DPRK asks S Korea to help it cope with effects of recent floods

SEOUL, September 7 (Itar-Tass) -- DPRK has applied to South Korea with a request to send it rice, cement and building equipment which will help it cope with the effects of recent floods.

N. Korea Hails Biggest Convention In 30 Years

NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years

Hallucinogen psilocybin safe for administration in patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety: Study

A pilot study suggests the hallucinogen psilocybin may be feasible and safe to administer to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety, with promising effects on mood, according to a report published online today that will appear in the January 2011 print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years

Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country's next leader was making his public debut.

Reality Economics

As a culture, we like our reality on television, but seem to oppose it in economics.

Calm returns, but a Mozambican family still struggles to eat

Ernestina Palmira Cuna and her family watched the riots in Mozambique on television from their tin-roof house, afraid to go outside and get caught in the violent price protests raging around them.