The protests are wrong
There are fair criticisms to be made of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the free-trading world order that exists around them. But when thousands take to the streets to demand the
There are fair criticisms to be made of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the free-trading world order that exists around them. But when thousands take to the streets to demand the
Scientists are discovering a treasure trove of rare plants and strange creatures that have been preserved by war in a virtually pristine time capsule in Cardamom Mountains (Phnom Penh). There is the
The Hungarian government has declared parts of eastern Hungary a disaster area, allowing allocation of funds to combat floods, state-run radio reported. The country's second largest river, The Tisza,
The Clinton administration, vowing to "right the wrongs of the past" was expected to unveil plans to compensate thousands of ailing workers who were exposed to radiation while helping to build the
The U.S. Park Service, in a reversal of nine decades of policy, is moving to limit the impact of noisy, polluting machines in its parks.The agency has an ambitious goal: to protect or restore a lost
Two hospitals in the United States are offering a new treatment where surgeons have begun operating before birth on fetuses, hoping to forestall damage during pregnancy to the brain and nervous
Saying that genetically engineered crops have the potential to pose food safety risks and environmental harm, the National Academy of Sciences has cautiously endorsed the safety of biotech foods now
The United Nations worked to establish a second stopgap airlift to drought-stricken Ethiopia, where food supplies are too short for the 4 million to 5 million people it is feeding. Millions more
The 23 million Africans infected with the virus that causes AIDS should be given regular doses of antibiotic to ward off fatal secondary infections, the World Health Organization and the UN AIDS
South Korean agriculture authorities ordered the closure of all livestock markets in a bid to stem the spread of hoof-and-mouth disease across the