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Ministry sets up blind dates to boost birthrate

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

A rare matchmaking event is to be held next week — at the national level. As part of its efforts to tackle a falling birthrate here, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing ahead with […] […]

Desperate migrants living in vans

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

Immigrants who cannot afford rental housing on their own are doubling up on accommodation, or even living in vans. Some are further cutting costs by spending nights in their vehicles parked on the side of […] […]

Schoolboy dies after party drinks

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

A King’s College boarder died in his sleep at the weekend after drinking at a friend’s birthday party – the second tragedy to hit the prestigious school in four months. Students will today wear white […] […]

Greenpeace and Esperanza captain in court

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

ENVIRONMENTAL group Greenpeace will face court tomorrow over a protest that brought one of Australia’s busiest coal export terminals to a standstill. Greenpeace activists climbed a 50-metre-high coal loader at the Hay Point coal terminal, […] […]

Powerful earthquake rattles people of Aceh

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

A powerful quake with a magnitude of at least 7.2 hit the Indonesian province of Aceh yesterday in an area devastated by the killer waves of the 2004 tsunami. The quake struck at 3.59pm AEST, […] […]

Girl ‘frozen in time’ may hold secrets to ageing

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

SCIENTISTS are hoping to gain new insights into the mysteries of ageing by sequencing the genome of a 17-year-old girl who has the body and behaviour of a tiny toddler. Brooke Greenberg is old enough […] […]

Woman hacked to death for marrying without consent

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

A 20-year-old woman was hacked to death by her father, brothers and cousins for daring to marry without her family’s consent. The victim, named only as Soni, was the same caste as her groom, but […] […]

Doctor regulation questioned after Hep C scandal

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

THE scope of Victoria’s hepatitis c scandal has widened with multiple threats to sue the state’s Medical Practitioners Board, a clinic and also a doctor. At least seven women allegedly infected with hepatitis C will […] […]

Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square car bomb, says US

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

THE United States says it has evidence that the Taliban was behind the failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of New York. THE United States says it has evidence that the Taliban […] […]

Motherhood… What they don’t tell you

9th May 2010 sandrea 0

-Anna Lisa Spencer is a Florida based WomanWise reader and proud mother. You wake up swing your legs over the side of the bed and wonder why you are so tired when you just woke […] […]