Africa scrambles to prevent arrival of swine flu (AP)
AP - African nations are scrambling to prevent swine flu from reaching a continent already struggling with the burden of AIDS and malaria, fearing an outbreak could wreak much more devastation than in North America or Europe.
Berlusconi said he would finalize his funding plans last night, but indicated that he planned to seek assistance from an EU fund for disaster relief
The knock-on effects are being felt across south Asia, which has provided formidable legions of labor to the emirates
In an article published yesterday by the Vatican daily, L’Osservatore Romano, a historian, Barbara Frale, said she had found “missing clues” to the fate of the Templars and the Shroud while sifting through unpublished documents in the Holy See’s Secret Archives
“Anarchy in the UK: rioters blitz City,” it announced
Gian Michele Calvi, an earthquake expert at the University of Pavia, said that Italy was in the habit of forgetting lessons
As a series of strong aftershocks jolted the region, thousands of local people began to flee, many on foot, draped in blankets to ward off the cold and carrying suitcases
So what’s survived is largely down to luck
Car buyers camped outside showrooms on the night of 30 March, when the government speeded up the process by allowing online applications
We haven’t slept for months