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Tree Collapses in Primary School Playground - England

A tree collapses next to the childrens play equipment at Maple Primary School, St Albans during a day where high winds battered the whole of the...

by Craig Shepheard in United Kingdom on 03/01/2012

Business

Examination and testing of silicone gel breast implant

Recently, silicone gel breast implants were reviewed for safety issues after using them in plastic surgery. The images demonstrate examination and...

by wideweb Videographer in Israel on 27/12/2011

Environment

Breached Phra Khanong canal floods Khlong Toey district - Bangkok

Around 50 soldiers and workers of the Dept of Drainage and Sewerage shored up a sandbag wall to prevent Phra Khanong canal continuing to flood...

by kozzli . in Thailand on 30/10/2011

BREAKING NEWS

03/01/2012 - Tree Collapses in Primary School Playground - England - United Kingdom - A tree collapses next to the childrens...
27/12/2011 - Examination and testing of silicone gel breast implant - Israel - Recently, silicone gel breast implants...
30/10/2011 - Breached Phra Khanong canal floods Khlong Toey district - Bangkok - Thailand - Around 50 soldiers and workers of the...
31/05/2011 - World No Tobacco Day - Jerusalem - Israel - Smokers continue smoking in spite of...
12/04/2011 - Rally against budget cuts on medical research - Australia - Over 2000 scientists in Melbourne...
24/03/2011 - Rally for World Tubercolosis Day - Dimapur - India - Student’s of Green Wood Higher...
24/01/2011 - Drug-resistant tuberculosis arises in Mexico - Mexico - The public health system issued a...
12/01/2011 - March for Haiti - United States - March from Times Square to the United...
04/01/2011 - First Solar Eclipse of the Year - Pakistan - A paralyzed boy is half buried in the...
02/12/2010 - Air Pollution in Kabul - Afghanistan - Worsening air pollution in Kabul is “...

Latest News

Sarajevo paralyzed by record snowfall
More than three feet (1 meter) of snow have fallen in the Bosnian capital, where a state of emergency has now been declared. Bosnia. 5th February 2012
Patient undergoes treatment ahead of World Cancer Day - Agartala
Nearly 80% of cancer patients in India are in the advanced stages of suffering when they come to hospitals, compared to 20% in the West. World Cancer Day on February 4th, is an occasion...
Culling begins as Bird flu resurfaces at Tripura - India
Culling began after a fresh outbreak of a potential threat of the H5 strain of the Avian influenza virus on a poultry farm at the Indian Council Research Centre at Lembucharra, about 45...
The Leprosy Village of Surabaya
Leprosy disease can affect anyone from children to adults. If treated early, leprosy can be cured completely and does not cause disability. Indonesia is now ranked third in the world af...
Thousands ride to make boy’s wish come true - Carlsbad
An estimated 4,000 motorcycle riders from around Southern California gathered to help make a bedridden thirteen year old boy's wish to see and hear motorcycles roar past his home c...
Biswa Ijtema World Congregation of Muslims ends
The Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, concluded with the faithful in their hundreds of thousands seeking peace and welfare of humanity. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22nd January...
River pollution grows in Surabaya
Garbage that was dumped into a East Java river has contaminated the local water and caused a blockage of the flow. Flooding now occurs during the rainy season and brought the onset of v...
Tree Collapses in Primary School Playground - England
A tree collapses next to the childrens play equipment at Maple Primary School, St Albans during a day where high winds battered the whole of the country. 3rd January 2012
Examination and testing of silicone gel breast implant
Recently, silicone gel breast implants were reviewed for safety issues after using them in plastic surgery. The images demonstrate examination and testing such nine year old implant. Te...
Ebola case suspected in Nairobi a
A 29-year-old woman died of suspected a Ebola attack at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi where she had been rushed for emergency treatment. Nairobi, Kenya. 22nd December 2011
Human Rights group Karapatan protest over former President Arroyo
Militant group Karapatan go on protest in front of the Department of Justice with the puppet of former President Arroyo in an orange jump suit, because she allegedly evades taking respo...
Mexicans receive vaccinations against influenza
Personnel from the Secretariat of Health of the City of Mexico vaccinate citizens against influenza at a metro station. The vaccinations are part of a coordinated effort to stifle a par...
Living through Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge brutal regime in Cambodia
Davy Keo recounts her life and the brutality inflicted on her family by the Khmer Rouge regime in 1970's Cambodia as three of Pol Pot's ageing Khmer Rouge top commanders face ...
London Eye shines red to mark World AIDS Day
London eye turned its color to red during the night to give awareness to World AIDS day. The London Eye is a 135-metre tall giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames....
World AIDS Day marked in Dhaka
The number of new HIV/AIDS-affected people is soaring, as the health minister has revealed 445 new HIV positive cases and 251 AIDS patients detected in 2011. Bangladesh. 1st December 20...
Tannery pollution in Hazaribagh - Dhaka
Tannery workers in Dhaka, have been suffering from severe skin diseases, allergy and chest pain due to high volumes of pollution, with medication making no difference. On the site they ...
Sit-in for the families of Palestinian prisoners - Bethlehem
Ministry of Prisoners and the ex-Palestinian Prisoner's Club, organized in collaboration with various institutions, staged a mass sit-in in front of the International Red Cross hea...
Winter starts in Dhaka
Although the Poush and Magh in Bangla calendar are considered as winter, the winter was set in this locality with the commencement of the month of Agrahayan. 22nd November 2011
The leather industry takes a hit
The leather sector, country's third largest foreign exchange earner, has been badly hit by the anthrax scare that caused a drastic fall in slaughter of cattle. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1...
Kenyan Shake Makelele's artwork on AMREF's  Greeting Cards
Kenyan artist Shake Makelele artwork is featured on the new African Medical and Research Foundation season’s greetings cards depicting African scenes showing bold and beautiful art usin...