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NEW! Tiny Robot Flies Like A Fly - A robot as small as a housefly has managed the delicate task of flying and hovering the way the actual insects do. “This is a major engineering breakthrough, 15 years in the making,” says electrical engineer Ronald Fearing, who works on robotic flies at the University of California, Berkeley. The device uses layers of ultrathin materials that can make its wings flap 120 times a second, which is on a par with a housefly’s flapping rate. This “required tremendous innovation in design and fabrication techniques,” he adds.
NEW! Scientists Print Self-Assembling “Living Tissue” - Researchers have created networks of water droplets that mimic some properties of cells in biological tissues. Using a three-dimensional printer, a team at the University of Oxford, UK, assembled tiny water droplets into a jelly-like material that can flex like a muscle and transmit electric signals like chains of neurons.
Guiding Stem Cells Into Damaged Hearts With Mri And Ultrasonics - Stem-cell therapy for damaged hearts is a brilliant idea whose time has not yet come. The problem: no way to ensure against faulty initial placement of the stem cells. Stanford’s Sam Gambhir, PhD, MD, who heads Stanford medical school’s Department of Radiology may have found a way around it.
Israeli Sources: Chemical Weapons Used In Syria - Chemical weapons were used on civilians in Syria on Tuesday, Israel security sources confirmed. These sources did not, however, know whether it was Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime or the opposition forces fighting to topple him that used the weapons of mass destruction, after each party accused the other.
Pentagon’s Darpa Researchers Learn To Control Rat’s Brain Over Internet - Government mind control may not be as farfetched as it sounds: after 15 years of research, scientists have found a way to transmit information from one brain to another, thereby controlling the thoughts of its test subject. Scientists have successfully captured the thoughts of a rat in Brazil and electronically transmitted them through the Internet to the brain of a rat in the US.
New Retinal Implant Gives Sight To Nine Blind People - German and Hungarian researchers have brought sight to nine blind patients with hereditary retinal degeneration, using a subretinally implanted microelectronic chip with 1500 pixels. The chip size is approximately 3mm x 3mm and is surgically implanted below the fovea (area of sharpest vision in the retina). It provides a diamond-shaped visual field of 15 degrees diagonally across chip corners.
Dr. Chuck
Missler, an internationally
known business executive,
outlines our current economic
predicament and defensive steps
you can take to lessen the
impact of the impending economic
crisis. As a Bible teacher for
over 30 years with a ministry
reaching over 40 countries,
Chuck shares some key strategies
to prepare yourself spiritually
and practically.
Is the World facing another
major economic upheaval?
What is the best strategy to
protect your family in times of
economic uncertainty?
The Church has enjoyed a
relatively peaceful existence in
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the with the coming persecution,
how do we go about organizing
home study and home-church?
Soul Survival – Keeping your
“lamp full” during the hard
times ahead.
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End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula.
May 23, 2013
New discovery of ancient diet shatters
conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged
Leicester UK (SPX)
May 23, 2013 - have
made a discovery in southern subtropical China
which could revolutionise thinking about how
ancient humans lived in the region. They have
uncovered evidence for the first time that
people living in Xincun 5,000 years ago may have
practised agriculture -before the arrival of
domesticated rice in the region. Current
archaeological thinking is that it was the
advent of rice cultivation a ...
more
Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries
York, UK (SPX) May
23, 2013 - Overfishing
has reduced fish populations and biodiversity
across much of the world's oceans. In response,
fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful
of highly valuable shellfish. However, new
research by the University of York shows this
approach to be extremely risky. The research,
published in the journal Fish and Fisheries,
shows that traditional fisheries targeting large
predators ...
more
Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to
rise
New York NY (SPX)
May 23, 2013 -
Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat
harder from rising temperatures in the future,
says a new study; many may die. Researchers say
deaths linked to warming climate may rise some
20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case
scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s.
