A US presidential advisory panel has released a new report stating that the H1N1 flu virus could cause up to 90,000 deaths, in America mainly among children and young adults, if it resurges this fall as expected.
The Los Angeles county coroners office in the US has declined to comment on a report from the Associated Press which quotes an unnamed police source as saying the coroner has ruled Michael Jackson\'s death a homicide.
A leading black community figure has warned that the police DNA database is one of the biggest crises facing race relations in the United Kingdom, according to a report by Maxine Myers on www.voice-online.co.uk.
Nurses in Ontario experience racism on the job from patients, doctors, nurse managers, and most often from other nurses, research by a York University professor has found, according to a report on www.gleanerextra.com.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in court challenging bills run up by the receiver appointed to settle the assets of former billionaire Allen Stanford.
Mexico\'s economy reportedly shrank by 10.3 per cent between April and June as the global downturn hit demand for exports, and the H1N1 epidemic drove tourist numbers down.
The former manager of a nightclub in Argentina\'s capital, Buenos Aires, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for a fire which killed 194 people in 2004.
North Korea said today it would send a delegation to the funeral of the former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, according to a lawmaker quoted by the Yonhap news agency in Seoul.
US Catholic bishops think US President Barack Obama needs to move more quickly to patch up long bitter relations with Cuba and they hope to speed things up with a visit to the communist island this week, according to a report by Esteban Israel on www.cari
Afghanistan has called for domestic and foreign media not to cover any violence on the day of the presidential election in case the reports scare away voters.
A FAR-right group has reportedly launched a vicious campaign of intimidation and violence against political opponents, including a series of death threats, according to a report on www.voice-online.co.uk.