adminDr Health: Crack stress before it cracks you
Studies confirm that stress not only contributes to weight gain, but also inhibits weight loss. Stress causes a cyclical process of overeating that produces imbalances and spikes in cortisol and insulin. These hormones contribute to fat being stored around the abdomen and hips that produceItalian president condemns botched British raid in Nigeria
ROME — President Giorgio Napolitano led a chorus of condemnation yesterday of Britain’s failure to inform the Italian government before launching a botched rescue mission with Nigerian forces that led to the deaths of British and Italian hostages held by a militant Islamist group. Briton Chris McManus andHollande to insist on European growth strategy
PARIS — Francois Hollande, frontrunner in next month’s French presidential election, will not ratify the eurozone budget pact unless it comes with a solid growth strategy, a top adviser warned yesterday.In remarks that may further antagonise France’s neighbours, in particular Germany’s Chancellor
Taliban demands release of Osama bin Laden’s widows
DERA ISMAIL KHAN — The Pakistan Taliban will attack government, police and military officials if three of the late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s widows are not released from Pakistani custody, a spokesman for the militant group said yesterday. Pakistan’s government has charged bin Laden’s threeObama cites Ghana as ‘model’ of African democracy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised the African state of Ghana on Thursday as a model of democracy and growth in a continent that many Americans associate with poverty and violence. “There’s sometimes a tendency to focus on the challenges that exist in Africa — and rightfully so,” said Obama,
Kenyan nurses strike despite govt sacking
NAIROBI — Kenyan nurses vowed yesterday to continue a strike over better pay even after the government sacked all 25 000 of them partaking in the action, creating a potentially devastating shortage. “The strike is still on,” said Luke K’Odambo, chairman of the National Nurses Association of
Century-makers Smith, Kallis hand SA imposing lead
DUNEDIN — Century-makers Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis gave South Africa an imposing 233-run lead with seven wickets remaining on the third day of the first Test cricket against New Zealand yesterday. South Africa were in trouble at 47 for two, only 12 runs ahead, when the pair came together toSuperstar Rahul Dravid retires
BANGALORE — Indian superstar Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from international cricket yesterday at the age of 39, ending a 16-year career that made him an idol at home and abroad.“It is time to move on and let a new generation of players make their own history,” Dravid told reporters
SA’s finest shuns Zim Challenge
Sports EditorIT seems as if there’s no love lost between Zimbabwean and South African motor rallying competitors. For the umpteenth time, top South African motor rally drivers have shunned this year’s
Chitepo returns for Toyota Rally
Collin Matiza Sports EditorONE of Zimbabwe’s top motor rally navigators George Chitepo will next week make a welcome return to action when he competes in the Toyota Zimbabwe Challenge Rally. The Toyota Zimbabwe