Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012. As tourists book hotels rooms in Mexico’s Maya Riviera and Guatemalan resorts ahead of…
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Physical inactivity kills 5 million a year
A third of the world’s adults are physically inactive, and the couch potato lifestyle kills about five million people every year, experts said in the medical journal The Lancet on Wednesday. “Roughly three of every…
Whitney drowned in bath after taking cocaine
Grammy-winning pop legend Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after taking cocaine which could have triggered a heart attack, coroners have said. Houston, who died at age 48 in the bathtub…
Sudan mourns musical icon Mohammed Wardi
Sudan mourned on Sunday the death of musical icon Mohammed Wardi, a former prisoner who spent years in self-imposed exile but who died on home soil after seeing his beloved nation divided. “Mohammed Osman Wardi,…
Houston funeral to be broadcast live
The funeral on Saturday for pop superstar Whitney Houston will be broadcast live from the New Jersey Baptist church where she grew up singing in a gospel choir, the funeral home owner said Wednesday. “Her…
Spotlight on cancer: Prostrate Cancer
(AON KENYA) 1. At least 1,000 Kenyan men will have prostate cancer this year —and many of them will die of this disease. 2. Only men can get prostate cancer. Women can not get prostate…
Winehouse bought $2,000 worth of drugs
August 4, 2011 – Why is it when someone famous dies, the details of their death always seems to get murkier before the truth becomes clearer? Details of Winehouse’s death has just become more murkier. …
Amy: cause of death still unknown
July 26, 2011 (AFP) – The family and close friends of British soul singer Amy Winehouse were set to hold a private funeral on Tuesday after a post-mortem failed to establish a cause of the…