Speech Materals 040 Pay-as-you-weigh airfares the ‘next step’
The head of Samoa Air has defended its policy of charging passengers by their weight, arguing such a system is not only ...
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Speech Materals 039 Motorcycle Helmet Laws: An Attack on One’s Freedom of Choice or a Necessary Safety Requirement?
All motorcycle riders in the state of Maine may soon be required by law to wear motorcycle helmets while operating or ri...
Speech Materals 038 Medical tourism: A global stampede for affordable care
As health costs skyrocket, Western travellers are getting comfortable with "foreign doctors" and much cheaper procedures...
Speech Materals 037 French school excludes Muslim girl for wearing headband
A French family is set to sue a school for separating their daughter from her classmates for wearing a five-centimetre-w...
Speech Materals 036 Oklahoma Dentist’s Patients Begin HIV Tests
Up to 7,000 people begin tests for hepatitis and HIV after being treated at dental clinics accused of re-using needles. ...
Speech Materals 035 Chewing gum could make you FAT because the minty taste makes sugary food more tempting
It may well give you minty-fresh breath, but chewing gum could also cause weight gain, new research suggests. Scientists...
Speech Materals 034 Barack Obama criticised for commenting on California attorney general’s looks
President Barack Obama rankled some of his own female supporters on Thursday after he described California's Kamala Harr...
Speech Materals 033 Attacking ‘goths, emos, punks and metallers’ now a hate crime in Manchester
LONDON - If you punch a punk in Manchester, it could be a hate crime. Police in the English city announced Wednesday tha...
Speech Materals 032 Nigeria: Floating School Built In Slum Makoko
A three-storey floating school will soon be used in Makoko, a poverty stricken community on the flooded coastline of Nig...
Speech Materals 031 Mini ‘Blood Labs’ Can Predict A Heart Attack
A blood testing laboratory that is so small it can be implanted under the skin has been invented by Swiss scientists. Th...
Speech Materals 030 Mass migration: Who benefits and why?
It has often been called the brain drain - highly skilled workers in developing countries leaving their homeland to work...
Speech Materals 029 Kit Kat Bars Recalled After Plastic Found
Nestle has recalled four varieties of Kit Kat Chunky bars after pieces of plastic were found by seven people. The compan...
Speech Materals 028 Homeless man who returned diamond ring reunited with long lost family
A homeless man whose life has been turned around after he returned a diamond ring that was dropped into his collection c...
Speech Materals 027 Dog eats boys finger, dad shoots dog and then retrieves finger while ambulance arrives
An 11-year-old boy in Bradenton, Florida is recovering in hospital after his pinky finger was bitten off by the family's...
Speech Materals 026 Countries with highest suicide rates
India: With the growing number of farmer suicides, India has one of the world's highest suicide rates with an average of...
Speech Materals 025 Cold, hard — and dirty – cash
March 28, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- You may want to wash your hands every time you pay with cash. A team of scientists at ...
Speech Materals 024 Berlin Wall: Parts Torn Down By Developers
Campaigners have hit out at the developer who removed sections of the wall "in a sneaky manner" before dawn. Parts of th...
Speech Materals 023 Beer good for your heart and bones, study shows
March 25, 2013 -- Beer may not seem like a healthy drink, but drinking it in moderation can protect your bones, reduce y...
Speech Materals 022 Vandals Remove an Umbrella from a Statue
Marija Juric Zagorka was a Croatian journalist and writer who worked in the first part of the 20th century. A statue was...
Speech Materals 021 Polka-dot dresses the rage in N. Korea
Polka-dot dresses and manual threshing machines were among the hottest consumer products in North Korea last year, accor...
Speech Materals 020 Milkman uses milk to put out fire
In a daring moo-ve, a quick-thinking milkman has averted an udder disaster in inner Brisbane, dousing a fire with milk. ...
Speech Materals 019 Fists Fly In Ukrainian Parliamentary Punch-Up
The Ukrainian parliament had to be suspended after fighting broke out between politicians. The brawl was between members...
Speech Materals 018 Elementary students rushed to hospital after eating marijuana-laced brownies
COSTA MESA, Calif. - Seven elementary school students are recovering in Costa Mesa after they took a bite of a marijuana...
Speech Materals 017 Eat well, sleep better and weigh less
It's bad enough that a poor night's sleep can leave you groggy and cranky. Did you know lack of sleep over time can lead...
Speech Materals 016 A Man Falls Asleep After Breaking Into a Pub
A man in southeast Hungary picked the wrong time to take a nap. According to a report in the Hungarian Media, the man br...
Speech Materals 015 Woman paints animals on trees
In one of northern China's most notoriously polluted cities a young student's been painting on trees turning them into c...
Speech Materals 014 Six of the world’s seven billion people have mobile phones… but only 4.5billion have a toilet says UN report
Six of the world's seven billion people have mobile phones - but only 4.5 billion have a toilet, according to a U.N. rep...
Speech Materals 013 At the age of 14, she is a mother
On her wedding day, Krishna was just 11 and her husband Gopal Kishan, 13. Today, at the age of 14, she's mother of a fou...
Speech Materals 012 Philippine high court delays contraception law
The Philippines' top court has delayed implementation of a controversial law providing free access to contraception and ...
Speech Materals 011 Lorry drivers who drink coffee ‘cut their crash risk’
Long-distance lorry drivers who drink coffee have fewer road traffic accidents, research suggests. Australian investigat...
Speech Materals 010 UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony ‘after massage offer’
A British woman has been injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, lo...
Speech Materals 009 Hillary Clinton gives support to gay marriage
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said today she backs marriage r...
Speech Materals 008 Which working parent feels more guilty? You’d be surprised
Working fathers feel more guilty than working mothers about the amount of time they spend with their children, with fewe...
Speech Materals 007 Avoiding fears makes kids more anxious later in life, study finds
When a child is scared of dogs, strangers or grandma's creepy basement, it's natural for a parent to shield him or her f...
Speech Materals 006 Does the pandas’ visit represent a diplomatic bear hug between Beijing and Ottawa?
Fifty kilograms of apples, 200 kilograms of bamboo, three human handlers and two adorable but lazy bears that are suppos...
Speech Materals 005 Rabid organ transplant kills Maryland man
A man in the US state of Maryland has died of rabies, which he contracted from an infected kidney transplant more than a...
Speech Materals 004 Police beat a woman in India
A woman was returning from a wedding in India when she was sexually harassed by a group of taxi drivers. She says that h...
Speech Materals 003 Deepest Ocean ‘teems with microbes’
The deepest place in the ocean is teeming with microscopic life, a study suggests. An international team of scientists f...
Speech Materals 002 Ghost Stories from Japan
Two years ago the tsunami killed nearly 20,000 people in Japan. Many people report stories about ghosts in the area. One...
Speech Materals 001 Meteor fell down in Russia
People could see a unique view of a meteor coming to Earth and a bright yellow light in the sky as the meteor exploded o...