Transatlantic Times March/April 2006
COVER STORY
Avian Flu Pandemic: Imminent?
by Dan Austin
A health hazard of huge magnitude is slowly gathering momentum in the Far East. We are referring to the much talked about Avian flu commonly known as Bird flu. With 45 deaths among humans to its credit, and millions of chickens destroyed thus far in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and many other Asian countries, the economic toll is causing havoc to the agricultural economies of those areas. Nothing however causes more apprehension worldwide, than the fear of a global pandemic. The concern is real and most of the countries that are affected are taking the possible spread very seriously.
ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
the Adventures of Danny Mccain, an American born missionary in inland tribes in Nigeria.
Preaching to the President of Nigeria
By Danny Mccain
Greetings from Jos in Nigeria.
As some of you know, I have had a friendly relationship with Nigeria's head of state, President Olusegun Obasanjo, since he was in prison in Jos in 1995. I have had the privilege of being with him four or five times since he became president. I have been much closer to the chaplain of the Aso Rock Villa Chapel, the church inside the presidential villa where the president and other high government officials attend. Rev. Dr. William Okoye was the deputy chaplain to the president for six years or so but has been the substantive chaplain for the last eight months.
A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Okoye called me and asked me if I could come down to Abuja and preach at the Aso Rock Villa on March 5th. It is amazing how you can clear your schedule when you are asked to preach for the president.
I was happy that Mary was free and could go with me to this special occasion. Not only did I have the privilege of preaching in the chapel to the president and so many other top government officials, I also had the privilege of praying the "birthday prayer" for the president. In addition.......
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Milosevic 'took the wrong drugs'
Drugs found in the body of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic may have neutralised treatment for his heart conditions, a toxicologist says.
Full test results are awaited, but the comments of Dutch expert Donald Uges raised questions over what caused Mr Milosevic's death from a heart attack.
Mr Milosevic wrote a letter to Russia alleging he was being poisoned at The Hague war crimes tribunal.
The tribunal says Mr Milosevic received competent medical supervision.
Russia, home to Mr Milosevic's widow and son, says it does not trust the autopsy report and wants its doctors to examine the body.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had been disturbed by the UN tribunal's decision to turn down Mr Milosevic's request to undergo treatment in Russia.
Mr Milosevic was found dead in his cell at the UN tribunal on Saturday morning. The preliminary results of an autopsy said he died of a heart attack.
for full story please go to BBC
Soviets behind 1981 pope shooting, panel finds
Pope John Paul II's work in Poland worried U.S.S.R., Italy commission says
Updated: 9:37 a.m. ET March 2, 2006
ROME - An Italian parliamentary commission concluded “beyond any reasonable doubt” that the Soviet Union was behind the 1981 attempt to kill Pope John Paul II — a theory long alleged but never proved, according to a draft report made available Thursday.
The commission held that the pope was a danger to the Soviet bloc because of his support for the Solidarity labor movement in his native Poland. Solidarity was the first free trade union in communist eastern Europe.
“This commission believes, beyond any reasonable doubt, that the leaders of the Soviet Union took the initiative to eliminate the pope Karol Wojtyla,” said a draft of the commission’s report obtained by The Associated Press
for full story please go to MSNBC
ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
'Nigeria Must Throw Out Bad Leaders'
by Ron Jones
