One-time radiation effective in breast cancer

Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer : Women undergoing breast cancer treatment get just as much benefit from a one-time hit of radiation directed into the tumor site as they would from an extended, daily regimen of radiation over the entire breast, according to research released today. Read more…

Coast Guard: BP collected 6,000 barrels of oil

British Petroleum has collected 6,000 barrels of oil in the first 24 hours of pumping it from a leaking well up to a drill ship, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Saturday at a press conference. The 6,000 barrels is equivalent to about 252,000 gallons, CNN reports.

Allen said the goal is to gradually increase the amount being captured by the cap into a ship on the sea’s surface. The aim is to push production to 15,000 barrels a day, the New York Times reports. Read more…

Off-duty city police officer shoots man in dispute

Peter Hermann | peter.hermann@baltsun.com  Baltimore Sun reporter : An off-duty Baltimore police officer shot and killed an unarmed man outside a Mount Vernon nightclub early Saturday. Police said the officer fired his service weapon at least 13 times on a crowded street after witnesses said the victim groped the officer’s female companion. Read more…

911 call for O’Malley’s daughter released

The Baltimore Sun : Amid the nightly violence in Baltimore, there are grim 911 calls that officers dread having to check out. Then there are calls such as the one fielded by officers May 27: A teenage girl is passed out on a sidewalk from apparent alcohol intoxication, in the city’s busiest tourist area. Read more…

Gulf oil seeps into Maryland politics

By Annie Linskey, The Baltimore Sun : With the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatening to stain Maryland beaches with tar balls, talk of offshore drilling is seeping into state politics.

Gov. Martin O’Malley, who had offered only mild opposition initially to President Barack Obama’s plans earlier this year to open the waters off Virginia to exploration, held a public briefing last week on the state’s oil cleanup capacity, and then pressed the administration to take a harder line against drilling here. Read more…

Border Trade With Bhutan, Myanmar From AP Soon

Itanagar : Border trade with Bhutan and Myanmar through Arunachal is on the cards, chief customs commissioner, Central excise & service tax, Northeastern region, DD Ingty said here today.

Ingty, who called on Arunchal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu at his official residence here, said border trade with Bhutan through Dongshengmang in Tawang and with Myanmar through Pangsau Pass will undoubtedly change the economy of the Northeastern region. Read more…

Myanmar eliminates neonatal tetanus

BANGKOK, 1 June 2010 (IRIN) – Myanmar has successfully eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), elimination is defined as fewer than one case of neonatal tetanus per 1,000 live births in each township. As immunity against tetanus is transmitted to the newborn through the mother, this also proves a major reduction in the incidence of maternal tetanus, Juanita Vasquez, officer-in-charge for UNICEF in Myanmar, told IRIN from Yangon on 1 June. Read more…

Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party disbands in Burma

The Washington Post : BANGKOK — The Burmese pro-democracy party of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi chose to disband Thursday rather than recognize a government edict formally nullifying the party’s victory in 1990 elections. Burma’s ruling military junta passed a law in March announcing the country’s first elections since that 1990 election, which was won by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy. The law required all political parties to formally re-register to participate in the upcoming elections and officially voided the 1990 results. Read more…

China and Burma ‘allied over foreign enemies’

By FRANCIS WADE – DVB : Burma’s strongest ally is looking to “open a new page” with the military-ruled country when Chinese premier Wen Jiabao tomorrow arrives in Naypyidaw to mark 60 years of diplomatic relations. China’s ambassador to Burma, Ye Dabo, told Xinhua news agency today that the two governments are due to sign a series of agreements to boost already burgeoning bilateral trade, which reached $US264 million in February this year alone. Read more…

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