The Globe and Mail
SA raises R10m for tsunami aid
South Africans have already topped the R10-million target the Red Cross set for aid to tsunami-ravaged Indian Ocean countries, the charity said on Tuesday.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=196586&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/>
Rough seas ahead for Namibia's fishing industry
Battered by two years of a strong Namibian dollar, the country's fishing sector -- a key foreign exchange earner -- is now in trouble, with retrenchments and factory closures on the horizon.
After mining, fishing is the largest industry in Namibia, bringing in just more than $52-million (R312-million) in export earnings each year and contributing about 8% to the gross domestic product (GDP).
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=196602&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/>
UN: Sudan's Darfur crimes not genocide
The Sudanese government should be referred to the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity in Darfur, a United Nations-commissioned report has concluded.
But the study, which is expected to be debated by the UN security council on Tuesday, falls short of describing the situation in the western region of Sudan as genocide.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=196541&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/
Dog rescues man trapped under snow
A dog in north-eastern Croatia was being hailed as a hero on Monday after it reportedly raised the alarm to rescue a man who had been buried under a snow drift during a blizzard.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=196515&area=/breaking_news/other_news/
Record number of airport weddings in Sweden
The number of weddings performed at Stockholm's Arlanda airport increased by more than 30% last year compared with 2003, an airport spokesperson said on Monday.
"It's mostly couples on their way to their honeymoon that take the opportunity to exchange rings at the airport," spokesperson Niclas Haerenstam said.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=196496&area=/breaking_news/other_news/
Bill Gates visits EU legislators
Microsoft chief Bill Gates visits the headquarters of the European Union on Tuesday, at a time when there is still a disagreement with the EU head office over how the software giant should adapt to the landmark ruling against it.
Microsoft said it will respect last March's ruling while its appeal is pending before EU courts, but the EU head office still has problems with exactly how the company's immediate compliance will work.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=196579&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/
The Miami Herald
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
South Floridians who overcame share experiences
BY ANDREA ROBINSON AND DARRAN SIMON
arobinson@herald.com
Many saw it as their duty. Others helped reluctantly -- at least at first. Ultimately they each embraced the idea that changes were necessary to bring equal access and better living conditions to black Americans.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10783582.htm
FAITH & FITNESS
Churches in black communities get parishioners in shape
BY NATALIE P. McNEAL
nmcneal@herald.com
For Ivory Strong, faith and fitness are excellent partners.
A former tennis buff, Strong, 54, wanted to lose the 50-plus pounds she gained since Hurricane Andrew hit in 1992. She also sought fellowship with her church members.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10776945.htm
Fallen Columbia astronauts remembered at Cape Canaveral
BY PHIL LONG AND MARTIN MERZER
mmerzer@herald.com
CAPE CANAVERAL - White, red and purple carnations dangled on fences. Flags flew at half-staff. Eyes gazed at the ground with sorrow and then to the sky with purpose.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10788883.htm
HAITI
Aristide seeking return as president
Though adjusting to exile in South Africa, Jean-Bertrand Aristide said he hopes to return to Haiti as president.
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES
jcharles@herald.com
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is adjusting to exile in South Africa, teaching psychology at a local university and enjoying staples of an African and Haitian diet, but he still yearns to return home as president.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10783609.htm
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
EU to renew contact with Cuba, press for change
The European Union gave Cuba a six-month reprieve from diplomatic sanctions imposed in response to the 2003 dissident crackdown.
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN
nsanmartin@herald.com
European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday approved a six-month suspension of EU diplomatic sanctions on Cuba, in hopes of winning more releases of jailed dissidents and propelling political reforms.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10783612.htm
Depression in Children
Kids' antidepressant use declines
By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
Massive publicity about antidepressants causing suicidal behavior in children is prompting more parents and doctors to hesitate longer or "just say no" to giving kids the pills, suggest new prescription records and interviews with doctors.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-01-31-antidepressant-inside_x.htm
In brief: Depression lifts; Asthma link ...
