Used Mobile Phone Campaign Improves Maternal Health The daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and a former model helped to kick off a campaign in Washington Tuesday to collect 20,000 used mobile phones. The aim is to improve maternal and chi...
Urine Test May Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Scientists have developed a new test for prostate cancer that may help patients and their doctors make difficult treatment decisions. But identifying the most aggressive and dangerous prostate cancers...
Find the problem. What kind of person are youone who focuses on accuracy or one who focuses on frequency? the first step is to recognize your problem and go to work no it. Think about situations where youve used English and how you felt about making...
SPEAKING English fluently and accurately is a goal of many people studying English in China. Fluency can be simply defined asbeing able to communicate ideas without having to stop and think too much about what one is saying; speaking accurately means...
The international Red Cross has signed an agreement with an African meteorology organization, hoping to better predict and respond to disasters caused by climate change. A cooperation pact signed Monday in Dakar will give the Red Cross inside access...
One month before the Beijing Olympics, union members and other labor rights activists are pushing sportswear makers to improve working conditions in the industry. Activists urge global companies and the International Olympic Committee to help stop l...
By Tom Rivers London 21 April 2008 Britain's central bank, the Bank of England, has announced a plan aimed at preventing the unfolding international credit crisis from causing more damage to the British economy. Under the deal, lending institutions w...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 17 March 2008 Five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, officials say the situation in the country has vastly improved - if only in the last year. But human rights organizations say abuses are widespread, and most Iraqis...