" 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. ...
" MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Monday an executive order imposing a 50-percent price cut on five commonly used medicines whose prices the pharmaceutical companies refused to bring down....
What do you get the network that has everything? How about a crisp new suit? "Just in time for Christmas comes a lawsuit pitting Warner Bros. Television against CBS. The studio on Tuesday filed suit in California...
""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
With the sharp rise in global grain prices, many affluent countries with limited arable land have begun looking to Africa for food security. Countries like Angola, Tanzania and Ethiopia have already shown...
created by ksjhalla | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 142 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
A new survey in the UK shows that half of British adults believe that British children behave like 'animals.' The survey is part of a growing body of evidence that the current generation of young people in Britain is estranged from the population at large."Half the population...
"Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani has given the green signal to finalise details of an economic bailout package with the International Monetary Fund and a six-member delegation will leave for Dubai next week to negotiate, official sources said here yesterday. Adviser on...
created by pakalert | 1 year ago 372 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Birmingham Salvo have won Counter-Strike: Source here at i35, their third I-series in a row. After both Reason Gaming and Birmingham Salvo eliminated maps from the map pool they were left playing de_tuscan, followed by de_nuke if a third map was needed. Salvo would start on...
created by flikQ | 1 year ago 116 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The third test between India and Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi ended in a draw as the two sides decided that a result was not probable early in the afternoon session. Scorecard - India vs Australia - 3rd Test Earlier in the day, Gambhir and Dravid started their...
A recent poll carried out at the prestigious Cambridge University in the UK showed that nearly half of all students there admitted to plagiarism. In the age of the internet, it seems that plagiarism has become copmmonplace amongst university students."Almost half of students...
"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...
created by danheil | 1 year ago 106 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
"CareToLive Sends Writ to Supreme Court of the United States October 24th, 2008 | Posted by CTL Share This While the FDA continues to tow the untenable line they have chosen and while they continue...
created by RoryKearney | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 163 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
And you think American divorces are weird!"(CNN) -- A Cambodian couple who separated after 40 years of marriage may have taken things too literally when it came to splitting their assets: ...
"U.S. Fed leads round of global interest rate cutsMove is to handle the worst financial crisis since 1929 stock market crash""BREAKING NEWS MSNBC News ServicesWASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, acting in...
created by RayBanBro66 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 65 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Asia's longest serving political leader is facing the prospect of losing his job as the President of the Maldives. The Indian Ocean tourist paradise is having its first taste of democracy with multi-party elections being held to choose a president for the next five years. The...