Higher winter temperatures may partially offset
heat-related deaths by cutting cold-related
mortality-but even so, ...
more
Climate change may have little impact on
tropical lizards
Dartmouth UK (SPX)
May 23, 2013 - A new
Dartmouth College study finds human-caused
climate change may have little impact on many
species of tropical lizards, contradicting a
host of recent studies that predict their
widespread extinction in a rapidly warming
planet. Most predictions that tropical
cold-blooded animals, especially forest lizards,
will be hard hit by climate change are based on
global-scale measurements of en ...
more
LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern
Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes
Livermore CA (SPX)
May 23, 2013 - The
distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding
surface of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain are
the direct result of fluctuations in topography
in the region and could have implications on
understanding long-term climate change,
according to a new study. Sedimentary rocks from
Virginia through Florida show marine flooding
during the mid-Pliocene Epoch, which correlates
to approximately ...
more
Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit
fly immunity
Atlanta GA (SPX)
May 23, 2013 -
Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of
fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies'
blood cells, a finding that offers new insight
into how pathogens break through a host's
defenses. "We believe that we have discovered an
important component of cellular immunity, one
that parasites have learned to take advantage
of," says Emory University biologist Todd
Schlenke, whose lab led ...
more
Storm shelters few in 'Tornado Alley'
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP)
May 22, 2013 -
Seventy-five percent of the world's tornadoes
occur in the United States, yet few people who
live in "Tornado Alley" bother with the trouble
and expense of a proper shelter from the storms.
Mel Evridge, 69, a retired builder who
experienced both Monday's twister in this
Oklahoma City suburb that killed 24 and a still
deadlier one in May 1999, is a proud member of
that minority. Not only ...
more
Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds
down
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP)
May 22, 2013 - Facing
an eye-popping scene of utter destruction,
people in this US community turned Wednesday to
the towering task of rebuilding their lives
after a furious tornado killed at least 24
people. Officials said most bodies had been
recovered from the sprawling moonscape that was
once an Oklahoma City suburb, where Monday
afternoon's twister steamrolled entire
neighborhoods and two schools. Nine ...
more
Two babies among US tornado victims
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP)
May 22, 2013 - Two
babies are among the 24 people killed by a
tornado that tore through this US community,
officials said Wednesday, as residents began the
daunting task of rebuilding their lives. Ten
children - including a pair of infants four and
seven months old - perished in Monday's fierce
twister that steamrolled entire neighborhoods
and two schools in the Oklahoma City suburb of
Moore. "Our he ...
more
Farmers plant rice near doomed Fukushima plant
Tokyo (AFP) May 22,
2013 - Farmers have
resumed planting rice for market only 15
kilometres (nine miles) from Japan's crippled
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a local
official said Wednesday. It was the first time
since the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami-nuclear
disaster that farmers have gone inside the
former 20-kilometre "no-go" zone around the
doomed plant to sow rice intended for sale. The
zone has been ...
more
Concept flu vaccine may protect against many
strains
Paris (AFP) May 22,
2013 - Scientists
unveiled a concept vaccine against flu Wednesday
they said may protect against various strains
with a single jab. Tested in ferrets, considered
good human models, the synthetic vaccine uses
nanotechnology to attack parts of the influenza
virus that different strains have in common,
they wrote in the journal Nature. "It provides a
basis for development of universal influenza va
...
more
Genetic study focuses on human autoimmune
diseases
London (UPI) May
22, 2013 - British
researchers say they've completed the largest
sequencing study of human disease to date,
focusing on the genetic basis of six autoimmune
diseases. Scientists from Queen Mary, University
of London, said the sequencing is important
because a complex combination of genetic and
environmental factors are thought to cause the
diseases studied - autoimmune thyroid disease,
celiac dise ...
more
New 'fleet of foot' plant-eating dinosaur fossil
found in Canada
Calgary, Alberta
(UPI) May 22, 2013 -
Paleontologists say a fossil discovery of a
small, speedy plant-eating dinosaur in Canada
extends our knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems of
millions of years ago. While dinosaurs are often
thought of as large, fierce but slow-moving
animals, the new specimen, the smallest
plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada,
was a speedy runner, a team of Canadian and U.S.
researchers report i ...
more
New EU climate policy unlikely before 2015:
Poland
Warsaw (AFP) May
22, 2013 - The
European Union is unlikely to hammer out its new
policy on global warming ahead of a global
climate deal that could be clinched in 2015,
Poland's environment minister said Wednesday. "A
long discussion on climate change is getting
underway. There's no chance that new measures
will be adopted during the current terms of the
European Parliament and the European
Commission," minister Marcin ...
more
Study reveals scientific consensus on
anthropogenic climate change
London, UK (SPX)
May 23, 2013 - A
comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles
on the topic of global warming and climate
change has revealed an overwhelming consensus
among scientists that recent warming is
human-caused. The study is the most
comprehensive yet and identified 4000 summaries,
otherwise known as abstracts, from papers
published in the past 21 years that stated a
position on the cause of recent global w ...
more
AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for
some
Paris (AFP) May 22,
2013 - Top AIDS
scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding
a cure for the disease that has claimed 30
million lives - but said it might not work for
all people. The experts have high hopes for a
treatment that will be given at an early stage
of infection - most likely a cocktail that
includes an immunity booster and a virus killer.
