Topic: Polio
AFP South Asian Edition | 2009-02-04 05:00:13
<div>=(Graphic+Picture)=<p>Amid all the hoopla over the Oscar nomination sweep by "Slumdog Millionaire," there's a real-life Indian tale of beating the odds that is also vying for the prized golden statuette.</p><p>A 38-minute US film called "The Final Inch" has been nominated in the best short ...
ZUMA Press Inc | 2009-02-01 08:03:58
AP News | 2009-01-21 16:49:27
<div id="subtitle">Bill Gates, Rotary donate more than $630 million to polio eradication effort</div><div><p>Bill Gates and other donors are giving more than $630 million to the international effort to eradicate polio, after the disease spiked and spread to seven countries that were previously polio-free.</p> ...
AP News | 2009-01-21 06:05:27
<div id="subtitle">72-year-old Indiana man raises $1,600 for charity by having shaggy eyebrows trimmed</div><div><p>A 72-year-old man with eyebrows so long he brushed them each morning raised $1,600 for charity from people who paid to take turns trimming his out-of-control brows. Some of the wiry hairs ...
