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UN Applauds Sri Lanaka Govt.’s Steps to Safeguard Childen’s Rights
UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon applauded the Sri Lankan Government’s creation in April 2007 of a special task force on children and armed conflict, and called on authorities to take measures to prevent armed groups’ abduction and recruitment...
Teaching Quality ‘must Improve’
‘The South African government and its partners should find ways to put effective measures in place so that better results could be achieved at all school levels in future,” says Education Minister Naledi Pandor.
America’s Female Dentists Support More Liberal Politics Than Male Colleagues
A recent Wealthy Dentist survey asked dentists who they would like to see win the upcoming US presidential election. Two out of three dentists responding to this survey said they would rather see a Republican in the Oval Office than a Democrat. Among...
Lack of Deep Sleep May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Suppression of slow-wave sleep in healthy young adults significantly decreases their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, report researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center in the “Early Edition”...
‘Swish-and-spit’ Test Accurate for Cancer
A morning gargle could someday be more than a breath freshener – it could spot head and neck cancer, say scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Their new study of a mouth rinse that captures genetic signatures common to the disease...
Silence May Lead to Phantom Noises Misinterpreted As Tinnitus
Phantom noises, that mimic ringing in the ears associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new research published in the January 2008 edition of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. The...
UN Secretary-General Appeals for Peace in Kenya
Strongly deploring the loss of human life in Kenya after the announcement of election results, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the security forces there to show utmost restraint and appealed to the population for calm,...
Four People Gunned Down Near Cafe in Russia’s Urals Region
Four people were killed by an unknown man who fired automatic weapons into them near a cafe in the town of Shadrinsk in Russia’s Urals region, a police source said on Monday. “An unknown man fired on Sunday automatic weapons into a group of...