But they said people with a long-running,
untreated inf ...
more
Pope calls for loyalty from Chinese Catholics
Vatican City (AFP)
May 22, 2013 - Pope
Francis called on Chinese Catholics on Wednesday
to affirm their loyalty to him and spread the
word of God, and prayed that they be allowed to
live in accordance with their faith. "I invite
the Catholics of the world to come together in
prayer with their brothers and sisters in China
for the grace to humbly and joyfully announce
Christ... and be faithful to his Church and to
Peter's suc ...
more
Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken
up by rain forest
Seattle WA (SPX)
May 22, 2013 - The
Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs
of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it
exudes oxygen. Plants use carbon dioxide from
the air to grow parts that eventually fall to
the ground to decompose or get washed away by
the region's plentiful rainfall. Until recently
people believed much of the rain forest's carbon
floated down the Amazon River and ended up deep
in the ocean ...
more
How should geophysics contribute to disaster
planning
Washington DC (SPX)
May 22, 2013 -
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural
disasters often showcase the worst in human
suffering - especially when those disasters
strike populations who live in rapidly growing
communities in the developing world with poorly
enforced or non-existent building codes. This
week in Cancun, a researcher from Yale-National
University of Singapore (NUS) College in
Singapore is presenting a compari ...
more
Scientists explore roots of future tropical
rainfall
Cape Cod MA (SPX)
May 22, 2013 - How
will rainfall patterns across the tropical
Indian and Pacific regions change in a future
warming world? Climate models generally suggest
that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but
the models don't always agree on where rainfall
patterns will shift in particular regions within
the tropics. A new study, published online May
19 in the journal Nature Geoscience, looks to
the past to ...
more
May
23, 2013
Storm shelters few in 'Tornado Alley'
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Seventy-five percent of the world's tornadoes
occur in the United States, yet few people who
live in "Tornado Alley" bother with the trouble
and expense of a proper shelter from the storms.
Mel Evridge, 69, a retired builder who
experienced both Monday's twister in this
Oklahoma City suburb that killed 24 and a still
deadlier one in May 1999, is a proud member of
that minority. Not only ...
more
Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds
down
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Facing an eye-popping scene of utter
destruction, people in this US community turned
Wednesday to the towering task of rebuilding
their lives after a furious tornado killed at
least 24 people. Officials said most bodies had
been recovered from the sprawling moonscape that
was once an Oklahoma City suburb, where Monday
afternoon's twister steamrolled entire
neighborhoods and two schools. Nine ...
more
Two babies among US tornado victims
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Two babies are among the 24 people killed by a
tornado that tore through this US community,
officials said Wednesday, as residents began the
daunting task of rebuilding their lives. Ten
children - including a pair of infants four and
seven months old - perished in Monday's fierce
twister that steamrolled entire neighborhoods
and two schools in the Oklahoma City suburb of
Moore. "Our he ...
more
Concept flu vaccine may protect against many
strains
Paris (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Scientists unveiled a concept vaccine against
flu Wednesday they said may protect against
various strains with a single jab. Tested in
ferrets, considered good human models, the
synthetic vaccine uses nanotechnology to attack
parts of the influenza virus that different
strains have in common, they wrote in the
journal Nature. "It provides a basis for
development of universal influenza va ...
more
Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to
rise
New York NY (SPX) May 23, 2013 -
Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat
harder from rising temperatures in the future,
says a new study; many may die. Researchers say
deaths linked to warming climate may rise some
20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case
scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s.
Higher winter temperatures may partially offset
heat-related deaths by cutting cold-related
mortality-but even so, ...
more
Genetic study focuses on human autoimmune
diseases
London (UPI) May 22, 2013 -
British researchers say they've completed the
largest sequencing study of human disease to
date, focusing on the genetic basis of six
autoimmune diseases. Scientists from Queen Mary,
University of London, said the sequencing is
important because a complex combination of
genetic and environmental factors are thought to
cause the diseases studied - autoimmune thyroid
disease, celiac dise ...
more
Chinese vice premier calls for stability in
Zimbabwe
Harare (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Chinese vice premier Wang Yang on Wednesday
urged Zimbabwe to ensure peace and political
stability ahead of elections this year, to
safeguard economic growth. "A peaceful and
stable political environment is the prerequisite
for economic development," Wang told journalists
after meeting Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
in Harare during a business visit to Zimbabwe.
