More focus on women issues stressed

"The need to intensify the coverage on women issues in the state has been strongly felt during the observance of National Press Day here under the theme ‘Women & Media’ jointly organised by the Kohima...

Scientists create an ultimate relaxing room

Psychologist Richard Wiseman at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, has created the world’s most chill place. The room is the product of the synthesis of numerous relaxation studies. It is a large space that...

Priest to hold nun beauty pageant

"An Italian priest says he is organising the world's first beauty pageant for nuns to erase a stereotype of them as being old and dour. Antonio Rungi says The Miss Sister Italy online contest will start on his blog in September. "Nuns are above all women and beauty is a gift...

Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

Case Study of Hypnosis and Headaches...

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Whatever happened to the mac platform redesign… frozen

"Apple is having a momentum with the introduction of the iPhone 3G and while the other Apple businesses are doing quite good we haven’t seen any major change in form or any upgrade to the mac business platform. Apple has been so stressed with the iPhone that the mac...

Jolie twins to arrive 'in weeks'

Angelina Jolie is expected to deliver the twins by August. Jolie had checked in a hospital in nice, France and going to remain there till the birth of twins. Jolie already has one daughter with actor Brad Pitt -...

Real Change Means McCain

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhoever Americans choose, whether Obama or McCain, both moderates, rest assured World Dictators and Despots will test the new US President "Hot Button". These Despots I...

Chelsea Clinton stumps for her mother in Puerto Rico

"Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs.With just over a month to go before Puerto...

Call for more representation of women in media

"More women's representation both in print and electronic media is needed to help the country move on towards progress, speakers said at the inaugural session of a seven-day workshop in Dhaka on Sunday. They also urged the country's media management to create more job...

US Army Suicides up 20 Percent in 2007

More American soldiers than ever before are intentionally injuring themselves or committing suicide, as the war in Iraq and conflict in Afghanistan continues without an end in sight.Interestingly, last year's 121...

Joint Chiefs Chairman: Close Guantanamo

I like that the main concern the chief of the U.S. military has is the public perception of the army, and not the human rights abuses and torture going on right under his nose.This story comes on the heels of a...

Israel-Palestine Mediation Bush-style

"Mediation Bush-style Bush's visit to Israel was preceded by the seizure of swathes of Palestinian land and the announcement that there will be no halt in settlement building. What hope for negotiations then, asks Saleh Al-Naami Click to view caption OFFICIAL VERSUS POPULAR:...

Merck tells AIDS vaccine volunteers who got jab

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of people who volunteered to test an experimental AIDS vaccine that may have actually raised the risk of infection will be told if they got the actual shot, researchers said on Tuesday. Merck & Co. Inc. and academic researchers said they...

RI urged to be more active in settling Palestinian issue

"Sharing the idea with Hamdan is Broto Wardoyon, an observer of Middle East Affairs of the University of Indonesia, who said that Indonesia`s role in trying to settle the Palestinian peace issue should be further improved. "So far, Indonesia has only been giving moral...

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