People

Interview with Prof. Michael Merson, Director of the Global Health Institute at Duke University

Between 1978 and 1995, Dr. Merson served consecutively as Director of three international health programs in the World Health Organization dealing with diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, and HIV/AIDS.

Education

• ¡¤School curriculum to add psychological counseling in quake-hit Sichuan Province
• ¡¤Nepali gov't hands over 6,590 schools to community
• ¡¤Students Get Experience on the Sea
• ¡¤China's education ministry opens hotline for poor college students
• ¡¤Overseas students feel more at home
• ¡¤Macao students, teachers join summer camp in Beijing
• ¡¤China channels 8.64 bln yuan to offer free textbooks for rural students

Sci/Tech

• ¡¤Microsoft, Immersion agree to settle lawsuit
• ¡¤Adobe unveils new Web-based products
• ¡¤Report: Iran to send first astronaut to space in ten years
• ¡¤American Air offers in-flight Internet service on 3 routes
• ¡¤New software enables sign language over cell phones
• ¡¤Apple launches 3G iPhone in India
• ¡¤Google rallies support for free wireless spectrum

Health

• ¡¤West Nile virus claims second death in California
• ¡¤Research: Severe life events raise breast cancer risk
• ¡¤Exposure to buring incense leads to respiratory tract cancer
• ¡¤West Nile virus claims first death in California
• ¡¤Official: More listeria cases likely in Canada
• ¡¤Women's alcoholism linked to delayed childbearing
• ¡¤Low level cadmium exposure linked to lung disease

Culture

• ¡¤Treasure of Yuanmingyuan Shown in Hangzhou
• ¡¤Court Dresses of Qing Dynasty First Show up in Palace Museum
• ¡¤Horse-headed Sculpture Unearthed in Gansu
• ¡¤Butterfly Lovers to take center stage
• ¡¤Beijing 798 Art Zone: More than usual tourist site
• ¡¤Russian Nobel prize winner Solzhenitsyn dies
• ¡¤Chinese Stories tell cultural heritage, folk custom