How to buy an ethical diamond
(Phys.org)—You've already decided that you're going to pop the question. Now comes another quandary: Where to get the ring, if you're buying one?
Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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MIT African teen guest fashions battery, plans windmill (w/ video)
(Phys.org)—An inventor in his teen years has been on a three-week visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a guest resident. From university officers to labs workers, to bloggers, Americans enjoyed the ...
Nov 24, 2012
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S.Leone, China sign $15mln fibre optic deal
Sierra Leone and China have signed a $15 million (12 million euro) loan agreement for the installation of a fibre optic cable which will boost Internet capabilities, national radio reported Tuesday.
Aug 21, 2012
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'Ocean Health Index': Global ocean health gets passing grade
Using a new comprehensive index designed to assess the benefits to people of healthy oceans, scientists have evaluated the ecological, social, economic, and political conditions for every coastal country in ...
Aug 15, 2012
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Ending refugees' exile
We all tend to assume that refugees want to go home. But often refugees cannot just return to their home country when conflict ends. Many have spent decades in exile; many second and third-generation refugees have never seen ...
Jun 18, 2012
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Liberia to get high-speed internet by October
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said late Monday the west African nation will get high-speed internet from October, as it connects to a fibre optic cable running along the west African coast.
May 08, 2012
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Sierra Leone Gola Rainforest becomes national park
New undersea cable lands in Sierra Leone
An undersea telecommunications table landed in Sierra Leone on Monday, part of a 17,000-kilometre fiber optic line that aims to connect countries along the west African coast to Europe.
Oct 10, 2011
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Mysterious seaweed dump chokes S.Leone's coastline
Massive piles of seaweed have washed ashore along Sierra Leone's coastline, covering the white sand and raising fears for tourism and the fishing industry, officials said Monday.
Jul 04, 2011
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Studies explore effects of war on former child soldiers
Despite international bans, more than 250,000 children fight as soldiers in 86 countries across the globe, almost half of them in Africa. Two new studies explored how these children adjust after they return to their homes. ...
Jul 15, 2010
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Acceptance, social support, and educational access provide safety net for former child soldiers
The Child Soldiers Global Report 20081 estimates that more than 300,000 children are engaged as soldiers around the globe, and more children are recruited every year in ongoing and new conflicts. Although a number of multinational ...
Jun 01, 2010
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S.Leone elephants 'wiped out' by poachers: official
Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league
(AP) -- The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years.
May 21, 2009
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