Seattle counts cost and its blessings
Seattle and surrounding cities suffered aftershocks from the region's worst earthquake in 50 years, as officials estimated the cost of the damage at more than $1bn. Scientists said the area had got off lightly-largely because the earthquake occured deep in the earth's crust.
G8 ministers to take environment's temperature
Environment ministers from the world's seven largest Western industrialised nations and Russia meet in Trieste on Friday to take the globe's temperature and examine how much the climate is changing.
Bengal zeroing in on mystery fever
Authorities West Bengal said on Tuesday they were close to identifying a mystery fever that has killed 35 people in the northern part of the State this month. Doctors from Kolkata's School of Tropical Medicine have been struggling to diagnose the mystery illness marked by high fevers, headaches and body …
Only one died though the 6.8 tremblor inflicted heavy damage
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 shook Seattle and western Washington state for 45 seconds on Wednesday caussing at least $ 1 billion in damage but miraculously only one death. Thousand fled homes, schools and offices as the quake rocked the city.
Lahore High Court directs government to submit its stance on Kalabagh dam
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan government to inform the court about its clear and categorical stance in the matter of construction of Kalabagh Dam till March 13, and adjourned the proceedings in a petition filed by a journalist and editor of a national Urdu daily.
Corn seed tainted by gene-altered protein - report
Corn seed about to be sold to farmers for this year's crop was found to be contaminated by traces of a genetically modified variety of the grain that prompted massive recalls last year, the Washington Post reported yesterday.
Herbicide once again under fire
After years of stalled talks with various government ministries, nearly 50 Costa Rican groups-among them farmers, environmentalists, labor unions and social organizations-are once again sounding the alarm against the use of Paraquat, an herbicide that is the country's leading cause of poison-related deaths.
Chicken pox claims 20 lives in Nagaland dist
The communicable disease that claimed lives of at least 20 children at a border village in Nagaland's remote district had been brought under control, the district administration and Assam Rifles said.
Forest land hand over draws flak
The Nepal government decision to give five bighas of Bageswori forest land in Devghat to Satya Sai Trust has triggered criticism of the government.
Glaxo given $6.7m for malaria vaccine
A non-profit organisation is paying GlaxoSmithKline $6.7m to speed up the development of a malaria vaccine candidate that has been in development since 1983.