Getting Obesity Under Control - Australian Medican Association Position Statement On Obesity
The Australian Medical Association called on the food industry to take more responsibility in curbing Australia's obesity epidemic. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said governments should take firm action to encourage the food industry to adopt measures to promote healthy eating.
Barack Obama has called President Bush's comments on appeasement "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and alienates us from the rest of the world."
AFP - Leaders from Latin America and the European Union gathered in Peru Friday for a summit aimed at tackling poverty and climate change, but which was bogged down by differences over trade.
Reuters - Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a
delayed presidential election run-off on June 27, when the
opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after
nearly three decades in power.