MOSCOW. July 4 (Interfax) - A number of medical and educational institutions and non-governmental organizations in South Ossetia have appealed to the Russian president and government for protection in the wake of a recent gunfire attack on Tskhinvali, in which two people were killed and 11 others wounded.

With the cost of food and gas on the rise many relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people who need assistance with everyday necessities. The price of essential items is putting a strain on the resources available to the community.

Several local agencies are teaming up to respond to disasters in Southern Illinois. The group calls itself the Southern Illinois VOAD, Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. It's made up of private groups that provide disaster relief like churches.

After a year filled with damaging doping news, government agencies and sports organizations are now looking to so-called "athlete passports" as a way to stanch the flow of performance-enhancing drugs into sports.These passports aren't little booklets with colorful stamps from foreign countries. They exist as computer files crammed with intimate and intricate details of an athlete's personal and ...

Google has bowed to pressure from privacy organizations to include a link on the company's home page to its privacy policy

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March 1, 2007 -- The National Concrete Masonry Association completed election of its 2007 board of directors and executive committee. New board members include:...