified a gene that could be an important therapeutic target in the treatment of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Currently, patients with these cancers have few treatment options. "Breast cancer mortality... Rwanda key to peace in the DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has witnessed an extraordinary number of attempts to resolve what is considered to be one of Africa's largest conflicts. All have failed to end the violence or bring sustainable peace. A month away from the 10th anniversary of the...
The next health tsunami: Non-communicable diseases
The next health tsunami: Non-communicable diseases GENEVA: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) and the World Heart Federation (WHF) called today on the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to take immediate action...
UN begins Bhutto killing inquiry
A United Nations inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto begins on Wednesday. It is headed by Chile's ambassador to the UN, Heraldo Munoz, and includes a former Indonesian attorney general and a former senior Irish police officer. The inquiry...
Footwear store in Geneva uses Buddha statue to hang shoes
An Indian family was horrified at what they witnessed in a shoe shop in Geneva. The sense of respect the Indians have for any religion is admirable and is shared by many Asian countries. " PATNA: Sight-seeing in...
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