| Africa's Saviour? Beckham's New Appeal
The England midfielder was speaking after a visit to Sierra Leone as a Unicef goodwill ambassador. More than 27% of children in the African nation die before their fifth birthday. "We can't turn a blind eye to the tens of thousands of young children who die every day in the developing world mostly from causes that are preventable," he said. "In Sierra Leone, one in four children dies before reaching their fifth birthday. .
Delta, Northwest merger on the runway
But the combined carrier also is unlikely to add service because the money-making routes from Boston have already been taken. "If neither Delta nor Northwest could make money today by shifting a plane into Logan today as separate companies, that route won't suddenly become a profitable opportunity tomorrow after they merge," said Hubert Horan, an independent airline consultant in Phoenix who was the Northwest manager responsible for shutting down the carrier's unprofitable hub at Logan in the mid-1990s. Competition at Logan is among the fiercest in the country. Delta was the second-largest carrier last year with 16.2 percent of passengers - slightly more than US Airways' 16 percent market share and slightly less than American Airlines' airport-leading 16.7 percent.
PGI, GMCH docs to go on strike today
The idea behind installation of solar red lights is wonderful at the roundabouts of Sector 21-22, Sector 34-35 and other places. This has given some kind of relief to the commuters from the frequent traffic snarls. The network of slip roads too is a welcome step to streamline the flow of traffic. A lot more needs to be done to end traffic chaos on the City Beautiful roads. Beast of burden The other day, a horse buckled down under the weight of its cart overloaded with goods at the Modella intersection. Before passersby could rush to the animals help, the cart overturned, scattering the goods in the middle of the road. Thankfully, both horse and horsewala escaped unhurt. But horsewala went away scot-free as the cops chose not to take any action. Nothing serves to spur the police to take action against such beastly men.
Death by Car Bomb in Damascus
Wow. A tough and iron-fisted Generalissimo of the totalitarian Left left the world stage yesterday . . . but enough about Hillary Clinton. Sorry, couldn't resist an obvious Castro/HRC joke. Back in Wisconsin, though, Hillary's problem is as serious as Fidel's. This Wisconsin loss means that Obama's surging momentum will grow even more powerful. New polls showing Obama closing in Hillary's Texas redoubt provide more evidence. The race tilted decisively toward Obama after his wins last week in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. With this Wisconsin iceberg now slamming into the Clinton campaign, I'm reminded of the scene in Cameron's Titanic where the ship's designer rushes to the bridge, unrolls the construction plans, and informs the Captain that despite the small shudder of the impact and the normal feeling on the bridge, the great ship is doomed.
Rip-off web ticket touts face clampdown
The Observer newspaper said that the Culture, Media and Sport select committee will claim next month that web-based black market ticket agencies collaborate with rings of touts who obtain large numbers of seats then sell them online. It will accuse eBay and similar 'secondary ticket agents' such as Viagogo and Seatwave of making huge profits by exploiting fans' readiness to pay over the odds for sold-out events. Earlier this month, This is Money launched its Ticketing Rip-off campaign, with an exclusive interview with top promoter Harvey Goldsmith. In it, he slammed the sites, such Viagogo and Seatwave - which have been explicitly set up to facilitate the online trading of tickets to music, theatre and sporting events - as parasitically exploiting both consumers and artists.
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