Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control January 21, 2023 Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically… Read More
U.S. February budget deficit is largest on record January 20, 2023 Saturday, March 12, 2011 The U.S. Treasury Department reported the government posted a monthly budget deficit of US$222.5 billion in February, the largest monthly… Read More
Enron founder Ken Lay dies in Aspen, Colorado January 20, 2023 Wednesday, July 5, 2006 Kenneth L. Lay, the Enron ex-chief executive and ex-chair, died early Wednesday morning at his vacation home at the age… Read More
Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship January 16, 2023 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working… Read More
UAE launches national authority for scientific research January 14, 2023 Wednesday, March 19, 2008 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its first national authority for scientific research (NASR) to coordinate and fund scientific… Read More
International forces in Dili reach agreement January 14, 2023 Thursday, June 8, 2006 The international forces in East Timor have reached an agreement about the coordination of the military and police forces in… Read More
Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal January 13, 2023 Monday, January 26, 2009 On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the… Read More
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs January 13, 2023 Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick… Read More
“Woofstock” dog festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 12, 2023 Tuesday, June 12, 2007 North America’s largest outdoor dog festival came back to Toronto last weekend for its fifth year. It ran from the… Read More
Steve Kubby, co-author of California Proposition 215, grows dangerously ill in US custody January 9, 2023 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Steve Kubby who was facing extradition from Canada, returned to California, was arrested, and is now in custody in Placer… Read More