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When CIAs Poisoned Capsule for Castro Stuck to the Freezer!

...r aspirins, were delivered through the Mafia to an opposition group that almost succeeded in March 1963 when Castro went for a milkshake. Much of the information declassified by the CIA had been released in congressional investigations in the past. Escalante, who detailed the poison pill plot in his book "T...

Indian Minister Laments Country's Lack of Sex Education

India's health minister on Wednesday lamented opposition from several states to a government plan to introduce sex education from next year, a report said . "In our country, we do sex. But we don't want to talk about it and that is why we have a billion population," Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said...

Subsidize Solar Water Heaters for Homes, Expert Tells Australian Government

... called upon both the ruling conservatives and the opposition to come out with specific proposals instead of res...on reduction targets until 2008. On its part the opposition Labor is committed to reducing emissions nationally by 60 per cent from 2000 levels by 2050 but won'...

Kerala Ready to Invite WHO to Study Fever Outbreak

...as replying to a calling attention motion moved by opposition legislator N. Jayraj, who demanded that a comprehensive study on the disease, which has affected thousands, be undertaken because there were conflicting reports about the illness. So far 173 people have died in the outbreak. Opposition leader Oomme...

Lack of Medical Facilities Have Claimed Lives of Newborns at Chhattisgarh Hospital

...ly Tuesday . Amid protests and allegations by the opposition Congress members about the lack of basic medical f...6 and 421 such deaths in 2005. Responding to the opposition charges, the minister said that the government had served a show-cause notice to the civil surgeon o...

Virginity Rules-Meant To Be Broken?

...ture marriage, family and even, in an oblique way, opposition to abortion. You have to look at why sex was created, says Eric Love, the director of the East Texas Abstinence Program, which runs Virginity Rules,Sex was designed to bond two people together. To make the point, Love grabbed a tape dispenser and ...

Indian Government at the Crossroads in Implementing Anti-smoking

...ets but confessed it was having trouble overcoming opposition to anti-smoking laws. However, the new measures will allow tobacco manufacturers to decide what style of warning is printed on packets -- far short of a demand by the country's health minister for the mandatory use of the skull and crossbones symb...

Government to Toughen Its Anti-smoking Laws

...n smoking scenes in films last year met with stiff opposition from filmmakers. A blanket ban is yet to come into effect. The Health Ministry has also been trying to stipulate a pictorial warning on all tobacco products. Manufacturers say the proposed skull-and-crossbone illustration is too graphic. A new il...

Gay Pride Attracts Tens of Thousands in Rome

...erosexual couples more rights, has met with strong opposition from conservatives and centre-left Catholics in pa...ed with a swastika in the mail, apparently for his opposition to civil unions. Bagnasco, who is archbishop of Genoa and also president of the Italian Episcopal Co...

Plastic Ban in Guwahati to Ease Flooding

... ease the problem," Sarma said. However, several opposition political parties and citizen's groups have opposed the draft master plan, saying that genuine landholders would be deprived of constructing houses on hills. "If we are to save Guwahati from floods and water logging we must enforce the draft master...

Kerala Opposition's Unique Protest Over Fever Deaths

Thiruvananthapuram, Members of the Congress-led opposition in Kerala Tuesday remained glued to their seats in...F). When Speaker K. Radhakrishnan disallowed the opposition from speaking on the issue, opposition members trooped towards his chamber shouting slogans against ...

Australian PM Says No to Same-sex Marriage

... poll illustrated that the government and the main opposition Labor Party lagged behind voters in their attitude...shows how out of touch both the government and the opposition are with Australians wanting to get rid of discrimination against same-sex couples," Senator Bob Bro...

Childrens Health Program Covering More Adults Than Children

...ington- Bush administration proposal was met with opposition as Children's hospital patients marched on Capitol Hill. They fear the proposal will limit the eligibility of low-income families with sick children for federal support through the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The families who took t...

Cherie Blair to Challenge Hubbys Smoking Ban on Human Rights Ground

...er professional name Cherie Booth QC, is in direct opposition to one of the Governments flagship policies as Blair is about to resign. During her hour-long visit to the venue this week, Cherie advised nightclubs owner Dave West how he can challenge the ban in the High Court on human rights grounds. She cha...

Poor Health Practices Plague Rajasthan Tribal Women

... myths and misconception, fear of side effects and opposition by husband and other family members, especially mother in laws. The study said that almost all the mothers interviewed had either lost or mishandled the immunisation cards of their children. They didn't even know which vaccines their children recei...

New Research to Make Science and Technology Work for the Poor

...ks derailing anti-retroviral treatments; and local opposition to large dam building and the GM crop Bt cotton in India. Dr Ian Gibson MP, chairing the STEPS Centre launch, said: Science makes a massive contribution to our modern world. If we are to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century, resear...

Germany, Greece Hold Gay Rights Marches

...onies which were backed by a representative of the opposition socialist PASOK party calling for equal rights....

Brazil Government New Health Offer

...o criticized the national bishops' council for its opposition to abortion. Brazil is the worlds largest Roman ... crack down on heavy drinking. He faced a lot of opposition when he when he criticized popular samba singer Zeca Pagodinho's frequent appearances in ads for Bra...

Hundreds of Thousands Attend Madrid Gay Pride Parade

...put pressure on the new French government over its opposition to gay marriage. The spokesman for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual Association, Alain Perou, said the Paris march -- attended by political figures from across the spectrum -- was not against the government, but intended to be "constructi...

Shambu With Bovine TB Being Prevented from Slaughter

... It is also supported by all three Welsh assembly opposition parties who have called for the slaughter of a "sacred" bullock. After much deliberation the Welsh Assembly said that it had provisionally decided to give vets the go-ahead to slaughter Shambo, at the Skanda Vale community in Llanpumsiant, in west...

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