Youth Gun Violence: Who's Responsible?

Recently there has been what many have called a rash of gun violence perpetrated by children, in the schools across our nation. From Sandy Hook to Taft High School to South Side Elementary in Chicago  children are getting access to and in a number of high profile cases...

London pedestrian deaths and cycle injuries soar

''Worn out zebra crossings and other road markings which are hardly visible due to cutbacks in painting are a danger to pedestrians, cyclist and drivers. Letting the maintenance of roads slip away will only bring...

NHS plans will mean putting wealthy first, says doctors' leader

2nd September 2011 Hospitals will be forced to treat wealthy foreigners to raise cash rather than treat poor patients as they are hit by cuts to the NHS budget and the government's radical pro-market reforms, the...

Foreclosure Related Deaths – Tragic and Avoidable

There has not been much discussion about the greatest of problems associated with foreclosures –  death; it may be in the form of suicide, murder or accident. Individuals alone cannot be blamed for messing financing – Wall Street created the environment...

Ivorian Soldiers Open Fore on Unarmed Women Protesters

"The government of Ivory Coast's internationally recognized leader said the country's deepening political crisis has "crossed over to a new level of horror and barbarism" after soldiers backing his rival fatally shot six female demonstrators. Thousands of women were...

Trust in Doctors and Pharmacists tested by drug deaths

  In many instances, taking a cocktail of drugs is becoming the norm just to stay alive. Often, medicines are prescribed addressing such things as hypertension. Hypertension that is recognized by high blood...

Police:Dad set fire that killed baby, burned ex-girlfriend's body

"A 25-year-old mother was smothered before her infant daughter and her Lawrence apartment were set on fire, a court document said. Joshwa Carlisle, 22, faces preliminary charges of one count of arson and two counts of murder in the Sept. 19 fire and deaths of Tracie Shannon,...

Aspirin 'helps protect against bowel cancer'

" A daily aspirin tablet may help prevent bowel cancer, a study suggests. Oxford University found it cut cases by a quarter and deaths by more than a third in a review of 14,000 patients. Aspirins are already widely used to help protect people against strokes and heart...

"Something incredibly evil" about the Polish President's Death

Are any suspicions 'crazy'? I wondered. "Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili says “there is something incredibly evil” in the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his entourage this weekend." Poles...

Nigeria - lead poisoning kills 100 children in north

"More than 100 children have died of lead poisoning in Nigeria in recent weeks, health officials say. The number has been rising since March, when residents started digging illegally for gold in areas with high concentrations of lead.A total of 163 out of 355 cases...

Throat Cancer Deaths To Triple If Obesity Not Cut - Chris Hawkey

Deaths from throat cancer are increasing as rates of obesity increase. If the trend in obesity numbers continues then throat (oesophageal) cancer could raise to the levels of bowel and other cancers. In the UK it...

Old Lang Syne - Iraq

We coming to the time of year where we sing Old Lang Syne, please sing it with me now, dedicated and in the memory of all those that have died far away, from the shores of the lands they have loved and far away...

Old Lang Syne - Afghanistan

We coming to the time of year where we sing Old Lang Syne, please sing it with me now, dedicated and in the memory of all those that have died far away, from the shores of the lands they have loved and far away...

Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

Quake Shakes Himalayas Causing Deaths, Destruction in Bhutan

The Himalayas has always been a playground for earthquakes as it is located on the suture zone of two most volatile continental plates moving against one another. "A powerful earthquake has struck the Himalayan region, causing at least five deaths and destruction in the small...

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