Melamine Take Two What:The severity of the health crisis stemming from melamine-tainted food products continues to be debated, but China is taking it seriously now.

The Dirt:On January 13, 2009, an online report in RedNet said that China’s Ministry of Health had tested 22.4 million babies that were fed milk tainted with melamine, which contributed to sicknesses exhibited in 296,000 babies. Meanwhile, a U.S. website Consumer Affairs alleges that a 6-year-old Virginia girl may have melamine-tainted candy to thank for [...]

International News January 19-25

New Heathrow Runway Approved By British Government The British’s government new decision is to approve the building of a new runway for Heathrow airport, The Gulfnews.com reports. On Thursday, a governmental official said the building of the third runway was a recommendation by Britain’s transportation secretary. The official announcement will be made on Thursday. The [...]

The Melamine Diaries What:Chinese companies are under legal attack over melamine contamination that has spread from milk to fish and home goods.

The Dirt:The American and European peoples ability to trust their government continues to dwindle, as they add agriculture to the growing list of regulatory failures, following the big one—finance. The crisis started in China in September and has escalated to a global situation by year’s end, with a legal battle ensuing in Mainland China just [...]

Science, Health & Recalls Week of November 24

Science Implies Love Can Last Past Honeymoon A new study on brain activity implies some people can remain madly in love with each other after years of marriage, Science News reports. The data implied that long-term lovers can exhibit the same brain activity as short-lovers in the “honeymoon” stage. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of [...]

International News Week of November 10

Bahrain Encourages Female Hires The Labor Ministry of Bahrain is launching a new initiative to encourage the employment of female jobseekers, the Gulf Daily News reports. This initiative is aimed at encouraging private companies to hire more women in all sectors, but particularly as security, receptionists, accountants, cashiers, saleswomen, secretaries, sales supervisors, and teachers in [...]

International News Week of November 3

Eight Syrian Civilians Killed In U.S. Attack Eight Syrian citizens were killed by an American helicopter in an attack on a building in the nation’s al- Boukamal region, Bloomberg News reports. The attack was launched from the nearby Iraqi city of Qaim, which is considered a hotspot for insurgent fighters entering Iraq. Syrian officials have blamed the [...]

International Headlines September 29

Saudi Arabian police say they have arrested five men on charges of using the Internet to recruit for al-Qaeda that were alleging trying to get people to build military groups in Afghanistan and Iraq, BBC reports. The Saudi Arabian interior ministry said the men used 28 screen names to get into different websites. The Saudi authorities [...]

American News September 22

The American Hotel & Lodging Association and BP Business Solutions have launched a partnership to offer a fuel savings and management plan through the BP Business Solutions Universal Fuel MasterCard, which offers 6.5 cents savings for every gallon of gasoline and diesel bought 11,400 BP and ARCO locations in the U.S. or anywhere MasterCard is [...]

Drugs, Arms & Human Trafficking July 21

According to European Law Enforcement Organisation said 75 people were detained in nine nations as 1,300 officers focused on a gang understood to have smuggled illegal immigrants into the European Union for £8,000 – £9,500 each, The Times of London reports. Six people were arrested in the U.K. and travel is believed to have originated from [...]

International News June 16

Taliban insurgents coordinated an attack on a southern Afghan prison Friday, freeing over 1,000 prisoners, including militants, The Los Angeles Times reports. Truck bomb was used to open the front gate around 9 p.m. in Kandahar, while a suicide bomber struck the back of the facility, the Associated Press reports. Among the 1,000-plus prisoners that escaped [...]

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