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Japan and Sweden: A tale of 2 gov't bailouts

AP — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:55:59 +0000

Loans turn sour after years of excessive lending. Big financial institutions collapse. Fears grow about an economic meltdown. The government announces a massive...

Chinese tainted milk scandal fans fear across Asia

AP — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:17:29 +0000

China’s milk scandal fanned fears across Asia on Tuesday as countries expanded bans on Chinese dairy products to include candy and other goods and worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health...

Worry at border as NKorea restores nuclear reactor

AP — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:02:11 +0000

Dank and mossy, the “invasion” tunnels dug by North Korea beneath its border with the South are a grim reminder the two sides remain at war, locked in a tenuous, decades-long truce watched over by soldiers, tanks and barbed...

Cancer cluster confirmed in northeast Pennsylvania

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:11:03 +0000

Nearly a year after federal epidemiologists first sounded the alarm over a cluster of rare blood cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania, their research has zeroed in on a hardscrabble region 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia that is home to several Superfund sites and a power plant fired by waste coal.

To Blog or Not to Blog?

Bobette — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:55:10 +0000

What to write about, what can I share, something about me or just a general topic? Either way I reveal a bit of me every time , yes? Do I really want to share anymore of me than I already have? I am shy sometimes and fear discrimination. I have...

Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:10:34 +0000

Fears of bird flu are slumping and so have sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes.The plan announced Thursday...

Kenya: Fears of violence snarl transport

AP — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:45:38 +0000

Fears of retaliation from an outlawed Kenyan gang kept thousands of buses off streets and snarled transportation for commuters Tuesday, a day after street clashes between police and the gang killed at least 13 people, officials said.The...

Zimbabweans Flock to Border Amid Crisis

AP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:15:47 +0000

The mother of six from Zimbabwe doesn’t want to have to cross the border to South Africa for essentials like soap and cooking oil, so she voted for change in last month’s elections.What she got was a death threat.Priscah Godzamutsipa...

Jitters Over New Israel-Hezbollah War

AP — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:55:57 +0000

Recent attacks and retaliation threats have the Mideast on edge about the possibility of another war between Israel and Hezbollah, even though officials on both sides say they don’t expect any eruption of major fighting soon.The issue lurks...

Many Blacks Worry About Obama's Safety

AP — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:32:42 +0000

For many black Americans, it’s a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes.They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America’s first black president. And they...