By 2020 Half of All Milk Packaging in the U.K. Will be Made From Recycled Materials
May 2, 2008
By 2020 half of all milk packaging will be made from recycled materials. That was just one of the targets launched today by Defra and the UK dairy industry in a Milk Roadmap that aims to reduce the environmental impacts of producing and consuming liquid milk. Read more
Foreclosure Crisis Will Impact 2 Million American Children
May 2, 2008
A new report released today reveals that an estimated 2 million children will be directly impacted by the subprime mortgage crisis as their families lose their homes due to foreclosures. Read more
Mauritian Pharmacists Call for Licences to Open Drugstores
May 2, 2008
The Pharmacy Board (PB), a unit attached to the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life has recommended to the Mauritian government that only qualified pharmacists should be allowed to open pharmacies in the island. Read more
Latest Technique in Climate Forecasts Show Decrease in Summer Rainfall in Northern Europe
May 2, 2008
Results from the latest multiple model ensemble techniques in climate change forecasting, published by the Royal Society indicate that average summer rainfall for the northern Europe could decrease by between 5 and 20 per cent by the end of the century. Read more
India Helps Mauritius in Cybercrime Fight
May 2, 2008
A team of experts from the Computer Emergency Response Team of India has just arrived in the Mauritius capital, Port Louis, to assist the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MITT) improve computer security readiness in the country following a request from minister Etienne Sinatambou during a visit to India last November. Read more
South Sudan Presidential Advisor, 23 Others Die in Plane Crash
May 2, 2008
The South Sudan presidential advisor, Justin Yak, and the South Sudan minister of military affairs, Dominic Dim Deng, as well as 22 others died in a plane crash on Friday, a press statement said. Read more
