A swallow tragedy.

A Greek summer tragedy

Fires have raged across southern Europe during the exceptional heat of this summer but in Greece, where they have been particularly severe and widespread, they caught the authorities by surprise. They have been occurring over weeks from late June in the forests of the north to Crete in the south. They are doubly troubling because of Greece's dramatic biodiversity — more than 25 per cent of an e...

A Russian Tragedy

Traveling through the global computing community, we tend to see fundamental uniformity and super cial variation. Our international colleagues solve the same kinds of problems that we do. Our devices can link to the local Wi-Fi network, even though some people pronounce it “wee-fee.” Our data and programs slip into distant countries without even slowing for a customs inspection at the border. W...

Suicide A Global Tragedy

A bizarre object to swallow.

To cite: Meshikhes A-WN, Al-Dolah Q. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013201296 DESCRIPTION A 35-year-old mentally retarded man was admitted with a 3-day history of epigastric pain, vomiting and feeling of fullness. Clinically, he was pale, but was not in distress and his vital signs were normal. Abdominal examination revealed deep tenderness and a...

Swallow surprise

of Virginia's governor Tim Kaine to sign a bill banning the use of certain state funds for embryonic stem cell research. This move has an ironic twist as Obama nominated Kaine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a position he will take on full time when his term as governor expires next January. In Germany, production of and research with new stem cell lines are still off limits, ...