Wang's comments came as ...
more
AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for
some
Paris (AFP) May 22, 2013 -
Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of
finding a cure for the disease that has claimed
30 million lives - but said it might not work
for all people. The experts have high hopes for
a treatment that will be given at an early stage
of infection - most likely a cocktail that
includes an immunity booster and a virus killer.
But they said people with a long-running,
untreated inf ...
more
How should geophysics contribute to disaster
planning
Washington DC (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural
disasters often showcase the worst in human
suffering - especially when those disasters
strike populations who live in rapidly growing
communities in the developing world with poorly
enforced or non-existent building codes. This
week in Cancun, a researcher from Yale-National
University of Singapore (NUS) College in
Singapore is presenting a compari ...
more
Scientists explore roots of future tropical
rainfall
Cape Cod MA (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
How will rainfall patterns across the tropical
Indian and Pacific regions change in a future
warming world? Climate models generally suggest
that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but
the models don't always agree on where rainfall
patterns will shift in particular regions within
the tropics. A new study, published online May
19 in the journal Nature Geoscience, looks to
the past to ...
more
World's smallest droplets
Nashville TN (SPX) May 22, 2013 -
Physicists may have created the smallest drops
of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility
has been raised by the results of a recent
experiment conducted by Vanderbilt physicist
Julia Velkovska and her colleagues at the Large
Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most
powerful particle collider located at the
European Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle
Physics (CERN) in Switzerland. ...
more
Riding out US tornado in a walk-in freezer: a
survivor's tale
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
For years Anita Zhang's neighbors joked that if
a tornado ever bore down on her Chinese
restaurant, folks could take refuge in its roomy
walk-in freezer. On Monday, Zhang got the chance
to test their idea - and to live to tell the
tale - when one of the most powerful and
destructive twisters to hit the United States in
recent years ripped through this Oklahoma City
suburb. "I'm so luck ...
more
Oklahoma tornado was strongest category:
official
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly
swath through a suburban Oklahoma City town was
a top category EF5 system with winds over 200
mph (321 kmh), a weather official told AFP
Tuesday. "It's an EF5," the most powerful
tornado classification, said Kelly Pirtle of the
NOAA national Severe Storms Laboratory in
Norman, Oklahoma, of the wedge tornado that
struck Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. ...
more
Chinese vice premier on business visit to
Zimbabwe
Harare (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
Chinese vice premier Wang Yang arrived in
Zimbabwe on Tuesday on a business visit praising
Beijing's ties with the southern African
country. "Business co-operation is an important
part of our friendly relations," Wang told
reporters at Harare international airport where
he was received by Vice President Joice Mujuru.
He said business relations "is the stabiliser of
our friendly relations ...
more
World not ready for mass flu outbreak: WHO
Geneva (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
The world is unprepared for a massive virus
outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health
Organization warned Tuesday, amid fears that
H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a
form that spreads easily among people. Keiji
Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting that
despite efforts since an outbreak of another
form of avian influenza, H1N1, in 2009-10, far
more contingency planning was ...
more
Rescuers dig for life after US tornado kills 24
Moore, Oklahoma (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
Families returned to a blasted moonscape that
had been an American suburb Tuesday after a
monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of
Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people.
Passengers flying into Oklahoma City could see
the track left by nature's fury as it played out
Monday: the spot where the tornado touched down,
then chewed through the suburb of Moore like a
giant lawnmower for 4 ...
more
Madagascar security forces summon political
rivals
Antananarivo (AFP) May 21, 2013 -
Madagascar's security forces have summoned the
island's rival political leaders to an emergency
meeting on Wednesday to discuss their
controversial candidacies for upcoming
presidential polls. The heads of the police and
armed forces signed a document "inviting"
strongman Andry Rajoelina, Lalao Ravalomanana,
the wife of his rival, and former president
Didier Ratsiraka to talks. The three ...
more
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
(Reuters) - Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc said it was informed by its partner Astellas Pharma Inc that the Japanese company would not be seeking marketing approval for their experimental kidney cancer drug in Europe. Aveo shares fell about 13 percent in extended trade, after closing at $2.70 on the Nasdaq. They have lost about 55 percent of their value since April 30, when FDA reviewers raised questions about the drug. Astellas does not intend to fund any future studies of the drug, tivozanib, in renal cell cancer, Aveo said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. (http://r.reuters. ...
