Month: May 2006

Berlin, 14 May, 2006— Preparations are well advanced for the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) 2006. The Airbus A380 is the undoubted star of this year’s ILA, and the announcement that it will be visiting the […]

Berlin, 14 May, 2006— The German Minister of Health, Ms Ulla Schmidt will open the 2006 Capital Congress on Medicine and Health sxcheduled to begin at the International Congress Centre (ICC) in Berlin May 17. […]

Philadelphia, 12 May, 2006— When mom or dad puffs on a cigarette, their infants may inhale the resulting second-hand smoke. Now, scientists have detected cancer-causing chemicals associated with tobacco smoke in the urine of nearly […]

In his recent and reportedly ongoing cabinet reshuffle, President J. A. Kufuor created an interestingly curious portfolio called the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. The head of the latter executive department is Mr. Kwamena […]

Berlin, 9 May, 2006— A total of 200 pupils and their teachers assembled at Castle Bellevue, the seat of the Federal President Horst Köhler at the presentation ceremony of the nationwide school competition on development […]

Monrovia, 10 May, 2006— Liberia’s peacetime government on Wednesday released a financial report of the first three months of its administration revealing a dramatic increase in revenue generation and collection. The report, released by the […]

Johannesburg, 10 May, 2006— Gender activists are describing a new sexual offences bill, expected to be tabled in the South African parliament this week, as a step backwards in terms of rape survivors’ ability to […]

Dakar, 10 May, 2006— The UN’s humanitarian point-man, Jan Egeland, warned that a UN operation to assist quarter of a million people who fled to eastern Chad to escape fighting has only received a tiny […]