http://pressurge.org/ Latest articles @ pressurge.org en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:44:43 +0100 http://pressurge.org http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=735 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:02:11 +0100 texts_unlimited@vip.cybercity.dk (Michael de Laine) News4Sale 735@http://pressurge.org In Denmark, asylum-seekers spend up to a decade in the wilderness while their cases are heard. Asylum-seekers here have no national registration or social security number. They are only allowed emergency medical help if the asylum camp doctors give the... Asylum-seekers here have no national registration or social security number. They are only allowed emergency medical help if the asylum camp doctors give the OK. Dental help, pills and so on must often be paid out of their subsistence allowance from the government, which may be as little as $120 every two weeks per person.
This situation can on for weeks, months - or even up to 10 years - before their applications to stay in Denmark and any appeals are finalised.
These were among the complaints that members of the European Parliament studied during a recent inspection of two asylum camps and a prison where deportees are held before deporttaion. The report is due in October, but initial comments castigate the Danish government for its policies and the long, drawn-out procedures.
Asylum seekers are persona non grata even before they arrive...
]]> http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=733 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:23:33 +0100 bianca.capazorio@gmail.com (Bianca Capazorio) News4Sale 733@http://pressurge.org The Coega project has always created different reactions in the pro-development and pro-environment camps. This business feature outlines what the project will mean for ordinary South Africans and businesses as well as all the concerns surrounding the... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=726 Tue, 30 May 2006 22:58:14 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 726@http://pressurge.org Swordfish keep their eyes warm to spot prey faster in cold water. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=725 Tue, 30 May 2006 22:55:56 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 725@http://pressurge.org The amount of sex individuals are engaged in is determined by a few single genetic letters. In yeast that is. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=724 Tue, 30 May 2006 22:53:12 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 724@http://pressurge.org Sonar is not the only special sense of bats. Hairs and elastic receptors play their part too. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=723 Tue, 30 May 2006 22:51:05 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 723@http://pressurge.org Chimpanzees do little to help their pals out. But they aren't afraid to ask for assistance when they need it. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=722 Tue, 30 May 2006 22:48:09 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 722@http://pressurge.org Humans and apes have superior colour vision, but marsupials beat us with their ability to also see ultraviolet. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=721 Thu, 25 May 2006 11:38:32 +0100 maggie@writtenwords.co.uk (Maggie Stanfield) News4Sale 721@http://pressurge.org Harley-Davidson motorcycles have a certain cult image and their owners love them the way some people love their partners. This year, the company celebrates its centenary with events all over the world, and in Renfrewshire, one special supporter has... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=720 Thu, 25 May 2006 11:33:40 +0100 maggie@writtenwords.co.uk (Maggie Stanfield) News4Sale 720@http://pressurge.org In among the frenzy of speed networking, elevator pitches, recruitment fairs and psychometric testing, would-be graduate job seekers on the accountancy circuit can now add speed recruitment. In our ever faster moving world, it's the latest craze to hit... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=719 Thu, 25 May 2006 11:28:06 +0100 maggie@writtenwords.co.uk (Maggie Stanfield) News4Sale 719@http://pressurge.org Business travelling is a blessing and a curse. What's the best way to organise your packing if you're on a business trip9? What do you do with all that so-called mobile technology - chargers, laptop, phones, iPod, Blackberry, printer, server... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=714 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:42:10 +0100 magdysamaan19@yahoo.com (Magdy Hana) News4Sale 714@http://pressurge.org According to a World Bank report issued in 1999, the economic cost of pollution in Egypt is a whopping 4.8 percent of gdp. While residents of Cairo have learned to cope with typical pollution levels (no mean feat in one of the top-10 most polluted cities... Ahead of the annual appearance of the notorious “black cloud,” the ministry of environment, under the recently appointed maged George, is taking action to curb the phenomenon, in cooperation with several other ministries, including agriculture, electricity, local administration, water resources, interior and transport.
Cairo, a city of 17 million, is subject to several different kinds of effluence, all of which, in varying degrees, contribute to the cloud. ]]> http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=710 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 02:27:27 +0100 rabbotta@hotmail.com (Boris Michaelides) News4Sale 710@http://pressurge.org At the beginning of the 21st century, European governments are called to face two major demographic challenges up: shrinking and aging. If UNPD's forecast come true, by the year 2050, Europe will shrink by 75mn, or roughly 10.3%, from 728mn to 653mn.... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=701 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:22:49 +0100 lms347@nyu.edu (Laila Saada) News4Sale 701@http://pressurge.org When Kamilia went on stage to face a large crowd of religious leaders, she felt cold, scared, scarred and unable to speak. She has been blamed by family, abandoned by friends, ostracized by society and moments before her public appearance, even condemned...
“You say my condition is a punishment from God,” she told the emotionless faces sitting across from her. Kamilia got infected by her husband and was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2002. "...But what about her?”
Her voice broke as she held the picture of an eight-year-old girl with brown hair and a big smile. "This is my daughter, please tell me if you truly believe that God is punishing her too.”