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists say a dramatic result last year suggesting that a cancer drug already approved by U.S. regulators could quickly clear out Alzheimer's plaques in mice was too good to be true. The study, published last year in the journal Science, showed the skin cancer drug bexarotene cut the amount of an Alzheimer's-linked protein called beta amyloid by half in three days. It also reversed Alzheimer's symptoms, restoring a sense of smell in treated mice and allowing them to resume nest building activities. ...
Researchers trying to find the key to a mysterious group of digestive ailments have located a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Their discovery could lead to earlier diagnoses and intervention for individuals still asymptomatic.
HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. Growing evidence of a link between GSK's Pandemrix vaccine and an increase in narcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder, among children who received it in Europe has delayed approval of a similar vaccine in the United States. ...
By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Merck & Co's experimental insomnia drug moved a step closer to U.S. approval on Wednesday after a panel of medical experts said it is effective and safe at lower doses. The advisory panel was convened to help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decide whether to approve the drug, suvorexant, which would be the first in a new class of sedatives that block chemicals in the brain called orexins that help keep people awake. The drugs are designed to help people fall asleep and stay asleep. ...
The largest study to date confirms that ketamine — a “club drug” that is also legally used as an anesthetic — could be a quick and effective way to relieve depression.
By Bill Berkrot NEW YORK (Reuters) - Little known biotechnology company Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc has quietly built a large pipeline of experimental cancer treatments that it aims to deliver at a fraction of the cost spent by larger rivals. That could translate into lower-cost treatments for large unmet needs, such as pancreatic cancer, at precisely the time when pressure is mounting to reduce runaway healthcare spending. ...
(Reuters) - Oncolytics Biotech Inc said preliminary data from a mid-stage trial showed that its cancer drug, Reolysin, met the main goal of reducing the size of tumors in patients with metastatic melanoma, a type of skin cancer. Shares of the Calgary-based company rose as much as 11 percent to C$3.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Its Nasdaq-listed shares were up 10 percent. ...
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year. That bullish sales forecast by analysts at U.S. bank Citigroup highlights the growing excitement surrounding so-called immunotherapy after positive results from clinical trials conducted by companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche Holding. ...
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 virus appears to have been brought under control in China largely due to restrictions at bird markets, but caused some $6.5 billion in losses to the economy, U.N. experts said on Tuesday. Health authorities worldwide must be on the lookout to detect the virus, the experts said, which could still develop the ability to spread easily among humans and cause a deadly influenza pandemic. ...
By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patients with moderate to severe disease, researchers said on Tuesday. "Overall, these are the most exciting data we've seen in asthma in 20 years," said Dr. Sally Wenzel, lead investigator for the 104-patient study of dupilumab, an injectable treatment being developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and French drugmaker Sanofi. ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish pharmaceutical group Lundbeck and Japanese partner Takeda said on Saturday that data from clinical phase III studies with the antidepressant vortioxetine had shown significant improvement in patients' symptoms. Lundbeck said in a statement that the trial showed safety levels consistent with previously completed studies at lower doses. Lundbeck and Takeda submitted vortioxetine, also known as Brintellix, for regulatory approval in the United States and Europe at the end of last year. ...
By Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is exploring a sale of its blood glucose meters business, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, as the industry grapples with increased competition and reimbursement pressure. The discussions about a potential sale of the Roche unit are still in their early stages and a deal may not materialize, one of the people said. Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it was cutting the reimbursement for diabetes test supplies by up to 72 percent. ...
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study. "If you're going to die of a heart attack in five years, what's the point of going through radiation?" asked Dr. David Penson, the study's senior author from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
By Vrinda Manocha (Reuters) - XenoPort Inc said it would stop development of an experimental multiple sclerosis treatment it planned to launch in 2015 after a late-stage trial failed to show significant improvement over a placebo. Shares of the company fell 26 percent to $5.03 in morning trade on the Nasdaq. "This is disappointing, given (the drug's) promising mid-stage data," Wells Fargo analyst Brian Abrahams wrote in a note to clients. "We had modeled sales of $77 million by 2017 for the product. ...
