Apr
1
World Focus: Climate Change Talks kick off in Bangkok
April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Carol Zhou (8)
Top climate brokers from more than 160 nations launched a new round of talks in Bangkok on Monday aimed at setting out a plan for the most ambitious treaty yet for battling global warming.
Opening the five-day meeting with a video message, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged countries to work together to [...]
Apr
1
How much is a kidney?
April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Wanching ( Week 8 )
According to Organs Watch, a task force of scientists and transplant surgeons who have launched a global investigation on organ trafficking, at least 15,000 human kidneys a year are sold and obtained through organ trafficking. Out of this 15,000 kidney “transactions”, many have been done through coercion, where victims of [...]
Apr
1
by Eva Chang (8)
The debate over global warming or global cooling is not actually new. Reports of global warming and global cooling emerged during the 1970s with conflicting reports on the earth’s temperature. Eventually, global cooling reports did not lead to the forecasted apocalyptic effect while other events buried global warming until its emergence in [...]
