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The Bush administration is deeply divided over the decision it must soon
make about whether to allow federal funding for research on stem cells that
using fertilized eggs derived from in vitro fertilization. Many scientists,
however, believe that these cells could hold the key to curing diseases and
conditions such as spinal cord injury, diabetes, Alzheimer's, ... |
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| BEIJING |
Ten percent of China's budget for lifting rural poor out of poverty are being mismanaged or embezzled, a Chinese official said Tuesday, citing a government study.
The study, which looked at how poverty relief funds were spent in 1997 through 1999, found some money was pocketed by corrupt officials and other funds were spent on inappropriate projects, said Jiang ... |
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| Twenty-two people are killed and more than 100 injured when a bomb ripps through the local offices of the country's ruling Awami League in Narayanganj.
The government has blamed the bomb, the latest in a series to rock the South Asian country, on right-wing parties, but no conclusive links have yet been established.
The violence came as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina prepares to step down from office after her five-year term ends on July 13, with elections under a caretaker authority due by October.
Twenty-two people are killed and more than 100 injured when a bomb ripps through the local offices of the country's ruling Awami League in Narayanganj.
The government has blamed the bomb, the latest in a series to rock the South Asian country, on right-wing parties, but no conclusive links have yet been established.
The violence came ... |
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| TOKYO |
The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Japanese government said Monday they would tighten their ties to fight poverty, especially in Asia.
"We still have so much to do," Shoji Nishimoto, ADB director of strategy and policy development, told a press conference after a meeting of representatives of the three bodies here.
"We must implement and ... |
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