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. The project, involving the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, the U.S. gene sequencing firm Illumina, geneticists and cancer doctors, aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people. Researchers announcing the 2. ...
(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals said it reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the design of a late-stage trial for its experimental lung cancer drug. The late-stage trial will compare a combination of chemotherapy and the drug, bavituximab, with chemotherapy alone. The main goal of the trial would be to show an improvement in overall survival of patients. Peregrine shares were up 19 percent at $1.83 in early trade on Monday on the Nasdaq. Bavituximab is being developed to treat second-line non-small-cell lung cancer and multiple other cancers. ...
ATLANTA (AP) — A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.
LONDON (Reuters) - Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. ...
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has enrolled the first patient into a final-stage clinical trial of a new drug for a rare type of leukemia as the group's new CEO delivers on a promise to accelerate its oncology programs. Britain's second-biggest drugmaker said on Thursday the Phase III clinical trial would test moxetumomab pasudotox in patients with hairy cell leukemia who have not responded to or have relapsed after standard therapy. ...
By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other harsh treatments. An approach to oncology that has been in place for decades is beginning to yield to an arsenal of long-term clinical studies, genetic tests and novel drugs that target cancer cells and their infrastructure. ...
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music, art and dance therapy may relieve anxiety and similar symptoms among people with cancer, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers who analyzed results from trials conducted between 1989 and 2011 said the benefits tied to creative arts therapies were small, but similar to those of other complementary techniques such as yoga and acupuncture. "People with cancer very often feel like their body has been taken over by the cancer. They feel overwhelmed," said Joke Bradt, a music therapist from Drexel University in Philadelphia. ...
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ovarian cancer rates in the U.S. began to decline faster in 2002 around the time many older women went off hormone replacement therapy, according to a new study. That year, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) found that estrogen or estrogen plus progestin hormone therapy, prescribed for the symptoms of menopause, was linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, stroke and heart attack. ...
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Bayer said on Wednesday it initiated a Phase III trial of its potential blockbuster drug regorafenib in patients with advanced liver cancer. The drug, also known as Stivarga, will be tested in the third and last phase of trials required for marketing approval on patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that has worsened despite prior treatment with Bayer's Nexavar drug. (Reporting by Ludwig Burger)
SUPPORT GROUP Covenant Health will host a support group for cancer survivors from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Joe Arrington Cancer Center chapel.
By Caroline Copley ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche hopes data published this week will show it has a viable follow-on product to help fend off cheaper competition for its best-selling cancer drug, which loses patent protection in Europe later this year. Roche is set to present full results early on Thursday of a late-stage study for its GA101 drug in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), ahead of the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago from May 31 to June 4. ...
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had inherited a high risk of breast cancer and said she hoped her story would inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie, an actress who has long embodied Hollywood glamour and has in recent years drawn nearly as much attention for her globe-trotting work on behalf of refugees as for her role as a celebrity mom, disclosed her choice in an op-ed column in the New York Times. ...
(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Tuesday approved a test developed by Roche for a specific gene mutation present in about 10 percent of non-small cell lung cancers, and said the company's drug Tarceva could be used as an initial treatment in patients with the mutation whose cancer has spread beyond the lungs. This marks the first companion diagnostic that detects epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said. The diagnostic is called the Cobas EGFR Mutation Test. ...
CHICAGO (AP) — One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful."
CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done, giving women more options, faster treatment, smaller scars, fewer long-term side effects and better cosmetic results.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CNN anchor Zoraida Sambolin said on Tuesday that she had breast cancer and was getting a double mastectomy, following an announcement by actress Angelina Jolie that she had undergone that procedure. Sambolin, who anchors CNN's "Early Start" morning show, discussed her condition on the show while talking about Jolie's preventive double mastectomy. "I struggled for weeks trying to figure out how tell you that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was leaving to have surgery," Sambolin, 47, said in a posting to her Facebook page. "Then .. ...
(Reuters) - Here is a look at some female celebrities who have suffered breast cancer after Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday she underwent a preventive double mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer: SHERYL CROW: - Grammy-winning rock star Sheryl Crow, 51, was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in February 2006 after a routine mammogram. She has campaigned for women aged over 35 to have annual mammograms. "I can safely say my life has changed in every way. I feel keenly aware of how precious and fleeting life is," she wrote on her website. ...
