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USAID Administrator Officiates at Vietnam Mission Opening

USAID Administrator Officiates at Vietnam Mission Opening

   As part of her official visit to Vietnam, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Henrietta Fore presided at a ceremonial opening of the agency's new mission in Hanoi.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UNICEF: Soaring child deaths in Greater Horn of Africa must be averted

UNICEF: Soaring child deaths in Greater Horn of Africa must be averted

   A lethal mix of drought, expanding conflict, rising food and energy prices, disease, and high poverty is pushing children and their families in the Greater Horn of Africa to the brink of disaster.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Life-saving therapeutic supplies arrive in Ethiopia for emergency relief

Life-saving therapeutic supplies arrive in Ethiopia for emergency relief

   A massive airlift of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) Plumpy’Nut arrived in Addis Ababa last night as part of UNICEF’s emergency response to meet the urgent needs of severely malnourished children in drought-affected areas of Ethiopia.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Study says cut to junior doctors’ hours does not compromise patients’ safety

Study says cut to junior doctors’ hours does not compromise patients’ safety

   Research led by a team at the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School has found that reducing the hours of junior doctors does not compromise patients’ safety and could even dramatically cut mistakes on wards but, there are some concerns about reduced educational opportunities for junior doctors which it affords.

Posted : Sat, Jul 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

DuPont Leader Tells United Nations that Barriers to Improved Ag Productivity Can be Overcome

DuPont Leader Tells United Nations that Barriers to Improved Ag Productivity Can be Overcome

   Open Access to Agricultural Inputs, Information, Markets Are Key to Abate Hunger, Reduce Poverty

Posted : Fri, Jul 04, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Receding Flood Waters Threaten Hog Rescue Operation in Midwest

Receding Flood Waters Threaten Hog Rescue Operation in Midwest

   Animal rescue groups are facing many obstacles today as they begin an operation to save 50-plus pigs stranded on the so called Big Ditch levee in Oakville, Iowa. The flood waters have receded several feet in recent days and this will present significant challenges for getting the boats into the water and reaching the levee.

Posted : Sun, Jun 29, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Removal of water from Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel underway

Removal of water from Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel underway

   The water, which contains elevated concentrations of dissolved metals, is being safely treated before being sent to the Arkansas River.

Posted : Sun, Jun 29, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

IFC and Partners Launch First Student Loan Program in West Bank and Gaza

IFC and Partners Launch First Student Loan Program in West Bank and Gaza

   IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Bank of Palestine, and the Palestine Education Fund, an initiative of the Paltel Group Foundation, today signed an agreement to introduce a new student loan program in the West Bank and Gaza.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to Speak at ACG Los Angeles Annual Business Conference

Time Warner Chairman Richard Parsons to Speak at ACG Los Angeles Annual Business Conference

   Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the board of Time Warner Inc. and architect of the media company's successful turnaround, will be a keynote speaker at the 2008 ACG Los Angeles Business Conference, to be held September 16 and 17 in Beverly Hills.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Greenpeace blocks restart of French nuclear reactor construction

Greenpeace blocks restart of French nuclear reactor construction

   20 Greenpeace activists this morning stopped construction of the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Flamanville from restarting today by blocking the entrance to three quarries which supply sand and gravel for the build, as none of the safety problems that shut the construction down in May has been addressed.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Global Demand to release Greenpeace Activists in Japan Grows

Global Demand to release Greenpeace Activists in Japan Grows

   Embassies flooded with protests after Tokyo Two ordered to remain in custody.

Posted : Thu, Jun 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat scandal to appear in Court on Sunday

Greenpeace activists arrested over whale meat scandal to appear in Court on Sunday

   Greenpeace has engaged its international pool of online activists to petition the Japanese Prime Minster to end this embarrassing charade and free the innocent activists.

Posted : Mon, Jun 23, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Queen's and the City unite to bring an end to Aberdeen

Queen's and the City unite to bring an end to Aberdeen

   Queen's University and the City of Kingston are continuing to work in partnership on a multi-year plan aimed at bringing an end to the fall Aberdeen street event while at the same time making safety during the Sept. 27 Homecoming weekend a top priority.

Posted : Sat, Jun 21, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Greenpeace publishes criteria for red-listed seafood

Greenpeace publishes criteria for red-listed seafood

   Greenpeace today launched a new seafood campaign website, publishing its 'Red Grade' Criteria for Unsustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Posted : Sat, Jun 21, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

BAE Systems Demonstrates Emergency Communication System for First Responders

BAE Systems Demonstrates Emergency Communication System for First Responders

   BAE Systems First InterComm equipment was installed on two emergency vehicles. In responding to routine fires in Hempstead and West Hempstead, the system enabled the departments to communicate with equipment that otherwise would be incompatible.

Posted : Thu, Jun 19, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp.

Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Verizon's Acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp.

   Divestitures Will Preserve Competition for Consumers of Mobile Wireless Services Throughout Vermont and Areas of New York and Washington

Posted : Fri, Jun 13, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

LaCie Sponsors Earthrace Eco-Boat as it Attempts a World Record Race Around the Planet

LaCie Sponsors Earthrace Eco-Boat as it Attempts a World Record Race Around the Planet

   LaCie announced today that it is the official on-board digital storage provider for the Earthrace eco-boat as it attempts to break the round-the-world speed record.

Posted : Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

FDA Announces New Labeling Changes for Regranex

FDA Announces New Labeling Changes for Regranex

   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the addition of a boxed warning to the label of Regranex Gel 0.01% (becaplermin) to address the increased risk of cancer mortality in patients who use 3 or more tubes of the product.

Posted : Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Red Cross Award Fosters Nurse Involvement

Red Cross Award Fosters Nurse Involvement

   More nurses in the Lincoln, Nebraska, area will soon be getting involved in the mission of the American Red Cross. That is because Lincoln's Cornhusker Chapter today received the first-ever Susan Hassmiller Nursing Award.

Posted : Mon, Jun 09, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UC Irvine to lead statewide program on green materials research

UC Irvine to lead statewide program on green materials research

   Development of nontoxic alternatives to commercial products is focus of interdisciplinary effort

Posted : Thu, Jun 05, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News
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