Just when Brazil developed ethanol from sugar to make themselves independent of foreign petroleum, they go and strike oil, BusinessWeek reports.
Petrobras announced Nov. 8 it has found between 5 billion and 8 billion barrels of light oil and gas at the Tupi field, 155 miles offshore southern Brazil in an area it shares with Britain’s [...]
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Reuters reports that Yoko Ono has created — get this — a tower of light in Iceland. The “Imagine Peace Tower” will be on every year from October 9 to December 8, the birth and death dates of John Lennon.
“I hope that when the light from the tower will shine, the world will pause for [...]
BBC reports that Uganda will open its first drug plant for treating HIV/AIDS.
It aims to reduce the cost of the vital medication by cutting import costs.
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Ugandan drugs importer Quality Chemicals will produce the medicines locally with Indian pharmaceutical company Cipla, one of the world’s largest producers of generic drugs. It hopes to sell them in [...]
Fox News reports that a Dutch Lawmaker wants to jail women for wearing a burqa:
“The burqa and niqab are a symbol of oppression of women,” Wilders told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. He said burqas and the niqab — a full-faced veil with only a slit for the eyes — hindered integration of [...]
