Oil in Alberta spill may be carcinogenic

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 The province of Alberta, Canada is considering legal action against Canadian National Railway for failing to warn that a derailment last week contaminated Wabamun Lake with a hazardous chemical. The 700,000 litres of heavy Bunker C fuel oil that spilled into the lake asphyxiated birds and killed fish. In addition, one […]

Pakistani President signs bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Saturday, June 2, 2018 On Thursday, Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain signed a bill to merge the country’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with the neighbouring province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The “Federally Administered Tribal Areas Reforms Bill, 2018”, seeking to end the colonial-era rules which are applicable to the five million people living in FATA, […]

Nurseries not harmful to children, says new UK study

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 A new study by a professor at the University of Oxford has concluded that attending nursery school does not have harmful effects upon “the vast majority” of children under two years old. The research contrasts with the views of other writers in the field, who argue that pre-school children achieve the […]

US Senate panel approves healthcare reform bill

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The United States Senate Committee on Finance approved a proposal to reform health care on Tuesday, clearing it to move forward. The bill passed by a 14-9 vote, gaining support from the committee’s thirteen Democrats, and one Republican. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only senator from the Republican party to back […]