Truemors
So we're not all going to die of swine flu after all:- offical
" Deaths from swine flu could be less than half the annual toll from the usual winter flu, it emerged last night. The news came as an expert accused ministers of an 'alarmist' response to the outbreak. ... 
Turning Street Children into Entrepreneurs
" The UN estimates that 500 million people around the world are homeless, and UNICEF estimates India alone has 11 million homeless children on its streets (though it is difficult to pin down the figure). In order...
19 dead in Bolivia dengue outbreak, 31,000 affected
Bolivia is in the midst of a health emergency after three people died from dengue hemorrhagic fever. More than 1,000 Bolivians are thought to have contracted the mosquito-borne disease since November. Dengue has... 
All is Not Lost - HP and Home Depot Beats Expectations
"Hewlett-Packard boosted the tech sector on Tuesday. The computer maker said preliminary fourth-quarter earnings were higher than analysts expected. First-quarter guidance for 2009 was also above estimates. The... 
Outlook hazy, try again later
"For a season developing almost in lockstep with all reasonable estimates, this has been one weird year for Notre Dame football."
Estimates Show Sarah Palin's Assets Top $1M
"Estimates Show Sarah Palin's Assets Top $1M(WASILLA, Alaska) — Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became... 
173 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Loneliness 'makes you cold'
" Loneliness and coldness are often associated in everyday language, but psychologists have found that social isolation does make people feel cold. The University of Toronto team found people feeling excluded said a room was colder than those...
Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions
A 50 cent bullet to the back of the head is actually a more humane way to be executed, the condemed won't even feel the bullet enter, like they would various needles used in lethal injection. It's cheaper, totally painless and instant, unlike those botched executions you hear...
US HIV rate 'higher than thought'
The No of Aids victim in US is much higher than previously estimated. This is a wake up call and reveals that the infection is increasing in the proportion of epidemic and annual number of new infections is around 40,000. There is pressing need to expand the...
Dubious achievement: Hackers ‘jailbreak’ the iPhone 3G
"Eight days after Apple’s new iPhone went on sale, an international team of programmers announced on Saturday that the device had been “pwned” — hacker jargon for “controlled” or “compromised.” The...AI to Venezuela: protect more abused women
Amnesty International (AI) has asked the Venezuelan government to protect the Human Rights of locally abused women. Sadly, AI figures show that a rather big number of cases go unpunished or unresolved. The government has not made any comment of the AI allegations...
UN calls for more family planning
Alarmed over the growth in the World Population, United Nations have called for more money to initiate efforts to slow down population growth. Rapid population growth has put pressure on environment and recent...
Biofuels to blame for 75 per cent increase in price of food
Rushing into change without thinking out the consequences is never a good idea. Here we what at first seems a great environmental idea leading to food shortages and hikes in prices. I suppose it's just common... 
UN issues urgent plea for more funding to Burma
The United Nations issued an urgent plea today to stress to the international community that more funding is still needed. The UN says it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying aid unless...
Firefox 3 Claims Download World Record
Firefox 3 hit the web hard. Very hard. The Mozilla team is claiming victory in its world-record download bid, with over 8 million downloads in a 24-hour period."The early estimates from the Mozilla organization... 
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
210 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
210 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