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals used during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for life-threatening prostate cancer than unexposed veterans, researchers have found. What's more, those who served where the herbicide was used were diagnosed with cancer about five years earlier than other men, on average, in the new study. "This is a very, very strong predictor of lethal cancer," said urologist Dr. Mark Garzotto, who worked on the study at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Oregon. ...
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be released in May. Yahoo is featuring first-person stories from Americans who are diagnosed with some of the most common mental health disorders in the United States. Here's one story.
Imagine a weird feeling—say, an unusual headache or a random surge of euphoria. Then imagine losing control of your muscles and your voice. Then imagine blacking out and waking up in a hospital. It sounds awful, mind-boggling--and totally unlikely to happen. Though strokes are rare in people under 55, they do happen. What's worse, strokes in young adults are on the rise, and though they often start as something just slightly “off,” the results can be devastating.
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children born after being exposed to the flu during pregnancy may have a nearly four-fold higher risk of later developing bipolar disorder, according to a small new study. The senior researcher said the results can't prove that a mother's bout of flu while pregnant causes her child to develop the mental disorder, but the association does suggest that some cases might be prevented. "The idea is that if influenza is playing a causal role - and we can't say that from one study - there is a vaccine," Dr. ...
By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a condition often associated with smoking that can include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, or both. The drug, Breo, is an inhaled treatment made by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Theravance Inc of the United States. It consists of a corticosteroid, fluticasone furoate, which reduces inflammation, and a novel long-acting beta-agonist, called vilanterol, which is designed to open the airways. ...
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved its drug Ilaris to treat a serious form of childhood arthritis. Ilaris inhibits interleukin-1 beta, excessive production of which plays a prominent role in certain inflammatory diseases, the company said. The drug is the only approved treatment specifically for the condition that can be given as a monthly subcutaneous injection, Novartis said. Ilaris is also approved in the European Union for the treatment of refractory gouty arthritis, Novartis said. (Reporting by Zurich Newsroom)
As if it’s not bad enough to find out you have cancer, nearly all cancer patients have to also contend with how to pay for treatment, including somehow managing the sky-high cost of drugs (chemotherapy). It seems like insult to injury (quite literally), right?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anyone wanting to live longer and cut their risk of suffering from heart disease might want to consider getting a pet. The American Heart Association (AHA) issued a scientific statement on Thursday saying owning a pet may help to decrease a person's risk of suffering from heart disease and is linked with lower levels of obesity, blood pressure and cholesterol. "Pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, is probably associated with a decreased risk of heart disease," Glenn N. Levine, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said in a statement. ...
By Esha Dey (Reuters) - Sales of Dendreon Corp's prostate cancer vaccine Provenge declined in the first quarter despite efforts by the biotechnology drugs maker to shore up flagging volumes. The company's shares fell 14 percent to $4.06 in morning trade on the Nasdaq. They touched a low of $3.95. Dendreon is watched closely due to the immense potential of cancer vaccines, but Provenge sales have never really taken off due to physician uncertainty about reimbursement and limited manufacturing capacity. The emergence of newer prostate cancer drugs have also squeezed the vaccine's potential. ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported one more death from a new strain of bird flu on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 32, with the number of infections staying at 129, the official Xinhua news agency said. A 56-year-old man died in the central province of Henan, two weeks after his infection was confirmed, Xinhua cited a statement from the local health bureau. The man had no direct contact with birds, but there were birdcages hanging in the corridor of the building he lived in, the report said. ...
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmakers Merck and GlaxoSmithKline have cut the price of cervical cancer shots in a deal that will deliver them to poor countries for less than $5 a dose. The new record low price for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines should mean millions of girls in developing countries can be protected against the disease, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI) said on Thursday. "By 2020 we hope to reach more than 30 million girls in more than 40 countries," Seth Berkley, the group's chief executive, said in a statement announcing the price deal. ...
Maybe you caught the news this week from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that a staggering 20 percent of young adults (defined as those ages 18 to 25) were dealing with a mental health condition in the last year. Of those, some 1.3 million had a disorder so serious that they had trouble functioning day to day. This is good news in that young adults are now being diagnosed earlier so they can start treatment before losing too much time to the illness. ...
A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.
By Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a blow for Alzheimer's patients, Baxter International Inc said it will scrap late-stage trials of its antibody treatment for the disease after the drug failed to improve cognitive decline and functional ability in patients. Baxter's treatment, known as Gammagard, did show a benefit in some patients with moderate disease and in those who are carriers of a gene known as ApoE4 that raises the risk of Alzheimer's. The company said it will continue to analyze results in these populations, but more trials would be needed to support the drug's approval. ...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's president has removed his top military commander and put him in a civilian role in a shuffle apparently prompted by an ongoing row over a rumored plan for President Yoweri Museveni to have his son succeed him.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country's opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election.
