Parasites may get nastier with climate swings: study
ScienceDaily OSLO, Aug. 12, 2012 (Reuters) — Parasites look set to become more virulent because of climate change, according to a study showing that frogs suffer more infections from a fungus when exposed to unexpected swings in temperatures. Parasites, which include tapeworms, the tiny organisms that cause malaria and funguses, may […]
Worst Outbreak of Whooping Cough in 50 Years in U.S.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2012) — This year the U.S. has seen the worst outbreak of whooping cough in more than 50 years. In fact, it has reached epidemic levels in many states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the numbers of cases reported is already twice as many […]
New storm coming: 150 towns, cities still under water
Philippine News: MANILA (AFP) – Emergency relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll jumped to 85. The flooding that submerged 80 percent of Manila early in the week has largely subsided but more than 150 […]
Iran earthquakes kill 300 and injure 5,000
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FIJI NEWS – Nine Fiji delegates to World Youth Program
Nine delegates for Fiji to SWY 07:36 Thu Aug 09, 2012 2011 Ship for World Youth Program delegatesTaken from/By: Google Report by: Elenoa Turagaiviu Fiji will be sending nine delegates to the Ship for World Youth Program next year. 101 applications were received by the Ministry of Youth and Sports […]
Hate fest shameful – al-Quds day in Toronto
Hate fest shameful Decision to allow anti-Israel Al-Quds rally at Queen’s Park all wrong Tarek Fatah- The Toronto SUN August 12, 2012 Did you know there are Canadians among us who are inspired by a mass-murderer? Canadians who take their cue not from our constitution or the values we have […]
Air Mauritius announces slightly reduces loss for the first Quarter this year
Air Mauritius announced a slightly reduced loss from last year for quarter 1 of 10.4 million euros, compared to 11.9 million euros in 2011. Airline sources blamed, in particular, the change in value between the euro and the US dollar for the magnitude of the loss, which according to media […]
Israeli lawmaker’s proposal to divide al-Asqa Mosque worship stirs uproar
By AL ARBABIYA A bill drafted last week by a right-wing Israeli lawmaker to schedule separate prayer hours for Jews and Muslims at al-Aqsa Mosque has caused an uproar, regional […]
Israel sniper to get 45 days over Gaza war shooting
JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier implicated in the killing of two Gaza women carrying a white flag faces a 45-day jail term under a plea bargain approved by a military court on Sunday, local media said. The sniper, identified by Israeli media as “staff sergeant S,” was charged with manslaughter […]
Olympics closing ceremony: spectacular end to the Games will celebrate 50 years of British pop
The London 2012 Olympics will close with a thrilling tribute to the best of British music from the past 50 years, in what its director is promising will be “a fabulous emotional experience”. By Patrick Sawer, and Claire Duffin Details of the ceremony, called A Symphony of British Music, have […]
Pro-Assad journalist killed in Damascus
A journalist working with Syria’s state-run SANA news agency has been killed in his residence just outside the capital Damascus. No further details are available at this moment. There have been several attacks on pro-regime media over the course of Syria’s 17-month-old conflict which, according to the UN, has claimed […]
Jakarta Globe: In Pakistan, Ahmadis Lose Hope This Ramadan
Karachi, Pakistan. As millions around the world enter the third week of the Ramadan fast, the fraternity that typically unites Muslims during the holy month does not extend to Pakistan’s […]
French Bank Offers Women Handbag Insurance, Dodges Accusations Of Sexism
How much do you love your handbag? Or, let us rephrase this: Do you think your bank should have a vested interest in protecting it? That’s what one French bank […]
Switzerland: Forced marriage affects hundreds
In the past two years, around 1,400 young women in Switzerland have been forced to marry, end a relationship or have been told not to seek a divorce, according to a study by Neuchâtel University for the Federal Migration Office. Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga presented the results of the study […]
Israel tests SMS missile alerts as Iran chatter grows
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Sunday began testing a nationwide SMS system for warning the public of an imminent missile attack as chatter over a possible strike on Iran dominated the Israeli press headlines. With front page stories in two papers suggesting Tehran had made progress towards the manufacture and […]
Twin earthquakes kill 220 and injure 1,500 in Iran
Zahra Hosseinian | Reuters ARABNEWS Sunday 12 August 2012 DUBAI: Two powerful earthquakes killed 220 people and injured around 1,500 in northwest Iran where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and into Sunday as medical staff desperately tried to save lives. Thousands huddled […]
Lessons learned from the Islamic Solidarity Summit
Dr. Abdul Haq Azozi ARABNEWS Sunday 12 August 2012 King Abdullah, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has called for an emergency summit of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Makkah on the 26th and 27th of Ramadan to address the concerns and imminent problems […]
Bringing Myanmar killers to justice tops summit agenda
DAMMAM: SIRAJ WAHAB ARABNEWS Sunday 12 August 2012 The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is one of the key issues to be discussed at the Islamic solidarity summit convened by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in Makkah on Aug. 14-15. With just two days to […]
why capitalism wants us to stay single or divorced?
Guardian: The long-term relationship, like the job-for-life, is fast being deregulated into short term, temporary arrangements with no promise of commitment, as sociologist Zygmunt Bauman has been warning us for over […]