Tulsa World, Okla., David Averill Column: Early Onset (RedNova: Sun, 26 Nov) By David Averill, Tulsa World, Okla. Nov. 26-There is growing public awareness of the threat posed by Alzheimer's disease as the largest segment of the nation's population, the baby boomers, grow older.
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World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit opens in New Delhi (Emerging Markets Economy: Mon, 27 Nov) A range of imposing hurdles lie along India\'s path to development, including the need to transform its swelling population of young people into a skilled pool of labour and to prevent the scourge of AIDS from sapping their productivity.
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Mystery on top of the world (NorthJersey.com: Mon, 27 Nov) EUREKA, Nunavut Territory - Scientists are peering into the clouds near the top of the world, trying to solve a mystery and learn something new about global warming.
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Second Life's virtual world big and growing (The Columbus Dispatch: Mon, 27 Nov) SAN FRANCISCO - If the virtual world of Second Life has a Mount Olympus, the place where gods flex their power and influence, it's here at parent company Linden Lab.
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Tax laws lag in virtual world (Australian IT: Mon, 27 Nov) IT'S a digital 3D reconstruction of the world, it has its own economy and currency, it's not tethered to any legal jurisdiction, and some are prepared to consecrate its electronic terrain with memorials to deceased relatives and friends.
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World AIDS Pandemic Still Expanding, United Nations Reports (U.S. Department of State: Mon, 27 Nov) The number of people living with HIV/AIDS climbed in 2006, the 25th year since first detection of the virus, according to an annual survey of the epidemic conducted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization. The report - 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update - points out the "promising developments" made in the last few years to increase access to treatments and
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'Nativity Story' Makes World Premiere (The Christian Post: Mon, 27 Nov) "The Nativity Story," which opens in the United States and Italy in time for the Christmas holidays on Dec. 1, made its world premiere Sunday at the Vatican, the first time a feature film debuted ...
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