Breast-fed babies are twice as likely to develop asthma in later life as those not brought up on their mother’s milk, according to what was described as ”startling” new research in New Zealand reported on Friday.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) lost a court appeal on Thursday demanding a computerised list of all Zimbabweans who had been registered to vote in March’s disputed presidential elections.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s successor will not be named until 2006, the state-run Sunday Mail said in an apparent bid to quash speculation the 78-year-old longtime leader could be replaced.
A top US arms control official said on Thursday North Korea was an evil regime which had repeatedly ignored US warnings to stop proliferating weapons of mass destruction.
The head of a Commonwealth committee that suspended Zimbabwe in March, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, warned on Tuesday that Commonwealth countries may impose sanctions on Zimbabwe.
Southern African countries plan to step up their campaign to win international support for allowing some sales of raw ivory, despite a ban aimed at protecting endangered elephants.
US President George Bush promised on Monday to pursue executive lawbreakers and restore trust in corporate America but was forced to defend his own record as a Texan oil executive.
Israeli troops arrested dozens of Palestinians during overnight raids in the West Bank, including a security official from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement, security sources on both sides said on Tuesday.
Although two thirds of all people living with HIV are in Africa, African vaccine research currently receives only 1,6% of the S2,5-billion spent on HIV research annually.
Israeli cabinet secretary Gideon Saar declined to rule out the army storming Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s office on Saturday as he made clear the Jewish state’s determination to capture some 20 security commanders holed up with him.