Iran's nuclear chief says his country is ready to defend itself against military strikeSeptember 14th, 2009 Iran says it can counter military attackVIENNA — Iran's nuclear chief says his country is ready to defend itself against any military strike. Ali Akhbar Salehi says threats of force against Iran only add to the country's determination to protect itself.
Sewage-contaminated streams breed bigger and faster mosquitoesAugust 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found far more mosquitoes in sewage-contaminated streams than in clean ones, which are also bigger and faster than those in purer waters. ccording to a report in Discovery News, over a 16-week study period last summer, Luis Fernando Chaves, an ecologist at Emory University in Atlanta and colleagues sampled water quality and mosquito larvae from two streams - one that receives contaminated overflows and one that doesn't - in the Atlanta area.
This is your captain streaking: New Zealand airline's safety video shows staff sans clothesJuly 3rd, 2009 New Zealand airline issues nude safety videoWELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. The "Bare Essentials of Safety," screening in the cabins of planes flying Air New Zealand's main domestic routes, has gone viral online.
Ouch! Slap! Itch! Cuts for mosquito control could lead to problems for cash-strapped citiesJuly 3rd, 2009 Communities bug out over cuts to mosquito controlMillions of mosquito eggs laid across southern Texas after Hurricane Ike hit the coast last summer are waiting for the little bit of rain and hot summer days they need to hatch. That's got the man whose job it is to fight the bugs worried — he's already running out of money.
Researchers create better mosquito repellentJune 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Housewives can now have a good night's sleep - scientists have created a better mousetrap when it comes to repelling mosquitoes. Up till now, the gold standard has been DEET.
'E-mosquito' to make painful pinpricks history for diabeticsApril 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - University of Calgary researchers have made a discovery that could change diabetics' lives forever. A skin patch, called 'Electronic Mosquito', could provide a less-invasive alternative for diabetics who need to take regular samples of their own blood to keep glucose levels in check.
Ozzy Osbourne vows to work until he bites the dustApril 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Black Sabbath' star Ozzy Osbourne has declared that he will work till the day he dies, as retirement will leave him bored. Ozzy, who has been making music since the 1960s, has no retirement plans because as he feels no work will make him world-weary.
Recession bites Boy George's clothing storeMarch 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit singer Boy George is feeling the pinch after his clothing store had to be closed down due to heavy losses. The pop star is currently serving a 15-month prison sentence for falsely imprisoning Norwegian Audun Carlsen at his East London apartment in April 2007.
Scientists find way to predict mosquito outbreaksMarch 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of Australian researchers has found a way to predict plagues of disease-carrying mosquitoes up to two months ahead. According to ecologist Associate Professor Corey Bradshaw from the University of Adelaide, this should help fight outbreaks of mosquito-borne disease like dengue and Ross River fever by allowing efficient and cost-effective mosquito control.
Live gelatin sticks found inside Kolkata busMarch 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Seven live gelatin sticks were recovered from the back seat of a private bus in a suburb here, police said Wednesday. 'We have recovered seven gelatin sticks from a private bus late Tuesday night at a bus stand of Bidhan Nagar,' sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Suvankar Bhattacharya told IANS Wednesday.
Mosquito survives in outer spaceFebruary 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian scientist has said that a mosquito had managed to survive in the outer space for 18 months. Anatoly Grigoryev, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said: 'We brought him (mosquito) back to Earth.
Iraq, US close $5 billion arms dealFebruary 14th, 2009 BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government would spend more than $5 billion to buy military equipment, supplies and training from the US through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, the US military said Saturday. The deal came after five-day talks this week between representatives from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Army Security Assistance Command and Navy International Program Office, and the Iraqi Defense and Interior ministries, a financial management review of the Iraqi FMS program.
Four die in Tamil Nadu as hut catches fireJanuary 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - An elderly couple and their two small grandchildren were burnt to death when their thatched hut caught fire from a lighted mosquito repellent coil Saturday night in the suburbs of the city, police said. The incident occurred in a slum area in Madipakkam in the southern suburbs.
Mosquitoes serenade each other before sexJanuary 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Mosquitoes flap their wings and modify their tune to create a harmonic duet just before mating, scientists have discovered. Entomologists have discovered that male and female mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), which can spreads yellow and dengue fevers, 'interact acoustically with each other when the two are within earshot - a few centimetres of each other', said Ron Hoy, professor of neurobiology and behaviour at Cornell University.
Government to pay for books, school uniform of poor childrenJanuary 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government has told the Delhi High Court that it is ready to reimburse the cost of books and uniforms to students from the economically weaker sections (EWS) and has begun the process. Submitting an affidavit to the division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday, the city government agreed to reimburse the cost of Rs.500 for uniforms and books ranging from Rs.80 to Rs.350 to every child studying in schools of the delhi government.
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