Day January 14, 2005

No shit

US ‘erodes’ global human rights Violations of human rights by the US are undermining international law and eroding its role on the world stage, a leading campaign group says. Human Rights Watch says the US can no longer claim to…

Parkinson’s ‘could be linked to pesticides’

Years of research into Parkinson’s has not discovered what causes nerve cells to die in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. Ageing is a prime factor but a combination of genes and pollutants or pesticides is believed…

Hotel strike during DC inauguration?

DC hotels, workers break off talks Contract talks between the local hotel union and 14 large D.C. hotels ended abruptly last night as negotiators for the hotels refused to increase their pay and benefits offer, complicating efforts to avoid a…