Diesel exhausts do cause cancer, says WHO
Exhaust fumes from diesel engines do cause cancer, a panel of experts working for the World Health Organization says. It concluded that the exhausts were definitely a cause of lung cancer and may also cause tumours in the bladder. It based the findings on research in high-risk workers such as miners, railway workers and truck [...]
(CNN) – If Barack Obama could make three wishes, he would probably ask for the crisis in Syria to go away. That would help him receive another wish: Getting reelected as president of the United States. Unfortunately for Obama, and tragically for the people in Syria, history has brought the American presidential campaign and the Syrian revolution to [...]
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep frustration with the violence in Syria, two days after reports emerged of another massacre. Ban Ki-moon: “How many more times have we to condemn them? Mr Ban said there was little evidence that Syria’s government was complying with envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan. Activists say government-backed militias [...]
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Those forced to flea their lands to escape persecution and death are under a lot of pressure – even upon arrival in a secure country. Child refugees find it particularly difficult. Those arriving in a new country where they don’t speak the language and the culture is new and unfamiliar, are obviously going to find [...]
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Observers from the UN have confirmed the discovery of 13 shooting victims in Syria as international outrage continues after the Houla massacre. The men’s bodies were found near the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, with their hands tied behind their backs, some apparently shot in the head. UN mission chief Maj Gen Robert Mood said [...]
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