Argentina probes trial drug after 14 children die
AP reports here: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine authorities are investigating a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial.
AP reports here: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine authorities are investigating a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial.
CNN reports here: BEIJING, China - A photo of the Spanish men’s Olympics basketball team, using their index fingers as if to slant their eyes, has sparked controversy with Asian rights groups.
AP reports here at CNN: Julia Child, Moe Berg among 24,000 operatives with Office of Strategic Services.
AP reports here at CNN: BEIJING, China - A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched “Ode to the Motherland,” a ceremony official said.
CNN reports here:
• Georgian parliament declares state of war
• Fighting over South Ossetia in 2nd day
• Georgian president: Russian attacks are criminal
• Russian media: 2,000 dead in S. Ossetia capital
• U.S President Bush “deepy concerned”
CNN reports here: “TBLISI, Georgia - Georgia’s president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.” At the same time as China opened the 29th Olympic [...]
BBC News reports here: “Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, has advised other men not to follow his example and marry 86 women.” wow!
CNN reports here: BEIJING, China - Chinese paramilitary police beat two Japanese journalists Monday night in the border city of Kashgar, where a deadly attack targeting police officers had occurred hours earlier, journalist groups said.
BBC News reports here: Oil prices touch $118 a barrel, the lowest price for three months, as figures indicate supplies are rising.