Brian Godfrey: “I gradually got rid of foods that were causing the problem” Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests. What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found. Data on diet [...]
Sudan has said it regrets a southern leader’s call for regional independence in a referendum scheduled for 2011. The governing Sudanese National Congress Party, or NCP, said on Sunday the call by Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, contradicts a peace deal that ended a two-decade civil war. Kiir, a former guerrilla commander, said on Saturday [...]
The challenger to Afghanistan’s president in the forthcoming presidential election runoff has said he will not stand as a candidate. Abdullah Abdullah cited the government’s refusal to make changes in the electoral commission. Addressing his supporters in Kabul, the capital, on Sunday, Abdullah said: “I’ll not take part in the election… I’ve not taken this decision [...]
The US has called for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians as soon as possible and without preconditions, an apparent climbdown on earlier demands for Israel to halt settlement building. The settlement issue should be considered as part of peace negotiations, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, said at a [...]