Sitting on an iron bench along a busy street, Chaman Lal sticks his fingers into a mug full of a greasy concoction and then applies the dark-red brew to areas where his patients complain of pain.
Roadside doctors with no degrees thrive in India
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Jackson family lawyer hints at ‘new evidence’ in battle for estate
Katherine Jackson’s battle for control of her pop star son’s estate is about to take a “new direction” based on “new evidence” uncovered by the family, a Jackson family lawyer said.
Farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural India
The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.
Katherine Jackson replaces lawyers in estate battle
Michael Jackson’s mother fired the lawyers helping her fight for control of her son’s estate, but her new lawyer missed a key hearing where the judge gave more power to the men she is opposing. Katherine Jackson replaced lawyers Burt Levitch and Londell McMillan with Adam Streisand, a lawyer known for his expertise in Los Angeles probate cases.
Get Homes off Welfare
For a nation whose citizens pride themselves on self-reliance, the U.S. doles out an awful lot of welfare
Australia raises rates from 49-year low
Australia became the OECD nation to raise interest rates on Tuesday when its central bank increased the official cash rate from 3 percent to 3.25 percent.
Skype Founders Sue eBay, Threatening Its Existence
Just when eBay thought it had figured out a way to unload a majority interest in Skype, along came the Scandinavian founders of the world’s biggest provider of Internet telephony to sink the $1.9 billion deal — and perhaps Skype itself.
Britain to clarify assisted suicide laws
The director of public prosecutions in Britain was scheduled to issue new guidelines Wednesday on assisted suicide, making clear at what point people face charges if they help a loved one go abroad to die. The issuing of the policy is a direct result of a high-profile case brought by British multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, who had sued to find out what would happen to her husband under the law if he helped her to end her life.
Commentary: Don’t name ‘person of interest’
The intense public interest surrounding the September 8th disappearance of 24-year-old Yale graduate student Annie Le has, since the discovery of her body last Sunday inside a wall of the laboratory building where she had been working, shifted over to a male lab technician who was described by New Haven Police as a “person of interest.” (CNN) — The intense public interest surrounding the September 8th disappearance of 24-year-old Yale graduate student Annie Le has, since the discovery of her body last Sunday inside a wall of the laboratory building where she had been working, shifted over to a male lab technician who was described by New Haven Police as a “person of interest.” In a formal court of law, the distinction between suspect and “person of interest” is as fundamental as the assumption of innocence prior to evidence of guilt.
Review: Brown’s ‘Symbol’ a second-rate ‘Code’
Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code” has spawned a raft of imitators, most of which pale in comparison; the latest, “The Lost Symbol,” is by Brown himself.