Chimp virus tied directly to human AIDS in Africa
By studying chimpanzee droppings in remote African jungles, scientists have found direct evidence of a missing link between a chimpanzee virus and the one that causes human AIDS, they reported.
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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'Carbon leaders' and 'carbon dogs' join gauges for climate investment
Socially conscious investors long ago hopped on the climate-change bandwagon, putting their money into companies that control greenhouse gases and shunning those that do not. But now, the pure
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In EU, front lines in food war
In this famously fractious country, there is one thing on which almost all Greeks agree: They do not want genetically modified crops grown, sold or eaten. In 2004, the Parliament passed a national
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New fund in Hong Kong to go green
American International Group and J.P. Morgan Chase have taken advantage of worsening air pollution in Hong Kong to start what they say will be the territory's first "green" pension fund. "Awareness
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Choking on success
Welcome to the world's freest economy. Well that's what the folks at the Heritage Foundation and the Wall street Journal call Hong Kong. For 12 years in a row, this city of 6.9 million people has
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Why is Kenya's AIDS rate plummeting?
Kenya, along with Uganda and Zimbabwe, is a rarity in Africa, a nation where experts say the AIDS epidemic shows signs of easing. So this land of safaris has become a hunting ground of a different
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Publisher to save trees
Random House, the publishing company owned by Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate, has announced plans to increase the proportion of recycled paper it buys for its books to at least 30 percent
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Environmental battles
The annual appropriations bill for the Interior Department and the Environmental Protection Agency will hit the House of Representatives later this week. This bill always inspires passionate debate
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Hepatitis B among East Asians poses problem for New York
Among East Asian immigrants in New York City, one person in seven carries the hepatitis B virus, a new study has found. The condition puts them at far greater risk than other Americans for deadly
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North Korea allows food aid to resume
The UN World Food Program said that it was resuming limited aid operations in North Korea, ready to provide food for children and women after a six-month dispute between international aid workers who