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Lack of medical workers causes new health crisis in developing countries
When her baby turned blue, Nivetha Biju rushed the child to the exigency room of an North American Indian hospital and watched helplessly as the baby lost consciousness because the nurses on duty had no idea what to do. yet, a doc saved the baby' Oct 2 2008
Lagos: big, busy, traffic-plagued and awfully expensive
The governor's son sits hunched at the bar, contemplating his about empty bottle of Hennessy. On the dance floor, the air hose director's girl sways back and forth to a hip-hop beat. Nearby, the star association football player, just in from Gre Aug 14 2008
Land of the giants
ALONG Golden State's mystical redwood coast, 1,000-year-old trees as much as four times the tallness of the John D. Rockefeller Center Christmastide spruce bid rocky bluffs that overlook golden, frothy beaches. Many travelers in hunt of the Golden St Sep 20 2008
Land rush in rural russia
The fields around this little farming enclave are among the most fertile on earth. But like tens of 1000000 of acres of land in this state, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they literally went to seed. Now that may be changing. A decennary aft Sep 1 2008
Last reported member of hitler assassination plot dies
Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of German Army military officer who attempted to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb on July 20, 1944, died Th. He was 90 and lived in Altenahr, Germany. Hi May 4 2008
Last world war i veteran in france, lazare ponticelli, dies
French Republic has lost its last remaining veteran of World War I, Lazare Ponticelli, who died wed at age 110 after outliving all the other 8.4 1000000 Frenchmen who fought in what they called "la Grande Guerre." Ponticelli, who was born in Italy but cho Mar 13 2008
Last-minute bush abortion ruling causes furor
A eleventh hour Bush disposal plan to grant sweeping new protections to wellness care supplier who oppose abortion and other process on religious or moral land has provoked a downpour of expostulation, including a strenuous protest from the authorities ag Nov 19 2008
Lawmaker's solution to u.s. campus shootings: more guns
: Horrified by recent campus shootings, an Grand Canyon State lawmaker has come up with a proposal in keeping with the sanchez .22-caliber handgun tucked in her purse: Get more guns on campus. The lawgiver, State Senator Karen Samuel Johnson, has sponsore Mar 6 2008
Leaked diplomatic cable promotes 'acceptable dictator' in afghanistan
A coded French diplomatic cable leaked to a French newspaper quotation mark the British people ambassador in Islamic State of Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military political campaign against the Taleban will fail. That was not all. The best Oct 6 2008
Lean times for providers of luxury
Less than 48 hours after news broke that Bear Stearns would be bought for a fire-sale price, the wives of two of the firm's senior investment bankers called their high-end interior interior designer to natural their contracts. It is yet another sign Mar 28 2008
Lebanese banks escape global crisis
Lebanese Republic is visual perception an unexpected bonus at a time when jitters zip through the global financial sector — apparently unscathed by the convulsion, its banks are flush with cash, increasing their net net income and even attracting ne Nov 2 2008
Lehman may be sold as share price continues to plummet
Only a day ago, the head of Lehman Brothers, the beleaguered investment bank, sought to assure Wall Street that his firm could survive on its own. But those self-assurance were blown away Th as Lehman's share price went into another free-fall, sinkin Sep 12 2008
Lehman under pressure as it faces mounting losses
The problem at Lehman Brothers is quickly becoming a race against time for the struggling Wall Street bank. Lehman's luck dwindled further on wed as the firm, staggered by the biggest loss in its 158-year history, fought to regain confidence am Sep 11 2008
Leniency for big corporations in the u.s.
In 2005, the U.S. Authorization concluded that a Monsanto consultant had visited the home of an Indonesian official and, with the blessing of a senior company executive director, handed over an envelope stuffed with hundred-dollar bills. The money was mea Apr 10 2008
Les insoumises, france's rebellious female courtesans
In French Republic today, the women known as Les Insoumises are feisty feminists who will not take any insult to their self-respect lying down. During the sec Empire (1852-70), lying down was just what Les Insoumises excelled at, and self-respect had nil Aug 21 2008
Lessons of da vinci for the modern age
When Seth Thomas Alva Thomas Edison was start in concern, his first patent of invention was for an automated vote-tallying machine to let legislators know immediately which measurement had passed and which had been voted down. He sold not a one. It seems Jun 2 2008
Lieberman's support of mccain frays ties to democratic friends
Chief Joseph Lieberman, the lapsed Democrat from Nutmeg State, strolled into the hebdomadally lunch of the Senate Democrats, alone by a food taste tester. He greeted his co-worker, including some who felt he should not have been there last Tues. He a Jul 15 2008
Liechtenstein defends its banks in german tax-evasion inquiry
: It's not precisely the Mouse that Roared, but maybe the Mouse that Resisted. After weathering days of unfavorable judgment from Federal Republic of Germany over a spectacular tax equivocation case, this tiny Alpine principality is excavation in for Feb 20 2008
Life in the fast lane, with police approval, in poland
People drag-race on the main avenue here in broad day, and the police force just stand by and watch. That is, until the commissioner steps up to hand trophies to the victor. Gleaming BMW M3 athletics cars mingle with souped-up speedsters incognito in Jul 22 2008
Life on the fringes of u.s. suburbia becomes untenable with rising gas costs
all of a sudden, the economic science of American suburban life are under assault as skyrocketing energy terms inflate the costs of reach, heating and chilling homes on the outer edges of metropolitan areas. Just off vocalizing Hills Road, in one of Jun 25 2008 |