World Bank's policy goals under fire
The World Bank is conducting a disciplinary investigation of one of its highest-ranking economists, who sharply criticized the bank's record on fighting poverty in a recent book and newspaper opinion
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Tokyo courts pro-whaling votes
Japan uses overseas aid and diplomatic contacts to encourage countries to vote against restrictions on commercial whaling, the head of the Japanese fisheries agency said.
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Blood-clot risk reported in 1960s
International airlines were warned about the dangers of "economy class syndrome" more than 30 years ago but failed to caution passengers, a report in Cape Town
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Blair denounces G-8 protesters as 'misguided'
Prime Minister Tony Blair says people are "far too aplogetic" about demonstrators who disrupt gatherings of world leaders and he has urged the public to turn its back on them. "These guys don't
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Protester is killed as G-8 chiefs meet
As leaders of the world's wealthiest nations meeting in Genoa tried to put a brave face on the global economic slowdown, the riot police blasted demonstrators with tear gas and water cannon in the
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More Atlantic storms on the horizon
America's Atlantic seaboard and the Caribbean face 10 to 40 years of stronger and more frequent hurricanes according to a new analysis of weather data. As a result, crowded coastlines and islands are
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Train fire imperils Baltimore
A 60-car freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in a narrow Baltimore tunnel, touching off a five-alarm fire that shut down much of the heart of the city, sent ballplayers running from
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Women told hormone use may increase risk to heart
Healthy women should not take hormones after menopause to prevent heart disease, and those who already have heart disease should not start on hormones, according to new American Heart Association
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Shifting environment roles
The Bush Administration is advancing a plan to reduce federal environmental enforcement and to shift resources to the states.
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Baltimore acid risk is cut
Firefighters in Baltimore removed 27 trains cars from a smoky, sweltering rail tunnel over the weekend, significantly lowering the dangers from an acid leak and fire that had crippled the