Archive for May, 2006
Red: The fight against AIDS in Africa
Standing in for the day for the London paper’s editor Simon Kelner, the U2 superstar Bono edited a special ‘Red’ edition in The Independent, which he highlighted one of his main passions - tackling Aids in Africa.
Closer to home, the AIDS epidemic Update 2005, cited that the Caribbean was the second most affected region in [...]
Hurricane Season 2006: More Disaster to come?
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active in the 154 years records have been kept. It had the most named storms (27, beating 1933’s total of 21), the most hurricanes (14, beating 1969’s total of 12), and the most Category 5 storms (3). Seven storms were major hurricanes—category 3 or higher—of which a [...]
Moussaoui tries to change his fate but to no avail
In the final days of Zacarias Moussaoui’s sentencing he escaped the death penalty as the jurors decided on the may 3rd life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Weeks up to his final sentencing, the juror were allowed to hear the tragedies from the families of the World Trade center victims, countless tapes and videos [...]
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