Today's News..

1. Ex-Seoul Mayor's Brother-in-law, Kim Jae-jung, said yesterday that he will persist in the lawsuit against close aides of Park Geun-hye despite being asked by Lee to drop the suit..

2. Prosecutors continue to gain momentum to investigate the controversy over the properties of leading presidential conteder Lee Myung-bak after his brother-in-law refused to drop the lawsuit..

3. The artistic director of the Gwangju Biennale and assistnat professor of Dongguk University, Shin Jeong-ah, has turned out to have forged her doctor's degrees..

4.. Korea and Saudi Arabia fight to a 1-1 draw in AFC Asian Cup Group D match at Bung Karno Stadium, in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday..


Reduce cow burps to save the planet

Greenhouse gas emission aren't only from man-made machinery, but animals as well. A UK-based environmental research institute is suggesting a new diet for cow to reduce burping in an effort to reduce golbal warming. A diet of easily digestible, yet nutritious food would be key. Farmer are in the process of cutting mathane emission and a new diet could be an alternative to reducing stocke. Someone reported that the average dairy cow emits about 100 to 200 liters of mathane each day. About seven percent of UK greenhouse gas emissions are from agriculture and a large proportion of two of the most potent gases, methane and nitrous oxide..


Western Diet Linked to Higher Rish for Cancer for Asian Women

A Western diet high in meat, white bread, and milk increase the risk of breast cancer in Asian Women. 1,500 Chinese women who ate a diet consisting of meats and sweets were studied and some were twice as likely to develope the disease as those on a vegetable-based diet. Asian breast cancer rates are lower that the West but are on the rise and may be linked to rising obesity rates. Various meats, fish, sweets, white bread and milk were found to be the main culprits. The traditional Chinese diet is based more on vegetables and soy. Overall, it's difficult to pinpoint one factor that causes cancer but in West, obesity is cited to cause 10% of breast cancer cases.


From Morning Sepcial..