Warriors must fight tooth and nail today - Watson, Tait give royals a definite edge ... The Telegraph India Warriors must fight tooth and nail today | - Watson, Tait give royals a definite edge over Sourav & Co. Sourav Ganguly | Pune: They are both former India captains. Their respective teams in the Indian Premier League were among the weakest. And perhaps no one was ready to bet on them when the IPL-V b...
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Al Jazeera | Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the White House, Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought to put on a good face. Brazil had made "extraordinary progre...
Dengue cases in Selangor alarming, says Liow The Star | PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has sounded the alarm over the drastic rise in the number of dengue cases which have claimed the lives of 20 people so far this year. | Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said with more than 9,500 cases reported so fa...
Pesticides in paint vaccinates homes against bugs San Francisco Chronicle | For decades, nets and sprays have been the only effective methods for controlling the mosquitoes that cause malaria and dengue. Pilar Mateo thinks she can do better. | The Spanish chemist has invented a way to embed pesticides in microcapsules stir...
NTSB wants guidelines to limit driver distraction San Francisco Chronicle Number of the day | 3,092 | That's how many people were killed in car crashes related to driver distraction in 2010, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. Now automakers are selling vehicles enabled for Wi-Fi, Google, Facebook and ...
Health Ministry sounds alarm over spike in Malaysia’s dengue cases Jakarta Post | The Health Ministry has sounded the alarm over this year's drastic rise in the number of dengue cases, with the disease having claimed the lives of 20 people so far. | Minister Liow Tiong Lai said with over 9,500 cases reported this year, the publi...
RI, Australia work on hepatitis research Jakarta Post | The Eijkman Institute and the University of Sydney are trying to tackle the alarming number of hepatitis infections in the Asia-Pacific region. | Sangkot Marzuki, head of the Eijkman Institute, said that hepatitis C was one of the research topics t...
In the company of women The Guardian | Tim Lott … Lone man in a female household Tim Lott: 'I miss my children fleetingly, even intensely, but it passes like heartburn.' Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian | I have been away from home travelling for most of the last four weeks. ...
Bizman killed; fisherman injured Sun Star | A BUSINESSMAN was killed while a fisherman was wounded on separate gun attacks in Zamboanga City, the police said Thursday. | The police identified the slain businessman as Johny Tan, a resident of Alvarez Drive, Talon-Talon, five kilometers east o...
Cambodia reports 1,500 cases of dengue fever-like CHIKV virus in last 12 months Xinhua | PHNOM PENH, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia reported 1,500 cases of a new strain of dengue fever in the last twelve months, a Cambodian senior health official said on Wednesday, but no death case has been reported related to such virus. | The Chikungun...
In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford France24 | AFP - For almost half of Yemen's 22 million people, eating has become a luxury they can't always afford. | On a bad day, Umm Ahmad and her family of five, who live in Sanaa's shanty-town district of Al-Sunaina, go without any food at all. | On a be...
2 die, 11 hurt in truck mishap Sun Star | TWO people, including a four-year-old girl, died while 11 others were wounded when the truck they were riding fell into a ravine in an upland village, west of Zamboanga City. | The incident happened around noontime Wednesday at Sitio Camp Susana, L...
Sharapova clings on to Rome title The Hindu Maria Sharapova retained the Italian Open title on Sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Li Na in a match dominated by wild swings of momentum and interrupted twice by rain. | Li appeared to be on course for victory as she stormed into a 6-4, 4-0 lead but 24 unforced errors from the French Open champion allowed Sharapova to take the next six...
Govt approves Rs 575 crore drought relief package for Maharashtra The Times Of India Tweet NEW DELHI: The union government has approved an assistance of Rs 575 crore to Maharashtra towards drought relief work. | "The decision was taken on Friday by a high-level committee comprising finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister P Chidambaram, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh A...
