The Salem Witch Trials ended on the 29th of October in the year 1692. By the end of these trails, 19 supposed ‘witches’ had been hung. One supposed ‘wizard’ was pressed to death, and as many as 13 innocent people had died in prison. Since then, stories of this horrendous period and of the trials […]
Uncertainties as Pakistan ends bloodiest year in history
Although the outgoing year, in its usual mixed bag way, threw up a number of good times and bad sides, for the Asian nation of Pakistan, 2007 was an exceptionally terrible year. Founded on August 14, 1947, the receding year marked Pakistan’s Diamond Jubilee, but instead of celebrations and projections of this nation’s strong sides […]
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
Acid test for SADC tribunal
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal is expected this week to rule over a last-ditch bid by a white Zimbabwean commercial farmer to stave off an impending eviction from his farms or to receive compensation. The case, the first to be tried by the tribunal and considered an acid test to SADC’s […]
Chinese toys recalled again
Dealing yet another blow to the billion dollar Chinese toy industry, millions of toys made in China are being withdrawn from the US and Australia as they allegedly contained a chemical which mimics the reaction caused by a date-rape drug called GHB and could lead to children slipping into coma. Moose Enterprise of Melbourne, Australia, the manufacturer […]
Hypertension is a Killer
When we dig deeply into research information, we find that most diseases have common roots and common remedies. There are common threads that run between all diseases including the big five. The basics for better health also have their common threads, including the basic five remedies, weight loss, stopping smoking and other tobacco related habits, […]