Topic: Michael Shields

Amphetamine-type drugs more common than cannabis: U.N.

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 153 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are selling more cheap and easy-to-make amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy and crystal meth, in new markets, and cannabis is now the only more widely used illegal drug, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.The number ...

Nowotny worried about EFSF changes timeline: report

FOX Business - 173 days ago
European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny is concerned that euro zone countries will not push through parliamentary approval of...

Austrian youths find, turn in more than 10,000 euros

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough - 223 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - Two youths discovered more than 10,000 euros ($14,550) in an envelope and handed the money in to the Salzburg lost and found bureau on Monday, officials in the Austrian city said."We were surprised ourselves by the size ...

Eldest son of last Austrian emperor dies at 98

Reuters Life! Online Report - 224 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, the eldest son of the last Austrian emperor, died aged 98 at his home in Germany Monday, the Austria Press Agency said.It quoted a statement from his spokeswoman.Born in 1912, the man also known as Archduke ...

Danger of uneven Europe recovery has fallen: Nowotny

Reuters US Online Report Business News - 266 days ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - The danger of an uneven economic recovery in Europe has fallen despite the patchy nature of the upturn that remains worrying, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Monday."One cannot exclude the possibility of a slowdown ...

From Kabul to Our Nation's Capital: Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices

American Banking News - 324 days ago
Washington, DC, March 26, 2011 -(PR.com)- The InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA) held a critical sector forum examining the counter IED...

BHP Billiton plans to sweeten Potash bid: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News - 470 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - BHP Billiton is planning to raise its $39 billion hostile bid for Canada's Potash Corp , the world's largest fertilizer supplier, the Sunday Times reported, citing sources close to the situation.A London-based spokesman for BHP Billiton declined to ...

Toss out the inhaler if you outgrow asthma? Not so fast

Reuters US Online Report Health News - 584 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tossing out the inhaler may not always be the best response to outgrowing asthma, new research suggests.About 1 in every 10 children in the U.S. has the chronic lung disease. If he or she is also ...

UK pardons fan convicted of attempted murder

AP News - 886 days ago
Britain pardons fan convicted of attempted murder in Bulgaria, cites new evidenceBritain on Wednesday pardoned an English soccer fan who spent four years in prison for attempted murder in Bulgaria, saying another man had confessed to the crime.British Justice Secretary Jack ...

Liverpool fan freed after pardon for Bulgaria attack

AFP European Edition - 887 days ago
A Liverpool football fan jailed for 15 years in Bulgaria for the attempted murder of a barman was pardoned on Wednesday and walked free, describing the last four years as a " "Michael Shields, 22, was freed after Britain's Justice Secretary Jack ...