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EU to ban pesticides in bee scare

The European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue.

FedEx creates child labour awareness

Bangalore, India - FedEx Express, one of the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to over 220 countries and territories, along with CRY (Child Rights and You), a leading advocate for child rights, has launched a three-day programme to create awareness about child labour on the occasion of Anti-Child Labour Day, observed internationally on April 30.

Gambia Ratifies Protocols On Women’s Rights

Banjul, Gambia - The Gambia has now ratified Articles 5,6,7 and 14 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene associated with abnormal heart rhythm

Baltimore, MD - Using a new genomic strategy that has the power to survey the entire human genome and identify genes with common variants that contribute to complex diseases, researchers at Johns Hopkins, together with scientists from Munich, Germany, and the Framingham Heart Study, U.S.A., have identified a gene that may predispose some people to abnormal heart rhythms that lead to sudden cardiac death, a condition affecting more than 300 thousand Americans each year.

Lawsuit leads to reevaluation of critical habitats in CA

Sacramento, California, USA - The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) has announced a settlement with federal regulators that requires the reevaluation of critical habitat designations for 5 threatened or endangered species of California plants and animals.

World’s first face-transplant patient says she has recovered feeling

Paris - Five months after her operation, the first person to receive a face transplant after being mauled by a dog, said she had recovered "full feeling" in an interview published Sunday.

Cat saves baby’s life

Berlin - A cat saved the life of a newborn baby abandoned on the doorstep of a Cologne house in the middle of the night by meowing loudly until someone woke up, a police spokesman said Saturday.

Nepal Lawmakers Pass Cease-Fire Motion

Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepal's lawmakers called Sunday for elections to an assembly to rewrite the constitution and for a cease-fire with Maoist insurgents.

Britain Unveils Plans to Boost Biomass Sector

London, England, UK - Britain announced measures to promote the production of electricity and heat from biomass on Thursday, including a capital grant scheme for "green" boilers and continuing support for energy crops.

Food Revolution: Americans Lose Their Appetite for Anonymous Food

USA - Freshness. Beautiful landscapes. Food safety. There are lots of reasons we are turning to local farms for our daily bread.

Greenpeace stops huge consignment of Amazon soya entering Europe

Amsterdam - Sixty Greenpeace activists (1) today prevented commodities giant Cargill from unloading a shipment of Amazon soya in Amsterdam port, to protest against the destruction of huge tracts of the Amazon rainforest to grow soya to feed farm animals in Europe.

First Giant Panda Is Released Into the Wild

Sichuan Province, China - With two barks and a charge at a film crew, Xiang Xiang the panda today became the first captive-born giant panda to be released into the wild.

Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Sees Big Opportunity in Green Technology

California - Venture capitalist John Doerr made his name and fortune with early investments in Netscape Communications Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and other pioneering tech firms that went from scrappy startups to household names.

Defying bombs, Baghdad school teaches music, ballet

Baghdad - The cellos were once looted by roaming armed gangs and suicide bombers have shattered the ballerinas' mirror-paneled halls.

Active Nonviolence: Heroes for an Unheroic Time

USA - As violence and war grow more costly, people worldwide are developing a courageous practice of peacemaking.

Spacecraft seek climate clarity

Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA - Some of the gaping holes that exist in our understanding of the Earth's atmosphere will be answered by two new satellites launched on Friday.

PM Manmohan Singh offers help to Nepal

New Delhi - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured Nepal all help in its economic recovery.

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