DEPRESSION LIFTS
Mild to moderate depression could be helped with aerobic exercise. The American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports on a study which found that those who performed aerobic exercise (such as treadmill walking) three to five times a week for 30 to 35 minutes experienced nearly a 50 per cent improvement in their symptoms, compared with only a minor improvement in patients who did just stretching exercises.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8124-1464390,00.html
Pediatric Antidepressant Use Shows Substantial Decline Over Past Year
Physician and Parent Awareness of Antidepressant Risks for Children Cuts Patient Numbers by More Than 10% in 2004
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., February 01, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The number of children taking antidepressants has decreased considerably from 2003 to 2004 since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) re-evaluated and revised antidepressant warning labeling, according to data released today by Medco Health Solutions, Inc., , one of the nation's leading pharmacy benefit managers.
http://www.pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=209033&categoryid=10
Childhood abuse common with bipolar sufferers
February 01 2005 at 12:49PM
London - Nearly half of patients suffering from manic depression, or bipolar disorder, may have been abused as children, scientists say in a new report.
Emotional, physical and sexual abuse, or a combination of them, are linked with the condition, which causes dramatic mood swings and changes in behaviour.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=117&art_id=qw1107235263424B243
Business news in brief from around New Jersey
Associated Press
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Use of antidepressants by children fell 10 percent last year after government hearings and warnings that some of the drugs increased risk of suicide, according to data from prescriptions processed by the country's biggest pharmacy benefit manager.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10788872.htm
Modern Day Medicine Man, new series:
Life Is About Living
NORMAN OK
Randy Veitenheimer 2/1/2005
PART ONE: There are many stories and much history about how we, the people, came to be the way we are today. History, the past, gives us stories and the future gives us dreams. Both of these take away from us energy and the life that only the present can give us.
It didn’t use to be that way. The traditions of our stories and songs were a way of giving information and a way of remembering that told us how to be. To be alive, to find joy in all life, and to know the truth. The truth of our journey, as a people and individually is the goal of this series.
http://nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=5916
Slain children's kin speak out
Most are angry that mother was sent to mental hospital
By Deb Frazier, Rocky Mountain News
February 1, 2005
LAMAR - Rebekah Amaya, sent to the state mental hospital Monday for drowning her two children, was condemned by one of the youngster's fathers, their grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins for refusing to take responsibility and stand trial.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3513398,00.html
S.C. defendant’s use of Zoloft reflects international debate
BY NICHOLE MONROE BELL
Knight Ridder Newspapers
The boy stood over the bed, lifted the shotgun and squeezed. Once. Twice.
With two blasts, Joe Pittman, 66, and Joy Pittman, 62, were dead. They were killed as they slept, police say, by their 12-year-old grandson.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/10770696.htm
Armed conflict
In recent decades, the proportion of civilian casualties in armed conflicts has increased dramatically and is now estimated at more than 90 per cent. About half of the victims are children.
An estimated 20 million children have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict and human rights violations and are living as refugees in neighbouring countries or are internally displaced within their own national borders.
More than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict over the last decade.
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_armedconflict.html
The New Zealand Herald
PM seeks more women in work
02.02.05
By KEVIN TAYLOR
The Government is looking at British improvements to childcare services as it re-examines its childcare policies so more women can enter the workforce.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009139
Elite exam worries principals
02.02.05
The Qualifications Authority should come clean on scholarship results amid claims the distribution of awards in the elite exams is unfair, a Wellington headmaster says.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009150
Beach pair save a life
02.02.05
Two people yesterday saved a man who was pulled from water at Milford Beach unconscious and not breathing.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009145
Ducks sacrificed for golf tournament
Sociable Daphne would greet visitors to Tiritiri Matangi.
02.02.05
By ANNE BESTON
A bird cull to prepare for the country's top golf tournament at the Gulf Harbour Country Club has backfired after a duck known to hundreds of schoolchildren was killed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009142
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Clear
-6.0°
Updated Wednesday 02 Feb 9:59AM
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