Stories for November 11th 2009

Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:43 UTC
Buenos Aires hosts conference on clowns and Patch Adams’ doctors

Some 400 clowns and doctors skilled at clowning took part in an international conference in Buenos Aires to present scientific evidence, backed by their own experience, to show why laughter was healthy
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:29 UTC
Fighting to get Atlantic albatrosses off the hook

As scientists gather in Recife, Brazil, to agree on quotas for the Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of tuna and swordfish in the latest round of fisheries talks, the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) and BirdLife International are reminding delegates that at least 37 species of seabirds are at risk from these fisheries.

Buenos Aires hosts conference on clowns and Patch Adams’ doctors