Monthly Archives: March 2010
Sarah Palin to host travel show in Discovery
BEIJING, March 25 — Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor in the U.S., will show audiences around Alaska in a new Discovery Channel series, according to media reports Thursday. She will star in role of tour guide in the new travel … Continue reading
Fugitive found running chapel after 38 years
BEIJING, March 25 — A convicted murderer sentenced to be executed for killing a man in 1951 has been found running a wedding chapel in Arizona, in the U.S., 38 years after he skipped out on parole, The Associated Press reported … Continue reading
Researchers to make mosquitoes “flying vaccinators”
BEIJING, March 25 — A new study conducted by Japanese researchers have shown promise for turning the blood-sucking mosquitoes into “flying vaccinators” by modifying the insects’ genes, AFP reported Thursday. Scientists at Jichi Medical University in Tokyo said that one … Continue reading
German Pavilion to present solutions to pressing urban problems: Expo 2010 German commissioner
By Wang Guanqun BEIJING, March 23 — The German Pavilion in the forthcoming 2010 World Expo Shanghai will present solutions devised by German industries and institutions to today’s most pressing urban problems, said Dietmar Schmitz, Commissioner General of the German … Continue reading