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Jail Authorities Warning Makes Paris Start Eating Prison Food

Prison authorities warned Paris Hilton to be prepared for an intravenous drip if she continued to refuse prison food, as the hotel heiress health began to worry them . As soon as the socialite was transferred back to the LA prison after correctional treatment for her...

National Commission for Women to Investigate Unearthing of Female Fetuses in Pataudi

...ber of female fetuses . The team will meet local authorities to get first hand information of the case and the investigation conducted so far. The NCW spokesperson told reporters that they felt the need to seek first hand information from the site as it was likely that reporting of the incident had not been ...

Notice Sent to Courts Asking Them to Stop Courting Mosquitoes

... to mosquitoes in the Indian capital . The local authorities have sent notices to the Delhi High Court, Patiala House courts and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for breeding mosquitoes, the carrier of the dreaded dengue and chikungunya fevers. Health officials said that during their field visits ...

China to Overhaul Food Safety Rules

...ing from toothpaste to herbal teas to pet food. US authorities rejected 257 Chinese food shipments in April, far more than from any other country, US press reports said. The United States has rejected Chinese products ranging from tainted dietary supplements and toxic cosmetics to fish and herbal teas in recen...

Dozens of Panamanians Gravely Ill from Toxic Substance from China

... widely used sweetener. In another case, Chinese authorities admitted that toothpaste produced by two companies in eastern China and exported to Panama contained the toxin, but insisted the levels were too low to be harmful to humans. At the beginning of June, the US Food and Drug Administration urged consumer...

Cherie Blair to Challenge Hubbys Smoking Ban on Human Rights Ground

... or disturbance, he said. "I want to eyeball the authorities and am calling on other nightclubs to join me in the challenge," he added. Leading lawyer Rodney Hylton-Potts, who represents Mr West, also insists that the ban should not be imposed on private clubs because it would infringe smokers rights. "T...

Sixteen-year-old UK Girl Demands Right to Wear 'purity Ring'

...ul Diamond, told the court that the secular school authorities had no right to set themselves up as arbiters of f...earing of the purity ring, arguing that the school authorities were violating Lydia's right to "freedom of thought, conscience and religion" under Article 9 of the...

Paris Hilton to Be Released on Tuesday

...disclosed. Although her sentence was for 45 days, authorities have said that 22 days have been slashed, as credit for her good behaviour. "There was some confusion as to whether it would be Monday or Tuesday, and we just wanted to let people know what was happening," People quoted sheriff's Sgt. Duane Allen, J...

6,000 Turkeys Slaughtered at Czech Bird Flu Farm

...ech Republic have only affected wild swans. Czech authorities have imposed a security cordon around the affected...p of the army and emergency services. While Czech authorities remain optimistic that the outbreak will not hit poultry exports, Russia announced Thursday that ste...

Insecurity Jepardising WFP Initiatives in Western Afghanistan

...ghanistan. "We continue to work with Government authorities at central, provincial and district level, as well as our own transporters, to enable deliveries to resume, hopefully as soon as possible," Corsino added. WFP currently has 14,800 metric tons of food ready to move in Quetta, Pakistan, with transpor...

Health Tourists Put Spanish Service Under Strain

...titled to free healthcare in Spain, with the local authorities picking up the bill. Popular procedures include h...agnosed ailment requires authorisation from health authorities in the patient's homeland. To circumvent that rule patients will "often take advantage of a serious...

Six Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed in Germany

...r Nuremberg in the past week. Guenther said local authorities had cordoned off an area with a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) radius from where the diseased birds were found. Nobody will be allowed to bring birds into the area or take them out from there for the next three weeks, and poultry in the area must be kept...

Charity Slot Machines a Thing of the Past in Norway

...of money by operating their own slot machines, but authorities are about to put an end to that. In a bid to com...and more than half of those of the Red Cross. But authorities have decided to intervene in a bid to help the 71,000 or so Norwegians -- 1.5 percent of the populat...

Chinese City Turns Off the Air-con

...official said, according to the report. The local authorities have raised the limit gradually from 28 Celsius to 30 Celsius degree last year, and some buildings are still to turn on their units this year. The move comes after Beijing and Yangzhou, an eastern city, recruited "energy police" to check whether ene...

Street-protesting Polish Nurses Threaten to Stay Put

...official is under the obligation to inform justice authorities if he is aware of an offence, and we will be forced to do so," Kaczynski told reporters. Kaczynski has instead proposed talks at another venue with several medical unions, something the OZZPP has resisted because it claims it is a government ruse t...

Aspartame Probe Call Rejected by FDA

...fety of aspartame has been confirmed by regulatory authorities in more than 100 countries, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada, and the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food, as well as by experts with the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization and World Health...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

...ide, cutting off the girl's feet above the ankles, authorities said. State officials were investigating the incident. "The parents of Kaitlyn Lasitter would like to acknowledge everyone across the country that have been supporting their daughter with many positive thoughts and prayers over the last six days,...

Nigeria Launches Seven Billion Dollar Case Against Pfizer

...imilar suit was filed a couple of weeks earlier by authorities in Kano, Nigeria's largest state, which is seeking 2.75 billion dollars from Pfizer. "In the midst of the epidemic, Pfizer devised a scheme under which it misrepresented and failed to disclose its primary motive in seeking to participate in giving ...

Extradition Nears for Indian Origin Rogue Surgeon Dr. Death

...hter and five of causing grievous bodily harm, and authorities are working to extradite him from the US. Senator Johnston, who was in New Zealand yesterday, is expected to announce the latest step on his return to Australia. Senator Johnston's chief of staff, Chris Muir, said: "The minister cannot confirm it...

India Records Substantial Decline in Polio Cases

...tor of the UN body. Polio eradication programme authorities say though Ghaziabad on the outskirts of Delhi reported six cases last week, people in the national capital should not panic. 'Last year Ghaziabad district alone had 24 cases of polio but this year we have just eight. Moreover all the eight cases ...

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