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Happy New Year Everybody!

Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria reports here: Bulgaria will ride the wave of EU-dedicated festivities to draw the world’s public eye on its efforts to set free five Bulgarian medics on a death row in Libya.

As part of an international campaign, organized and supported by Bulgaria’s largest media (http://www.nestesami.com/en.php), national-flag-coloured bands texted "You are not alone!" are being worn on the lapels. Thus, on the eve of the New Year everybody will show off support for the five nurses sentenced to death in Libya. The injustice with the faultily indicted Bulgarian nurses, sentenced to death in Libya, forced Bulgarian media, public institutions and civil organizations to participate in starting of the campaign "You are not alone".

AP reports here at Yahoo News: "Panama – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surprised fans in Panama City on Friday, visiting a souvenir shop, a colonial neighborhood and the Panama Canal." Heck I missed em by a day was there when Jimmy Carter was visiting the day before.

HealthDay News writes here at Yahoo News: Melanoma is a deadly form of skin cancer. But it can be prevented with some safe-sun practices. Follow these suggestions from the American Cancer Society to help reduce your risk:

• Keep your skin covered when outside with long sleeves, long pants and a hat.
• If you’re outside for a long time, head for the shade.
• Use sunscreen any time you are outside — even if it’s cloudy. Be sure to apply it properly by following the instructions on the product.
• Wear sunglasses.
• Don’t use tanning beds.
• Look for any moles that look abnormal and have them checked by your doctor.

BBC News writes here: "Women who exercise by doing the housework can reduce their risk of breast cancer, a study suggests."  Related see also here: ‘Mutant genes’ could treat cancer, The same genetic mechanism that drives tumour growth could also treat cancer, scientists believe.

Spiegel Online writes here: Despite its much-hailed equal rights laws and a woman leading the presidential campaign, the realm of French politics still remains one of the most sexist in all of Europe. Only 13 percent of French parliamentary seats are held by women and the prospects for swift change are poor.

The Ex US President Jimmy Carter here with Panamas President Martín Torrijos visiting the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal today.

The Torrijos-Carter Treaties (sometimes referred to in the singular as the Torrijos-Carter Treaty) are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, abrogating the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty of 1903. The treaties guaranteed that Panama would gain control of the Panama Canal after 1999, ending the control of the canal that the U.S. had exercised since 1903. The treaties are named after the two signatories, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panama’s de facto leader Omar Torrijos.

The Washington Post reports here: Although the need for pollution-free vehicles and renewable energy is clear in China’s increasingly choked cities, the future of hydrogen power has remained in the grasp of a powerful officialdom that decides on budget allocations. The government’s senior levels repeatedly have endorsed alternative forms of energy but have yet to take decisive steps toward getting hydrogen-powered vehicles onto the streets.

Spiegel Online reports here: 2007 will be a big year for Germany: As president of the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel will have to reenergize a flagging European project. And as chair of the G8, she will have to resolve some of the most burning issues facing the world’s industrialized nations.