Britain Reports Increase in Public Response to Pakistan Floods (374+)
VOA | Source: www1.voanews.com | News | 08/23, 2010
Britain's Disaster Emergency Committee says the public response to floods in Pakistan has been unprecedented. Disaster Emergency Committee chief execu ... Gormley says usually public donations for emergency relief tend to tail off after the initial media buzz surrounding a disaster as happened in Haiti and Indonesia. ... the destruction of Haiti....
NBA superstar Deng returns to his Sudan roots (1808+)
BBC | Source: news.bbc.co.uk | Sports | 08/24, 2010
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Luol Deng returns to Sudan for the first time since he fled 20 years ago B ... is lionised by President Barack Obama and counts Michael Jordan as a friend....
Charley Hoffman powers through for Deutsche Bank title (257+)
BBC | Source: news.bbc.co.uk | Sports | 09/06, 2010
Final leaderboard: 22 C Hoffman US 17 J Day US , L Donald Eng , G Ogilvy Aus Selected others: 10 T Woods US , M Sim Aus 8 B Davis Eng , P Casey Eng , ... Tiger Woods shot 68 and tied for 11th....
Almost Half of Americans Use Alternative Medicine (428+)
VOA | Source: www1.voanews.com | News | 08/18, 2010
In the United States, more patients are turning to alternative and complementary medicine as part of their health care. Researchers at the National In ...stitutes of Health say that nearly 40 percent of adults have used some type therapy that isn't taught in medical schools. ... government founded The National Center for Complementary and Alternat...
Karun Chandhok impressed by first taste of Korea track (1671+)
BBC | Source: news.bbc.co.uk | Sports | 09/04, 2010
Chandhok says the Koreans have assured him the track will be ready By Sarah Holt Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok is optimistic the Yeongam circuit wi ... China....
India Witnesses Growing Conflict Over Land (1631+)
VOA | Source: www1.voanews.com | News | 08/23, 2010
In India, protests by farmers about land acquisition in the country's most populated state have focused attention on the growing conflict about land, ...as the economy modernizes. ... power stations and railways to meet the needs of an expanding economy. ... He says the new economy cannot sustain the kind of employment which farming provides in a...
25 Islamic Militants Escape Tajik Prison (901+)
VOA | Source: www1.voanews.com | News | 08/23, 2010
Authorities in Tajikistan say they have launched a nationwide search for 25 Islamic militants who broke out of a prison in the capital and killed at l ... Afghanistan. ...300 kilometer border with Afghanistan. ... Officials with Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security say they have asked authorities in Afghanistan and Russia to be on th...