Sunday, March 23, 2014 Kyiv Docudays 2014. Image: Antanana. The Eleventh International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival opened Friday in the Red Hall of the Kyiv Cinema House, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The festival spans eight days, ending on March 28. Competition programs are divided into DOCU/Right, DOCU/Life, and DOCU/Short. Each program has its own jury…
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Altered HIV a potential cancer treatment?
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 At UCLA, a team of researchers has developed a harmless version of HIV that is designed to seek out, and potentially destroy, cancer cells. In a laboratory-mouse experiment, the treated cells headed directly for melonoma and lung cancer cells, clustering around them with a surprising level of intuitiveness. Gene therapy for…
Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank
Thursday, October 9, 2008 Iceland’s Financial Services Authority has nationalised the Kaupthing Bank as a response to the financial crisis which may result in a total collapse of the nation’s economy. Kaupthing Bank logo Kaupthing, together with Glitnir Bank and Landsbanki, owe a total of US$61 billion, which is twelve times the estimated size of…
India discontinues ?500, ?1000 denominations; releases ?2000 and new ?500 bills
Monday, November 14, 2016 A 2000 rupee note printed in MysoreImage: Agastya Chandrakant. On Wednesday, India demonetised ?500 (about US$7.50) and ?1000 notes, announced as a measure to fight corruption, fake notes, and black money. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian citizens late Tuesday, and said 500 and 1000 rupee notes would cease to…
Seeds placed in Norwegian vault as agricultural ‘insurance policy’
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 File:Svalbard vault mountain cutaway.jpgArtist’s conception of the vault.Image: Global Crop Diversity Trust. File:Svalbard Global Seed Vault main entrance 1.jpgThe entrance to the vault.Image: Global Crop Diversity Trust. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a vault containing millions of seeds from all over the world, saw its first deposits on Tuesday. Located 800…
Category:Health
This is the category for Health. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 30 September 2022: Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US 6 September 2022: Texas identifies first death involving monkeypox 11 July 2022: Virginia reports suspected monkeypox case 17 May 2022: Bans off Our Bodies protests occur across United…
Obama to suspend Arctic oil drilling
Thursday, May 27, 2010 Shell’s experimental drilling locations Image: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and US Department of the Interior. According to Democratic Senator Mark Begich from Alaska, the U.S. Department of the Interior has decided to halt all new Arctic exploratory oil drilling applications until 2011. The response is believed to be caused in part…
Euro reaches new lows
Friday, July 15, 2011 On Tuesday, the Euro fell to a new record low in relation to the Swiss Franc, and to multi-month lows against the U.S. Dollar and Japanese yen; all considered by investors to be safe currencies during times of economic turmoil. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that recent comments from the…
Obama to suspend Arctic oil drilling
Thursday, May 27, 2010 Shell’s experimental drilling locations Image: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and US Department of the Interior. According to Democratic Senator Mark Begich from Alaska, the U.S. Department of the Interior has decided to halt all new Arctic exploratory oil drilling applications until 2011. The response is believed to be caused in part…
Candle knocked over during voodoo sex ritual causes apartment fire
Saturday, February 26, 2011 An elderly Brooklyn, New York woman was found dead yesterday after a fire triggered by a voodoo ceremony caused a blaze in an apartment that left dozens homeless. The details of the ceremony were not clear, but sources say it led to sex. An unidentified woman hired a Voodoo priest for…