Homes ‘must cater for ageing’
Every home built in England will have to be designed for an ageing population under government plans.
Archive for February, 2008
Flavoured foods ‘lacking fruit’
A consumer pressure group says many fruit-flavoured food and drink products actually contain little or no fruit.
Raul Castro named Cuban president
Raul Castro now has to grapple with Cuba’s economic problems, BBC News reports here: Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by Cuba’s National Assembly.
Nader announces new run for president
AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will "shift the power from the few to the many."
Antarctic glaciers surge to ocean
The UK work is discovering just how fast the ice is moving, BBC News reports here: UK scientists working in Antarctica have found some of the clearest evidence yet of instabilities in the ice of part of West Antarctica.
Pro-anorexia site clampdown urged
Campaigners are calling for websites such as Facebook and MySpace to clamp down on pro-anorexia sites.
No clinical trials for SA healers
South Africa’s health minister says medicines used by traditional healers should not be subject to clinical trials.
Clinton to Obama: ‘Shame on you’
CNN reports here: An angry Hillary Clinton has lashed out at Barack Obama over campaign literature that she said he knows is "blatantly false." Clinton accused Obama of emulating the tactics of Karl Rove, U.S. President George W. Bush’s former political director who is reviled by Democrats.
Facebook fake prince jailed for 3 years
AP reports here at CNN: PARIS, France (AP) — A 26-year-old engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison for creating a fake profile of the younger brother of Moroccan King Mohammed VI on the popular Internet networking site Facebook. A court in Casablanca on Friday convicted Fouad Mourtada of "usurping the identity of [...]