09 July 2007 20:30
Pioneering treatment for brain cancer gets Swiss approval (AFP)
AFP - An experimental treatment for brain cancer has won approval for commercial use in Switzerland, its London-listed US maker, Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., announced on Monday.
Army misses recruiting goal again, raises worry (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Army, strained by wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its recruiting goal for the second
straight month in June, indicating a trend that some defense
officials on Monday called worrying.
Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt (AP)
AP - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
