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Fishermen protest fuel prices

Scores of riot police surrounded the ministry, where long-awaited talks opened Wednesday between fishing industry unions and Agriculture and Fishing Minister Michel Barnier.

Whales die after Senegal stranding

Onlookers gather around a struggling beached whale in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday. This whale was successfully towed out to sea by a fishing boat, though at least 20 others lay dead on the beach by midday Wednesday. Click to view some incredible ...

Opening blocked arteries not always a good idea

The procedure involves fishing a catheter through the artery, inflating a balloon in the blocked vessel and inserting a tiny, wire-mesh tube or stent to keep the artery open. The study found no statistically significant difference between the two ...

Got money? You’ll need a lot to buy this milk

It's also decorated with a chocolate carving of a fisherman clinging to a stilt — an age-old local fishing practice — and an 80-carat aquamarine stone. The dessert has to be specially ordered, Perera said. Though the hotel has received calls ...

No sign of priest carried away by party balloons

Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats spent a second day seeking signs of the Rev. Adelir Antonio de Carli, said the treasurer of his Sao Cristovao parish, Denise Gallas. Carli lifted off Sunday afternoon from the port city of Paranagua ...