NEW YORK (AP) Family members of ground zero workers who died after breathing in toxic dust from the collapsed World Trade Center say they want their relatives officially recognized as victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The official list of victims grew by one this week after the city agreed to […]
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkels appeal to the developed nations Thursday to commit to cuts in greenhouse emissions during the Group of 8 summit meeting next month received a boost after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan proposed that countries cut emissions by 50 percent by 2050.
Speaking in the Bundestag, Germanys lower house of Parliament, […]
A government scientific advisory panel proposed sweeping changes Thursday to reduce the health burden of tobacco, which claims 490,000 American lives a year.
The report from the prestigious Institute of Medicine calls on Congress to allow the Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes as drugs and control the way tobacco is marketed. Authors from […]
ATLANTA (AP) Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43% of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which conducted the survey in 2003, said it was the first study to offer a […]
Kak, a player widely regarded as the best in world football, has dedicated his participation in the UEFA Champions League Final tomorrow to the cause of hungry children. Kak combines his role as an attacking midfielder for AC Milan and Brazil, with work as an Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme […]
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