US researchers hopeful for dengue vaccine

US researchers hopeful for dengue vaccine

US researchers hopeful for dengue vaccine

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST

SAN JUAN, Feb 19 – Promising advances have been made in the testing of possible vaccines to prevent the mosquito-borne dengue virus, which kills 25,000 people every year, researchers said recently. "We have some very exciting leads on different types of vaccines that are in various stages of clinical trial that hopefully can be implemented with a ...


30 wounded in Kuwait protests on Friday - sources

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:41 AM PST

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Thirty people were wounded in Friday's clashes in Kuwait between security forces and stateless Arabs demanding citizenship, security sources said on Saturday.

Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Righs Watch

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:41 AM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch cited hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power.

Libya's Gaddafi faces fight of life, Bahrain offer snubbed

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:41 AM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Two of the Middle East's most entrenched rulers were battling to stay in power on Saturday amid reports of dozens of protesters killed in Libya and an offer of talks by Bahrain's king being rebuffed.

Oman protesters call for political reform, pay rise

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:55 PM PST

MUSCAT, Feb 19 — About 300 people demanded political reforms and better pay in a peaceful protest in Oman yesterday as unrest in other Middle East countries and North Africa turned increasingly violent. Men and women gathered in Ruwi, a commercial district in the capital, after prayers and chanted "we want democracy" while others shouted "more pay ...


Pirates seize four American sailors off Oman

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked a yacht with four Americans on board off the coast of Oman, a regional maritime expert and an advocacy group monitoring piracy in the Indian Ocean said on Saturday.

Oman protesters call for political reform, pay rise

Posted: 19 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST

MUSCAT (Reuters) - About 300 people demanded political reforms and better pay in a peaceful protest in Oman on Friday as unrest in other Middle East countries and North Africa turned increasingly violent.

Myanmar says Suu Kyi party must apologise for sanctions

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rulers called on Saturday for the party of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to apologise to the public for backing Western sanctions it said were restricting the country's development.

Libya's Gaddafi faces fight of life, Bahrain offer snubbed

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:39 PM PST

MANAMA (Reuters) - Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi faced the biggest challenge of his rule on Saturday amid reports that dozens of people have been killed as an offer by Bahrain's king of national dialogue to end the crisis there was rebuffed by the opposition.

Dozens more killed in east Libya: Human Righs Watch

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:09 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late on Friday, Human Rights Watch cited witnesses and hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power.

Libya security forces kill 84 in three days

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:29 PM PST

CAIRO, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) -- Libyan security forces killed at least 84 people over three days of protests, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, citing telephone interviews with local hospital staff and witnesses.

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Rabbits in hot demand in the Year of Rabbit

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 11:24 PM PST

As this is the Year of Rabbit, the rearing of rabbits has become a favourite pastime in town so much so that the five rabbit farms in Balik Pulau find it very hard to meet the sudden surge of market demand.

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Pirates seize four Americans from yacht off Oman

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:56 PM PST

MOGADISHU, Feb 19 — Pirates have hijacked a yacht with four Americans on board off the coast of Oman, a regional maritime expert and an advocacy group monitoring piracy in the Indian Ocean said today. "The S/V Quest was attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean and the four Americans on board are being held hostage," advocacy group Ecoterra said in ...


HRW claims dozens more killed in east Libya

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:48 PM PST

TRIPOLI, Feb 19 — Libyan security forces killed 35 people in the eastern city of Benghazi late yesterday, Human Rights Watch cited witnesses and hospital sources as saying, in the worst unrest of Muammar Gaddafi's four decades in power. Protests against Gaddafi's rule this week, inspired by uprisings in neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt, were met ...


Opposition snubs Bahrain king’s dialogue offer

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:35 PM PST

MANAMA, Feb 19 — Bahrain's main Shi'ite opposition bloc has rejected a dialogue call from the king after this week's unrest in the island, a Shi'ite ex-lawmaker said today. "We don't feel there is a serious will for dialogue because the military is in the streets," Ibrahim Mattar, a member of the Wefaq bloc which quit parliament on Thursday, told ...


China adopts heavy metal reduction plan

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:51 PM PST

BEIJING, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) -- China has adopted a plan to tackle heavy-metal pollution, state media reported Saturday, after more than 30 major poisoning incidents since 2009.

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Internet cut off in Libya: Arbor Networks

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:50 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) -- Internet service was cut off in Libya on Friday as the regime evidently moved to strip anti-government protestors of ways to organize and communicate, according to Arbor Networks.

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Activist sees end to Japan's Antarctic whale hunt

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:48 PM PST

WELLINGTON, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) -- Prominent anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune said Saturday he believes the abrupt halt to Japan's annual Antarctic hunt this week may signal an end to its whaling operations in southern waters.

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Welcome to SpeedKills, please drive carefully

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:47 PM PST

SYDNEY, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) -- An Australian hamlet has changed its name to "SpeedKills" to encourage drivers to slow down after a leap in road deaths.

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Bahrain opposition says government must quit

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST

MANAMA, Saturday 19 February 2011 (AFP) - Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group said on Saturday that the government must resign and the army pull off the streets of the capital Manama before it will take up an offer of dialogue from the crown prince.

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