An awful farm bill
George W. Bush signed a farm bill that represents a low point in his presidency - a wasteful corporate welfare measure that penalize taxpayers and the world's poorest people in order to bribe a few
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Unlikely coalition is battling AIDS
An unusual coalition of lawmakers is pressing President George W. Bush to increase global spending on AIDS by hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone. The Bush administration has budgeted
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President signs farm bill with big rise in subsidies
Presidents George W. Bush, setting aside his rhetorical devotion to free markets, signed a farm bill that will shower billions of dollars in new subsidies on breadbasket states that will help
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Honeybees are in big trouble
In recent years, two tiny spider-like parasites have been weakening and killing bee populations across the United Stares : A report.
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UN adopts strategy to help children, but not without a bitter struggle
The 189-nation United Nations General Assembly has adopted a bitterly contested document that charts the UN's strategy for confronting a range of afflictions facing children, from poverty to the
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South Korea kills pigs to stop foot-and-mouth
South Korea begun slaughtering tens of thousands of pigs as an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease showed signs of spreading, officials said. The Agriculture Ministry confirmed that the disease had
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US will offer Burma help in fighting AIDS
The United States has promised Burma help on AIDS but has told it to follow up its release of the Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, by freeing other dissidents. The State Department also
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New foot-and-mouth found in South Korea
South Korea said that a first test had indicated new case of foot-and-mouth disease south of Seoul and that it destroyed 900 more pigs to try to contain an outbreak.
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South Korea ending cull of sick cattle
South Korea was expected to end its slaughter of thousands of animals Thursday in areas blighted by foot-and-mouth diseases, and European governments urged soccer fans to avoid bringing the disease
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Blood-flow blocker slows tumor growth
A drug that blocks the flow of blood to tumors significantly slowed the worsening of cancer, scientists reported. The results lent validation to an experimental cancer treatment that once generated