Man ill with meningococcal infection
The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a confirmed case of invasive meningococcal infection involving a 55-year-old North District man with a chronic medical condition.The man felt knee …
Tag Archives: health
World beer market 2011 growth picks up to 2.7 percent: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Growth in the world beer market picked up to reach 2.7 percent in 2011 as growth continued to strengthen driven by emerging markets, and is predicted to…
South Africa unloved at its own mining party
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – The industry executives who pile into Cape Town every year for the annual African mining conference love the sun, wine and stunning mountain backdrop the venue provides. But South Africa’s…
Spain's fury at French sporting drug slurs
Is it just harmless fun, or is something seriously wrong developing in sporting relations between Spain and France?
Serbian Central Bank Holds Interest Rate Amid IMF Deadlock, Dinar Weakness
Serbia’s central bank kept its main interest rate on hold for the first time since September amid renewed dinar weakness and reports the government won’t come to terms with the International Monetary Fund on the 2012 budget.
Peru's Humala Looks To Resolve Mining Dispute In Tacna
President Ollanta Humala is expected to meet with authorities from southern Peru’s Tacna region in an attempt to resolve concerns about the mining sector’s use of water.
Egypt: A Dangerous Habit, Spreading of Democracy
[iMaverick] The current furore over Egypt’s highly public effort to put a group of NGO staff members working at the International Republican Institute in Cairo (including the son of a US cabinet member) on trial because they have been working on democracy issues and…
Chile Government Plans Tender To Attract New Lithium Producers – Paper
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
US military suicides high even as wars wind down
Senior commanders concede that during recent years, more American veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have died of their own hand than through contact with the enemy. read more
Africa as a Frontier Market
Obiageli Ezekwesili discusses the rise of Africa as a frontier market, the prospects for growth in coming years, the emergence of new players in African economies, and the
Escaped Nigeria sect member rearrested for bombing (AP)
AP – The alleged mastermind of a radical Islamist sect’s Christmas Day church bombing fled across Nigeria after escaping police custody and hid for about a month before finally being apprehended Friday, authorities said.
John B Sesay urges Members of Parliament to sensitize their constituents
Only if MPs could go and talk to their Constituents John B. Sesay There are three arms of government, …
War libel against the Government of Sierra Leone: Maada Bio squats to a new low in his diabolic attempt to score political points.
Communication’s minister, Alhaji I.B. Kargbo issued a statement this week ferociously condemning the “reprehensible” utterances made by Julius Maada Bio, presidential flag bearer for the opposition, SLPP. “Within hours of those inflammatory and uncorroborated accusations made against the government…
Is Direct Undercutting the Viability of RHIOs?
Last week, a discussion got started on Google + by Brian Ahier about whether or not ONC’s aggressive support of Direct is undercutting many a Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO). What got this whole conversation started was an article in the January …
january
Happy New Year from all of us at Helix House! If you have not done so already please help us spread the word and go to Helix House on Facebook ‘like’ us, if you do, that is! We would love …
Serbia-Kosovo dialogue eases tensions, but challenges remain …
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet. UN Photo/Ryan Brown 8 February 2012 – The resumption of dialogue between S.
Govt Strapped of Algeria Info
[Foroyaa] Gambia is strapped of first hand information about opponents Algeria whom they slug it with in the Caf Nations Cup 2013.
Zamalek Resume Training Ahead of Yanga Clash
[Daily News] EGYPTIAN giants Zamalek SC resumed training on Monday in preparation for their CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg clash against Mainland champions Yanga.
JPMorgan replaces Asia fixed income sales head: sources
(Reuters) – JP Morgan has replaced Asia ex-Japan fixed income investor sales head Simon Derrick with Sharad Desai and Sudhir Goel as part of a reorganization of its business in the region, according to sources familiar with the matter. Desai will…
Lions adapt to winter at Canada safari park
A white lion slips on ice while playing with a plastic drum like a kitten with a ball of yarn, but the big cat quickly regains its footing. The African carnivore has adapted well to Canada’s cold…
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: The Year Past, The Year Ahead (Audio)
Steve Coll, Robert Grenier, and Daniel Markey look at changes in U.S.-Pakistan relations over the past year and make recommendations for moving forward.
McKinsey: What’s In Store For China in 2012?
Gordon Orr, a director in McKinsey Quarterly ‘s Shanghai office, offers a forecast for growth in China this year: Despite food price inflation and a
China says Syria opposition delegation visited (AP)
AP – China’s Foreign Ministry says that a Syrian opposition delegation visited Beijing and met Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun.
Panic buttons to be given to NYC hotel maids
Hotels in New York City have agreed to approve a hotel union request to give housekeepers personal panic buttons. The move comes after a Sofitel hotel maid accused
White House Fact Sheet on Harnessing Innovation for Global Development
The White House released this fact sheet on ‘harnessing innovation for global development’ (part of President Obama’s Global Development Policy) on February 8, 2012.
Tie U.S. Recovery Program to Economic Indicators
Peter Orszag wants the United States to rely more on automatic stabilizers to stem the shocks from recessions.
SOUTH SUDAN: Kidnapped Chinese workers released in Sudan
A group of Chinese workers kidnapped by rebels in Sudan’s South Kordofan state 11 days ago were released Tuesday and flown to the Chinese embassy in Nairobi, a foreign ministry statement said.
More Investors Sue Collapsed Sasanet Scheme for Sh11 Million
[Business Daily]…
A Motor Accident Robbed Him of Vital Reproductive Organs
[Monitor] At eight years,…
Amnesty: imported arms fueling Darfur conflict (AP)
AP – Weapons from China, Russia and Belarus are fueling the nine-year-old conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, Amnesty International said in a report late Wednesday.
Serbia: 5 Guards Jailed Over Failed Prison Break
Serbia: 5 guards suspected of helping attempted prison break by dangerous inmates
Markets push Portugal towards bond pariah Greece
LONDON/LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s slide towards becoming the next Greece – needing a second bailout to avoid bankruptcy – accelerated on Monday as untrusting underwriters hiked the cost of insuring Lisbon’s bonds to new highs and insisted it be
2 found guilty in al-Qaida-linked plot, 1st terror convictions in Norway
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Two men were found guilty Monday of involvement in an al-Qaida plot to attack a Danish newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, the first convictions under Norway’s anti-
India Ink: The Number of Foreigners From Developed Countries is Skyrocketing in India
Professionals fleeing slow-growth developed economies are landing in India.
McCartney headlines queen's jubilee concert
Beatles legend Paul McCartney will headline a large concert in front of Buckingham Palace to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, organiser Gary Barlow said Tuesday.
