Of course it’s all due to longer life expectancy that many more world citizens will suffer from Dementia. The United Kingdom says there will be so many; the National Heath System will not be able to cope....
"The last " Nine staff were originally arrested after the disputed re-election of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the street protests that followed. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said he is "very glad" at news of the release of Hossein Rassam but said the arrests on...
What is being linked as the Silent Tsunami - the United Nations Environment Program states the current meat production is actually worsening the food crises and climate change effects. ""There are 900 million...
Global warming is causing problems in finding food for penguins in Argentina. The fluctuations year to year in weather is leading to them nesting in places that means that they have to swim the equivalent of two...
More bad news for Robert Mugabe's government." Zimbabwe's unemployment rate has spiked to 94 percent, meaning that fewer than half a million people in the country are formally employed, the UN's humanitarian arm said...
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"Calling all American Express Card Holders! Do you own an American Express Credit Card, all you need to do is vote for this charitable project "Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children".International Medical Corps, is in the final 5 of the American Express Members...
Arctic sea ice is even lower than what was projected to be the lowest at the moment, and the polar bears are suffering the most from this change.Some are even resorting to cannibalism it has been found."Scientists...
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"Bush's silence won't make Israel's brutality any less counter-productive
By The Daily Star
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Editorial
Washington's refusal to endorse a draft United Nations Security Council statement condemning Israel's siege of Gaza effectively advocated the...
Rather than ending rocket attacks, I'm beginning to wonder if Israel's lockdown of Gaza is more likely to create more attacks. Going without medications, bread, gas, fuel, and medical care is more likely to create anger than reconciliation."Gaza City awoke Monday to shuttered...
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As a former competitive swimmer and surfer, I learn tremendous health information from the amazing professionals at Iowa Avenue:
In general, we have become a group of people who watch too much television, “Surf the Internet,” play videogames or, just “chill” with our...
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At least these two men were able to save themselves. For people not in the know, mining is still one of the most precarious professions in the world. And it would help the miner's and their families if...
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"Azizgul is 10 years old, from the village of Houscha in western Afghanistan. This year the wheat crop failed again following a devastating drought. Her family was hungry. So, a little before Christmas, Azizgul's mother 'sold' her to be married to a 13-year-old boy.
'I need...
"MOSCOW, December 27 - The leader of Turkmenistan's United Democratic Opposition, currently based in Norway, proposed Wednesday sending a trainload of flour to Turkmenistan and carrying out a "flour" revolution in the republic.
President-for-Life Saparmurat Niyazov died at...
"Our welcome at The Greek Islands wasnt particularly warm. In fact, we almost ran, fleeing for our lives, as a loud, oversized dancing santa screeched and gyrated in the lobby. We were starving and it somehow managed to put us off food, if only for a few minutes."
"I am a sucker for a good old fashioned video store. I like to browse and wander and then walk out with far more movies than I had planned. The art of the find is half of the fun. Aside from Classic Video and maybe a handful of others, the state of video rental places in...