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.
LOME, Togo (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets hostage.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit inside a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 25 people and injuring 29, according to the ministry of defense.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives inside a military installation in the city of Agadez on Thursday.
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Thursday in Goma, eastern Congo, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to allow the visit to proceed.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and that there had been only a temporary slowdown in production.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer — cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY."
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mortar round exploded in Goma, a city in eastern Congo which has been in the crosshairs of this country's latest rebellion, officials said Wednesday, as the United Nations secretary-general arrived in Congo's capital for a two-day visit expected to take him to Goma.
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting between the M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Suspected foreign fighters backing a rebel movement now in control of Central African Republic's government invaded a remote north-central village and killed six people, residents said.
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital Goma last year.
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's military spokesman says 24 people were killed and dozens wounded during a battle between government troops and rebels who had overrun a town.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Even before the first drops flow, Uganda's oil sector is beset by bribery allegations against officials, tax-related cases abroad that cost the government millions in legal fees, and the alleged interference of a president whose firm control of the sector worries transparency campaigners.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is poised to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Soldiers in northeast Nigeria shelled suspected camps of Islamic extremists in the first military action of a new offensive against the insurgents, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ransacked and destroyed.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service was cut off Thursday in areas of northeast Nigeria as jet fighters streaked through the sky and more soldiers were deployed to fight Islamic extremists waging a brutal insurgency.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Mobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers to the region to fight Islamic extremists.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya police say they are searching for 40 mentally ill patients who escaped from the country's only public psychiatric facility.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A general who asked questions about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans faces charges stemming from the alleged breach of an official code of conduct, a spokesman for the military said Monday, the latest twist in the unfolding saga of a senior army officer accused by some of harboring presidential ambitions.
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leonean police official says that a prominent opposition politician has been arrested for making statements to undermine state security.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An upsurge of gang rapes has hit the breakaway region of Somaliland — a normally peaceful enclave considered by many to be a sanctuary from Somalia's decades of violence.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's state radio says police arrested three polling campaigners for illegally promoting voter awareness ahead of crucial elections.
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Thousands of Gabonese people marched to protest ritual killings, in which people are murdered so their body parts can be used in amulets to bring good luck. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, Gabon's first lady, led the event Saturday along with Christian and Muslim religious leaders.
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The Seleka rebels who overthrew Central African Republic's president are now demanding that they be paid before they disarm.
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A contingent of about 100 Tanzanian troops arrived in eastern Congo Saturday, a first step in assembling the new United Nations intervention brigade, said a U.N. spokesman.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Five suicide bombers carried out two simultaneous attacks on soldiers in Mali on Friday in another indication of the growing coordination of operations by militants against African and French forces.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Known for bringing in celebrities and smiling in photographs next to former Western leaders, a flamboyant Nigerian newspaper publisher now faces a challenge from his most vocal critics — his own employees.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An angry mob stoned to death a 17-year-old soldier in Central African Republic who had been freed from a rebel group and moved to the capital for his own safety only to be re-recruited by armed fighters, the U.N. children's agency said Friday.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Heavily armed and under orders to break up an ethnic militia, a combined force of Nigerian police officers and agents of the country's domestic spy agency instead found themselves the target of a brutal attack that left at least 30 of them dead and others still missing days later, authorities said Thursday.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Eritrea's government has jailed about 10,000 dissidents without charge or trial over the years, a rights group said in report Thursday, describing the Horn of Africa nation as one of the world's most repressive states.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Breaking ranks with the military high command, a general is accusing President Yoweri Museveni of trying to ensure his son replaces him, the first top official to raise concerns about the purported succession plan.
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Zambia's President Michael Sata says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to try President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.
A British Airways plane travelling from London to Oslo was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow on Friday after a technical fault in an engine
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the defence force is reviewing the weaknesses identified in the use and access of all defence facilities following the Gupta family saga.
The Pinnacle Point caves in Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape, regarded by archaeologists as the birthplace of culture, have been the subject of intense study since 1999.
Rape and sexual violence is a huge problem in South Africa with thousands of rapes reported every day. Why is our society so violent? Are we desensitised to violent crimes against women and children.
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