Disaster And Accident News

11:19 AM EST
2/10/2012 Report: Apple iPad 3 to debut first week of MarchRumors regarding the iPad 3's release dates surfaced in December, with many speculating the souped-up iPad 2 successor would make an appearance sometime in February 2012.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Hardware, Company Information, New Product, Science And Technology, Technology

11:13 AM EST
2/10/2012 Researchers find cancer drug rapidly clears dementia plaqueU.S. researchers say that a drug already approved for use on a form of skin cancer appears to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in mice.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Science And Technology, Research, Medical Research

10:42 AM EST
2/10/2012 Bayelsa State to speed up aid for oil-spill victimsNigeria's Bayelsa State government said yesterday it would speed up the release of money over the next two weeks to help hundreds of thousands of villagers affected by a Chevron off-shore oil spill in January.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Healthcare Policy, Disaster And Accident, Industrial Accident

9:50 AM EST
2/10/2012 Drought response slowed by election feverWhile it is clear that Senegal was one of the eight Sahelian countries to be hit by poor rains in 2011, unlike most of its neighbours, the government has not yet declared that parts of certain regions are suffering drought conditions. This low-profile approach is slowing down donor and aid agencies' preparations and responses to help pastoralists and farmers get through the lean season.

Source:IRIN Topics:Social Issue, People, Children, Disaster And Accident, Drought, Politics, Election

3:12 PM EST
2/9/2012 Blind women improve vision after gene therapyThree U.S. women born with a rare inherited eye disease that impairs vision have improved their sight after normal genes were injected in their retinas to replace mutant genes that cause the disorder.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Science And Technology, Biotechnology, Human Interest, Curiosity

10:35 AM EST
2/9/2012 The world’s oldest ‘Yo Mama’ jokeResearchers decipher work of Babylonian-era cut-ups, but don’t always get it.

Source:TML Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Archaeology, Science And Technology, Human Science, History, Literature

8:22 AM EST
2/9/2012 Looking to low-tech wastewater treatmentIn Nepal where one of the biggest childhood killers is water-borne diseases, officials are slowly adopting decentralized ways of treating urban wastewater.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Science And Technology, Technology, Environmental Issue, Water

2:38 PM EST
2/7/2012 New York taxis add smartphone shopping during Fashion WeekNew York Fashion Week is pulling out all the stops and adding some high-tech techniques including smartphone shopping via cab rides.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Fashion, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Science And Technology, Technology

1:04 PM EST
2/7/2012 Russian drillers reach surface of lake under Antarctic ice sheetRussian scientists in Antarctica have drilled two miles beneath the continent’s ice sheet, on Sunday reaching the surface of the subglacial lake Vostok, which is believed to have been buried under ice for tens of millions of years.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Scientific Exploration, Human Interest, Curiosity, Environmental Issue, Nature

12:43 PM EST
2/6/2012 Displaced Malians burden food-insecure hostsSome 12,000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Ménaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food-insecure villages around Tillabéri in western Niger, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Niger's capital, Niamey.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Social Issue, Demographics, Emigrants, Disaster And Accident, Famine