Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency

Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency   BARRY BEARAK Published: December 4, 2008 JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean Health Minister, David Parirenyatwa, has declared the nation’s...

Marijuana As Wonder Drug

"Marijuana As Wonder Drug By Lester Grinspoon, Boston.com, 1 March 2007 The Boston Globe, © Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. Also published as: Marijuana, the wonder drug - International Herald Tribune A NEW STUDY* in the journal Neurology is being hailed as...

Facebook Was in Talks to Buy German Social Site

"When Facebook sued the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, last month, it contended that the company had illegally copied Facebook’s “look and feel” with similar graphics and features. “A great deal, if not all, of StudiVZ’s success is due to its copying...

Indonesia's Bumi wins battle to Australian Herald

As private multinationals continue struggle for the control os strategic raw materials, Indonesian Bumi wins biding over Chinese and  Australian Heral Resource to control zinc and lead at Dairi mines. According to this FT article, "Zinc and lead prices have...

Traffic to be Squeezed Off-Broadway

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unveiled an ambitious scheme to close a section of Braodway to motor traffic. The newly-liberated stretch of asphalt will run from Times Square (42nd St) to Herald Square (36th St).  This project, as well as Bloomberg's failed...

South Africa ruling party backs Zimbabwe talks

As Zimbabwe announces that it will start a renewed crackdown on opposition leaders, lawmakers and activists in the coming days, South Africa's ruling party has turned on the pressure.."African National Congress leaders have urged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to...

Climate warning on future of Altona's Mobil refinery

" OIL giant Mobil could be forced to close its Altona refinery when the Rudd Government introduces a carbon emissions trading scheme. The closure of the refinery, which supplies half of Victoria's fuel needs, would cut competition and could push up petrol prices. Company...

Baby locked up in childcare centre

" AUTHORITIES are investigating how a baby girl was left alone inside a locked childcare centre after it closed for the day.A Sydney father, identified by the Sydney Morning Herald only as Bharat , said that when he went to pick up his one-year-old daughter Ankita from the...

Five at Guantanamo to face capital charges

After many years, it would appear charges are being brought against alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks. "A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed 9/11 architect Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men for allegedly conspiring in the...