Last December, more than 80 religious leaders from 18 Arab countries gathered in Egypt for the first time in recent history to collectively take a stand to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, a disease that has traditionally been met with fear, denial and ignorance.
]]> http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=700 Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:01:47 +0100 cecil_om@hotmail.com (Martin Rodrigues) News4Sale 700@http://pressurge.org Every day we wake up with anxiety to watch the news if any of our interests has been affected. The change in the attitude is obvious since 9/11 the shift has been dramatic and disturbing. Not all of us are relating to human sufferings on the other side...
The possibility of another tragedy happening in our backyard sends a shiver down the spine but thinking global and having a global perspective is still not on the agenda of many developed countries.................

]]> http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=698 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 03:27:19 +0100 kenrob2000@optusnet.com.au (Robert Kennedy) News4Sale 698@http://pressurge.org Social commentray and suggestions on insomnia. From an Australian writer. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=697 Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:57:26 +0100 sum.boo@gmail.com (Sumaiya Salim) News4Sale 697@http://pressurge.org Many adults think that violence in movies is not appropriate for children. To some extent it is true, that is why the movies are rated, but apart from that everyone including children has the right to know what is happening around the world, much of the... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=696 Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:38:11 +0100 sum.boo@gmail.com (Sumaiya Salim) News4Sale 696@http://pressurge.org Most parents from the asian subcontinent think that no matter how old their kids are, they are still angels. Parents should get a grip on that, when their children reach the teenage years they tend to discover a lot of new things, try out new things and... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=695 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 16:17:56 +0100 sum.boo@gmail.com (Sumaiya Salim) News4Sale 695@http://pressurge.org The war on Iraq was supported by the claim that WMD is available and will be used against the USA. But the world knows when the USA invaded Iraq, no such claim stood on firm grounds as substanstial evidence were not found. So why go to war at the...
So why go to war at the first place? To keep the USA safer. Iraqi's were not related to the 9/11 or any terrorist attacks. President Bush to this day cannot provide any clear answers to the question.

Beheading and killings are happening on daily basis in Iraq. It's clear that when injustice is done in Iraq like the killing of innocent civilians and the Abu Ghuraib scandal, they'll be more keen on taking revenge, which resulted in the attraction of terrorists from all around the world.

So now as Iraq is prone to terrorist activities, the next question is : who started all of it and who is responsible.]]> http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=694 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:56:53 +0100 sum.boo@gmail.com (Sumaiya Salim) News4Sale 694@http://pressurge.org After months of campaigning throughout the United States of America it is a margin tie as to who would lead America for the next 4 years - Senator John Kerry or President Bush. President Bush is very optimistic about winning the election, but what about... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=688 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:04:52 +0100 sum.boo@gmail.com (Sumaiya Salim) News4Sale 688@http://pressurge.org Here's a very critical topic where all parents will go balastic! Sure, parents are one of the most important blessing in our life, but it is fair, that they would be dominating our thoughts and intrude in our lives? A lot of youngsters tend to dislike... http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=684 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:31:39 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 684@http://pressurge.org Robot scientists keep on creating smaller, more powerful robots by studying insects and other small animals. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=683 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:28:38 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 683@http://pressurge.org How does an owl catch a dung beetle? With dung of course. One species of owl pads its nets entrance with dung to attract dung beetles and serves as an example of tool use in animals. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=682 Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:23:49 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 682@http://pressurge.org Some people mix up their senses and can see sounds or smell vision. But the ability may be present in everybody. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=678 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:42:58 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 678@http://pressurge.org Size matters for a daylight-eye to see at night. And some patience is also required. The apposition eye of bees are designed to see sharp at day, but for bees living in the dark the adaptations make it resemble an eye type designed for darkness. http://pressurge.org/gb/journalisten_zoeken.php3?action=get_samenvatting&key=677 Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:33:07 +0100 p.edelman@gmx.net (Pieter Edelman) News4Sale 677@http://pressurge.org A new kind of microscope setup allows for better imaging of relatively thick specimens. Without killing them.