Taiwan stung by millions of missing bees - Yahoo! News

Taiwan stung by millions of missing bees - Yahoo! News: "Over the past two months, farmers in three parts of Taiwan have reported most of their bees gone, the Chinese-language United Daily News reported. Taiwan's TVBS television station said about 10 million bees had vanished in Taiwan."

newsobserver.com | Death toll excludes bombs

newsobserver.com | Death toll excludes bombs: "WASHINGTON - U.S. officials who say there has been a dramatic drop in sectarian violence in Iraq since President Bush began sending more American troops into Baghdad aren't counting one of the main killers of Iraqi civilians.

Car bombs and other explosive devices have killed thousands of Iraqis in the past three years, but the administration doesn't include them in the casualty counts it has been citing as evidence that the surge of additional U.S. forces is beginning to defuse tensions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims."

Iran: US seeks to undermine regime | Jerusalem Post

Iran: US seeks to undermine regime | Jerusalem Post: "According to the official Iranian news agency, the official, who deals with defense issues, said that no American would be safe from Iran's long-range missiles.

'We are prepared to fire tens of thousands of these missiles every day,' he said."

Clinton: US might have to confront Iran | Jerusalem Post

Clinton: US might have to confront Iran | Jerusalem Post: "Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that it might be necessary for America to confront Iran militarily, addressing that possibility more directly than any of the other presidential candidates who spoke this week to the National Jewish Democratic Council."

GM crop failure a warning, says US adviser. 30/11/2005. ABC News Online

GM crop failure a warning, says US adviser. 30/11/2005. ABC News Online: "A former agricultural adviser to US presidents says the failure of a genetically modified field pea trial should act as a warning for future GM crop testing.

The 10-year CSIRO trial was abandoned when tests found the peas were making mice seriously ill.

Dr Charles Benbrook, who advised presidents Carter, Bush senior, Reagan and Clinton says the field pea trial failure shows current GM crop testing is grossly inadequate."

'Little girl Rambo' Jessica Lynch decries US propaganda | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

'Little girl Rambo' Jessica Lynch decries US propaganda | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited: "The former US private Jessica Lynch today condemned what she said were Pentagon efforts to turn her into a 'little girl Rambo', and accused military chiefs of using 'elaborate tales' to try to make her into a hero of the Iraq war."

World powers may be ready to consider Tehran's enrichment program - Israel News, Ynetnews

World powers may be ready to consider Tehran's enrichment program - Israel News, Ynetnews: "The United States, Russia, China and the European Union are for the first time ready to listen to an Iranian proposal that would allow Tehran to keep some of its uranium enrichment program intact instead of mothballing it completely, government officials said Tuesday."

Press TV

Press TV: "Israel was criticized for firing cluster bombs in Lebanon in the final three days of the conflict, when both Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a ceasefire. Israel says its use of the munitions was in line with international law. "

Official University of Alberta DCA Site

Official University of Alberta DCA Site

"DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.

Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the U of A Department of Medicine, has shown that dichloroacetate (DCA) causes regression in several cancers, including lung, breast, and brain tumors"

Al-Qaeda‘planning big British attack’-News-UK-TimesOnline

Al-Qaeda‘planning big British attack’-News-UK-TimesOnline: "He claims the operation will be on ‘a par with Hiroshima and Naga-saki’ and will ‘shake the Roman throne’. We assess that this operation is most likely to be a large-scale, mass casualty attack against the West."

50% Good News Is the Bad News in Russian Radio - New York Times

50% Good News Is the Bad News in Russian Radio - New York Times: "MOSCOW, April 21 — At their first meeting with journalists since taking over Russia’s largest independent radio news network, the managers had startling news of their own: from now on, they said, at least 50 percent of the reports about Russia must be “positive.”

In addition, opposition leaders could not be mentioned on the air and the United States was to be portrayed as an enemy, journalists employed by the network, Russian News Service, say they were told by the new managers, who are allies of the Kremlin."

Catholic Church buries limbo after centuries - Yahoo! News

Catholic Church buries limbo after centuries - Yahoo! News: "VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church has effectively buried the concept of limbo, the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism went."

Cannabis compound slows lung cancer in mice - health - 18 April 2007 - New Scientist

Cannabis compound slows lung cancer in mice - health - 18 April 2007 - New Scientist: "The active compound in marijuana, THC, can slow the growth of lung tumours and reduce the spread of the cancer in mice, a preliminary study reveals."

BBC NEWS | Health | Cutting salt 'reduces heart risk'

BBC NEWS | Health | Cutting salt 'reduces heart risk': "Eating less salt can cut cardiovascular disease risk by a quarter and fatal heart disease by a fifth, work shows."

Former Mossad chief: Kill Ahmadinejad | Jerusalem Post

Former Mossad chief: Kill Ahmadinejad | Jerusalem Post: "Western countries must unite in an effort to assassinate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former head of the Mossad Meir Amit said on Wednesday night.

'Even though in the past I have been opposed to assassinating Arab leaders, this case is different because it alone is the center of the nuclear issue,' Amit told the weekly Kfar Chabad magazine set be published on Thursday."

BBC NEWS | UK | England | 'Talking' CCTV scolds offenders

BBC NEWS | UK | England | 'Talking' CCTV scolds offenders: "'Talking' CCTV cameras that tell off people dropping litter or committing anti-social behaviour are to be extended to 20 areas across England."

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/18/2007 | Administration pursued aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/18/2007 | Administration pursued aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout: "WASHINGTON - For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates."

Chinese make first artificial snowfall | International News | News | Telegraph

Chinese make first artificial snowfall | International News | News | Telegraph: "China claimed yesterday to have caused a snowfall for the first time as part of its increasingly ambitious attempts to control the weather."

Hurricanes to Be Sapped, Not Strengthened, by Warming?

Hurricanes to Be Sapped, Not Strengthened, by Warming?: "Climate change could lead to stronger wind shear, a weather pattern that weakens hurricanes, a new study says. Some previous, widely publicized studies have linked global warming to stronger hurricanes."

Ramazzini - Portal on the research and prevention of cancer - portale sulla ricerca e prevenzione del cancro

Ramazzini - Portal on the research and prevention of cancer - portale sulla ricerca e prevenzione del cancro: "A second study conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation (ERF) confirms the carcinogenicity of aspartame."