Sickened Milk Scandal Victims May Top 90,000 in China

Though the Chinese government has refused to release new figures as to how many children fell ill as a result of the melamine tainted milk scandal, investigation into local media shows that the number may be in the 90,000's - a figure that is nearly double what officials...

China Withholds Number of Kids Sickened by Melamine

China has refused to release updated statistics of the total number of children sickened by the melamine-tainted milk scandal in a clear move to censor media coverage of the country's failed dairy industry and...

China's Toxic Milk Update: More Recalls and Bans

The milk scandal in China continues to worsen: nearly 60,000 children have been affected, numerous people have been arrested and some face death if convicted, countries are banning the import of Chinese milk...

US and Iraqi Forces Unable to Defend Gov't Buildings

A startling observation from Josh Marshall:"Perhaps even more alarming than the car bombings that killed more than 200 people yesterday in Baghdad was an attack earlier in the day on the Health Ministry building: "The attack on the ministry headquarters began around midday...

Downpours Flood Kenya as Delegates Meet to Discuss Deadly Drought-Flood Cycles

"Since then, at least 60 000 Kenyans - 50 000 on the coast and 10 000 in the northeast - have been forced from their homes by flood waters that have washed away crop fields, bridges and roads and destroyed numerous buildings. "All these people are directly affected or...

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