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Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year
In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for trying... Consumers Favor Hybrid Technologies
"Americans, to quote JFK, seem willing to "pay any price" to achieve better gas mileage. As gasoline prices pass $4 a gallon, consumers remain high on hybrids. That holds true both before and after the average market price -- $5,000 -- is revealed, according to the J.D....Gene test gives early alert for breast cancer
This story ring me a bell to one patient. She has to pay a lot of money for the medicine. "All women could soon be offered a genetic test which would tell them whether they were likely or unlikely to contract breast... Hello Kitty mounts global offensive
All you hello kitty lovers (not me), get ready for Hello Kitty Mania. Upcoming products include digital cameras shaped like like a cat's head and also a Hello Kitty MMORPG game. Who wouldn't want a Hello Kitty wallet... Garden Bio-hazard: Man Killed By Compost
A man in Briatian has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting compost in his garden. "The 47-year-old Briton fell ill less than 24 hours after being engulfed by "clouds of dust" while working with rotting tree and plant mulch.At first medics thought the...Trinidad & Tobago 0-3 England
Easy win for England"England were comfortable winners in their friendly at Trinidad & Tobago.Gareth Barry put them ahead when he finished off a move involving Stewart Downing and Wayne Bridge to volley home his first goal for England. Four minutes later Downing laid on... Google’s latest Android prototype is kicking iPhone's apps
" Google’s latest Android prototype is miles improved over the versions we last saw. Back at CES the GUI was clunky and the whole thing looked relatively primative; Google themselves asked us to keep an open mind... Egypt: The Great Sphinx of African BPO Outsourcing Rises!
" In July 2007, AT Kearney ranked Egypt 13th in their list of top 50 outsourcing destinations worldwide. This placed Egypt at the top-most position among all African countries featured in the report, an annual compilation by the well-respected research...How Would a Portfolio Investing Solely in African Markets Look?
"I’ve been preoccupied with risk these days. Or risk mitigation to be exact. I’m tired of watching my TD Ameritrade account get whipsawed. It’s got me thinking. Would a portfolio invested solely in African markets be a tragedy waiting to happen? The chart below...Irregularities and Violence Mar Nigerian Elections
UPDATE:The stakes are high: this election could see Nigeria's first fully democratic transition of power." Police inspector general Sunday Ehindero told state television that a preliminary tally showed 21 dead,...China puts nation on alert to try to stop deadly virus
Another deadly virus has the Chinese authorities worried."BEIJING - China's Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert Saturday calling for heightened efforts to control a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and shows signs of spreading. ...U.S. surfer dies in shark attack in Mexico
A US surfer has been killed in a shark attack off Mexico's southern Pacific coast. " The San Francisco, California, man bled to death Monday after a gray shark bit his right thigh, leaving a 15-inch (38-centimeter)...Bear, Deloitte & Touche Sued Over Mortgage Funds’ Collapse
This just keeps getting uglier."The suit seeks the recovery of $1 billion in losses, as well as punitive damages, from Bear and auditor Deloitte & Touche. The Cayman Islands-appointed liquidators,...Massive Violence in Zimbabwe, Ruling Delayed Again
In a move many experts are predicting is the beginning of a 'coup by veto' by Mugabe's ruling regime, the government has detained at least 5 election officials. At least 100 farms have been invaded in the last four days and tensions are at an all-time high.Reports of Mugabe...53 die as a result of China snowstorms
"Central China has been hit by one of its heaviest snow storms in 50 years. At least 53 people have died either directly or indirectly as a result of the weather. And so far more than 40m people in ten provinces are without electricity or tap water. At a factory in Wuhan,...
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