Anti-smoking ad in the UK, ahead of ban on public smoking

The uk's public health authorities think New Year's pledges are a good means to curb down smoking. They have ushered in the New Year with an anti-smoking ad which shows smokers being violently seized by a fish-hook and dragged to their traditional smoking spots.

'Sustainable' most used word, says language monitor

The Global Language Monitor has named "sustainable" the top word of 2006, and "stay the course," the top phrase. The San Diego, usa, based organisation's annual list also cited "Darfur", the war-torn region of Sudan, as the top name of the year. The monitor said "sustainable" was used frequently over the course of the year to describe "populations, marriages, agriculture and economies".

Springs of life India's water resources

'Springs of Life India's Water Resources' by Ganesh Pangare, Vasudha Pangare, Binayak Das Academic Foundation New Delhi

Gem slaves Tanzanite's child labour

Gem Slaves Tanzanite's Child Labour Produce and directed by the un office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, irin 15 minutes

Salt, a world history

Salt, A World History by Mark Kurlansky Vintage Books, London 2004

Zyprexa, of pharma major Elli Lilly, promoted for off-label uses

Medical Malpractice USA

Blood Diamond shames the diamond business in Sierra Leone

Mining Sierra Leone

Latest World Disasters Report focusses on neglected crises

Disasters The World Last year, emergency aid towards disaster response outstripped any other year on record. Yet, there were several disasters worldwide, which slipped away --unnoticed. The focus of this year's World Disasters Report, issued by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation), is neglected crises.

Cost of special papers stops priniting of passports in Zimbabwe

Economic Crisis Zimbabwe

New car from Maruti sold through Pete Seeger

Cars India