GO TO SOURCE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 11, 2002: Lighting up a cigarette, according to a study recently completed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is costing the country US$3,391 a year per smoker, or $157.7 billion annually for the whole nation. Breaking the cost down, the CDC study estimates that the habit costs $3.45 per pack for…
GO TO SOURCE SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, April 13, 2002: Combining traditional and alternative medicine, Memorial Health University Medical Center has joined with Dr Chopra, the best-selling author and holistic health exponent, to create a center where patients and Savannah residents can come for yoga, meditation or a treatment called Shirodhara in which herb-infused sesame oil is dripped onto their foreheads. Nearby,…
GO TO SOURCE LONDON, UK, April 16, 2002: The Prince of Wales is to launch a multi-faith campaign that is being seen as a move to take on an expanded royal role following the death of the Queen Mother. His plan to enlist millions of people in a movement to bridge the religious divide in schools, relief work and deprived…
GO TO SOURCE JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 17, 2002: Indonesia’s resort island of Bali is proposing four cultural and natural sites for inclusion on the World Heritage list next year, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday. The four selected sites are the Taman Ayun Temple and Water Park in Mengwi; the Pakerisan river area and archaeological site in Gianyar; the Jatiluwih Subak…
GO TO SOURCE ORISSA, INDIA, April 17, 2002: A government minister has helped save the lives of 1,000 animals that were to be sacrificed at a temple here. The goats and sheep are slaughtered on Maha Bishuva Sankranti day as an offering to Goddess Kali. Federal minister Maneka Gandhi intervened and convinced priests to abandon the ritual at the Bayani…
GO TO SOURCE JAMMU, INDIA, April 16, 2002: Suspected militants set off a blast on Monday night at a place on the way to the famous Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir injuring two persons, police said. The blast took place near an autorickshaw at Darshini Darwaza near Banganga about 1.5 km from Katra as thousands of pilgrims made…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA, April 14, 2002: When Mickey Sankar immigrated to the United States six years ago, he brought along happy memories of Holi, the Hindu New Year. “For the whole week, we played,” Sankar, 24, of Ozone Park, recalls of the celebrations in his hometown on Guyana’s Caribbean coast. “We went to every house. We had…
GO TO SOURCE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, April 16, 2002: Lakes in the Himalayas are filling so rapidly because of rising temperatures melting more snow that they could burst their banks within a decade, sending walls of water crashing down into valleys, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said a scientific study in Bhutan and Nepal had…
GO TO SOURCE NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 16, 2002: A group of medical professionals have urged the government to immediately stop mining and milling of asbestos in India, as it can cause lung cancer in those exposed to it. At an international symposium on health effects of hazardous material in New Delhi, participants urged the government to provide medical follow-up…
GO TO SOURCE NEPAL, April 15, 2002: Nepal’s King Gyanendra has called for national unity to fight the long-running Maoist rebellion. In a message to mark the Nepalese New Year, King Gyanendra said the continuing violence and destruction of the infrastructure had ruined the economy. His statement followed one of Nepal’s worst outbreaks of violence on Friday, in which more…