Archive for August 27th, 2008
Posted on August 27, 2008. Filed under: Economics | Tags: $1.25 per day, $2 per day, Economic reform, Economics, Economy, India, Indian Poverty, New poverty line, News, Poor, Povertry Line, Sub Saharan Africa, World Bank, World Bank estimates on poverty, World poverty |
According to World Bank’s latest estimates on global poverty India is home to roughly one-third of total poor in the world. It also has the highest percentage of people living on less than $2 per day which is far lower than people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa considered the world’s poorest region has 72.2% [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008. Filed under: Politics | Tags: America, assassinate, Aurora Police Department, Barack Obama, Democrats, Denver, Denver Police Department, Detective Marcus Dudley Jr, FBI, Kansas, Nathan Johnson, News, Obama, Police Department, Politics, Presendential election, Secret Service, Senator, Shawn Robert Adolf, terrorism, Tharin Robert Gartrell, USA |
Federal authorities have confirmed that at least three people were under arrest charges in connection with possible plot to kill Senator Barack Obama during his speech accepting Democratic nomination on Thursday night.
The police said they had found two rifles, one with scope in the car along with walkie-talkies, a bullet proof vest and licenses in [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2008. Filed under: Science & Technology | Tags: Misc, Science, Research, Malaria, Mosquito, John Hopkins, Anopheles, Anopheles gambiae, AgDNV, Wolbachia, densonucleosis, bacteria, densovirus, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jason Rasgon, Wolbachia bacteria, Miscellanous |
Researchers at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered a virus that they claim is infectious to the Anopheles gambiae mosquito responsible for spreading malaria. The virus AgDNV, is a densonucleosis virus or “densovirus”. The virus is prevalent among insects but do not affect vertebrates.
According to the study, lead author Jason Rasgon, the [...]
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