If a treatment for cancer of the prostate developed in Denmark and now being tried in three British centers - Cardiff, London and Bristol – becomes established, it may be as unwise for young children to sit on their granddad’s knee as it was for their elder brothers and sisters to learn Russian in Kiev. The Danes have recently…
Spring fashion calls for strong eyebrows, and for once I will fit right in. It won’t be on purpose, exactly. I’ve always had them. At this point, it’s almost a matter of pride that I’ve never subjected my brow to the vagaries of style. I…
In the 1960′s, coffee flowing from the lush, green mountains in this region provided half of Angola’s foreign exchange. Coffee money transformed Luanda – about 150 miles from here – from the backwater capital of a penal colony into a booming metropolis of high-rises. Newly…
“There is simply no alternative to the dollar at the moment,” said Nobumitsu Kagami, chief economist of the Nomura Investment Management Company. Dealers also said that demand for dollars was…
Tourists are being warned to be cautious of online travel auctions following an increase in fraudsters targeting these websites with a new scam. The security consultancy for Quibids says criminals…
New regulations are urgently needed to govern the art trade. According to a story the recent scandals involving Sotheby’s and Christie’s in New York have underlined the extraordinary extent to…
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