In WTO, Taipei vows big steps
Taiwan officially joined the World Trade Organization as President Chen Shui-bain pledged to increase links with mainland China.
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Weather aids firefighters in Australia, but a feud burns
The Australian authorities were criticized Sunday for failing to contain the fires that have destroyed more than 550000 hectares of bushland and more than 100 houses in the past two weeks.
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Fishing fleets are raiding ever-remoter seas
The South Tomi, a rusty ocean going trawler had hauled in 90 tons of Patagonian toothfish worth around $800000 when it was spotted fishing illegally for the endangered species in southern Indian
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For Canada, timber war leaves scars
Thousands of logs float idly in rivers in British Columbia, where sawmills have gone quiet, workers have been laid off and the scent of wood being cut has subsided. This is what it looks like on the
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Disease plagues house finches
60% of the Songbirds have disappeared from eastern U.S. Birds that nest on or around buildings are often disturbed by people and their pets, and nestlings in particular are easy targets for domestic
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Less aspirin for heart patients ?
Major new research shows that people at high risk of heart attack or stroke should be given one or two baby aspirins a day instead of the regular strength adult
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Toxic gas cleanses offices in Senate
A poisonous gas pumped into the Hart Senate Office Building appears to have killed any remaining anthrax spores, officials of the Environmental Protection Agency said.
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Australia raises kangaroo kill
Australia's annual cull of kangaroos will rise by more than a quarter this year, the government said prompting an outcry from animal rights groups over what they see as cruel slaughter of the animal
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Health vs. life
A scientific paper reports that an important protein which defends the body against cancer also promotes aging in mice. That could pose a terrible quandary for anyone in search of the proverbial
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2 firms close in hepatitis Drug
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli litty & Co. said that they had developed a drug candidate that can attack HIV the virus that causes AIDS. The companies say that their compound which they hope to