U.S. under fire for AIDS fund pledge
Nine months after Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general called nations to contribute at lest $7 billion a year to a global fund to fight AIDS, donations have fallen far short of that goal.
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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ImClone rejects ultimatum
ImClone Systems Inc has rejected demands by Bristol-Mysers Squibb Co. to restructure its $2 billion agreement to develop and market a cancer drug. But Bristol-Myers did not immediately carry through
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Sweet dream : sleep less, live longer
Contrary to popular belief, people who sleep six to seven hours a night live longer, and those who sleep eight hours or more die younger, according to the largest study ever conducted on the subject.
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Japanese cite Italian feed in mad cow probe
Imported Italian bonemeal emerged as the possible source of mad cow disease in Japan after the Agriculture Ministry said some bonemeal had not been properly sterilized despite certification by the
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Japan reports leaking of radioactive waste
A waste tank at a nuclear generator located 350 kilometers west of Tokyo in Fukui Prefecture leaked about 3.4 kilograms of radioactive waste, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute said.
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Bush backs Nevada site to store nuclear waste
President George W Bush has authorized construction of a huge, centralized site for nuclear waste storage 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas, saying that the long-debated project was
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Australia seizes 2 Russian vessels with rare fish
Two Russians trawlers snared in a campaign by Australia against illegal fishing in its Antarctic waters arrived in the port of Fremantle under armed naval escort. Eighty five seamen from the Lena and
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Alzheimer's may be linked to meaty diet
People with high blood levels of a normal diet byproduct, homocysteine, have twice the average risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study published finds. The study suggest that other major
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Fowl antibiotics
It was a pleasant surprise to learn that three large American poultry companies had greatly reduced their use of antibiotics in healthy chickens. Other companies ought to follow the lead of these
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Trial Alzeimer's vaccine makes 12 seriously ill
Twelve volunteers inoculated with a highly touted experimental vaccine designed to reverse the course of Alzheimer's disease have fallen seriously ill with brain inflammation, forcing the vaccine's