18Jul/13

World pays tribute as 'improving' Mandela turns 95 – Times of India


Times of India

World pays tribute as ‘improving’ Mandela turns 95
Times of India
PRETORIA: South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was “steadily improving” from a six-week lung infection. The country has been on edge 
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17Jul/13

South Africa prepares for Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

South Africa prepares for Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday
Daily News & Analysis
Mandela, regarded the founding father of South Africa’s multi-racial democracy, was admitted to a Pretoria hospital on June 8 for a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old democracy icon has been hospitalised four times since December. Mandela had a 
Global celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on ThursdayIndia Today

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17Jul/13

Turning garbage into gas – The Hindu

Turning garbage into gasThe HinduThe threats come from particulate emissions that greatly exacerbate lung diseases from bronchitis and asthma to emphysema and lung cancer, and from dioxins and furans in addition to the usual nitrogen and sulphur oxide …

17Jul/13

Smoke and mirrors – Citizen

Smoke and mirrors
Citizen
“According to one historical account, the waterpipe was invented in India during the 16th century by a physician named Hakim Abul Fath, who suggested that smoke ‘should be passed through a small receptacle of water so that it would be rendered harmless