Greek quake toll at 117 as 60,000 are homeless
About 60,000 residents have been left homeless from Tuesday's earthquake in Athens while the death toll has risen to 117, a government official said
About 60,000 residents have been left homeless from Tuesday's earthquake in Athens while the death toll has risen to 117, a government official said
As long as the leaves come from the plant Camellia sinensis, tea will contain potent antioxidant chemcials that have been linked to protection against major diseases like cancer and heart disease.
Airports are taking the "green" challenge seriously, particularly when the local authorities which grant permission to expand insist on a strong environmental commitment.Most major airports operate
Half of all newborn babies in Africa carry the HIV virus, the top United Nations campaigner againt AIDS said as an international conference on AIDS in Africa opened here.Dr. Peter Piot, executive
In what promises to be the best road map yet for identifying global problems caused by the Year 2000 technology glitch, the State Department is readying country-by-country warnings on 194 nations.
Thousands of unwitting uranium workers wer exposed to plutonium and other highly radioactive metals at a federally owned plant here where contaminaiton spread through work areas, locker rooms and
Death rates from lung cancer could be greatly reduced if smokers and former smokers were routinely given CT scans of their lungs, doctors reported Friday. The scans use a new technique that is far
A Florida jury's strong ruling against the tobacco industry in the first class-action lawsuit to reach a verdict may prove a watershed in the history of tobacco legislation. The cigarette makers
Whites 'Free to leave' : President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe brushed aside Commonwealth criticism, refusing to order squatters to end occupations of white farms and saying whites were free to leave
President Bill Clinton has announced that for the first time the U.S. government will require meat processing plants to test for contamination by the listeria bacterium, blamed for about 500 deaths