February

February 2, 2007

Global Tourism Soars

MADRID ~ The number of tourists worldwide rose 4.5 percent last year from 2005 to reach a record 842 million, – Read More...
February 2, 2007

Really Want to Watch a Whale? Abandon Your Cruise Ship

By Steve Hendrix The Washington Post I was a man searching for a whale. I was also a man waiting – Read More...
February 2, 2007

Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago: Flashy Taste of Honey in the Caribbean

While Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Rio are among the world’s best-known pre-Lenten bashes, Trinidad and Tobago’s – Read More...
February 2, 2007

Combination Drugs ‘Promising for Breast Cancer’

An experimental new treatment for breast cancer can dramatically shrink and in some cases eliminate tumors in mice that have – Read More...
February 2, 2007

HK’s Smog Hits Danger Levels

HONG KONG ~ Air pollution in Hong Kong hit dangerous levels this week as a row broke out over a – Read More...
February 2, 2007

Bird Flu Vaccine ‘Successfully Tested’

SYDNEY ~ Australian pharmaceutical company CSL Limited says it has successfully tested a bird flu vaccine on adults and is – Read More...
February 1, 2007

Militants Arrested After Shootout

PALU, Central Sulawesi ~ Police said they arrested two senior Muslim militants after a shootout on Thursday in Poso in – Read More...
February 1, 2007

Missing Tourist Appears

VIENNA ~ An Austrian tourist who went missing for a week in Sumatra resurfaced on Wednesday, Austrian Foreign Affairs spokeswoman – Read More...
February 1, 2007

Plane Memorial Delayed as Relatives Cling to Hope

JAKARTA ~ A commemorative ceremony for the 102 people on board an Adam Air plane that vanished on New Year’s – Read More...
February 1, 2007

President Urges all Indonesians to Battle Corruption

JAKARTA ~ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called this week on all Indonesians to join the fight against corruption, which is – Read More...