World News Archive28-May-2006
Journalism in the modern, high-tech age and the perils of reporting on terrorism will be the key topics thrashed out at the International Press Institute's annual world congress, which opens here Sunday. It will take about $25 billion to $70 billion annually in additional funding to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals for health -- which include stopping and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS and reducing incidence of malaria and other diseases by 2015 -- according to a report released on Thursday by the World Bank, AFP/Yahoo! News reports (Joshi, AFP/Yahoo! News, 5/25). [click link for THE first person infected in a cluster of bird flu cases in a family may have come into contact with infected chickens before possibly passing on the virus, a World Health Organisation official said. Editor: As we read or listen to the news it seems that we are flooded with the negative aspects of the current events around the world. It is a simple fact that this is the type of news that sells and that is a sad fact. MORE LICKS: The U.S. Postal Service will release 50 new stamps over the next week during the 2006 World Philatelic Exposition, which opens today in Washington, D.C.
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