Roadside Assistance

Teen's family looking for assistance (The Sudbury Star)
21 Mar 2010
People who wish to donate to help the family of a 15-year-old Sudbury boy in a coma in an Ottawa hospital can now do so. Austin Desforges' aunt, Lori Desforges, has opened up a bank account at the TD ...

Death stalks the frozen land of Genghis Khan (Daily Telegraph)
21 Mar 2010
Mongolia is experiencing the worst famine in a generation, as Peter Foster found when he spent time with nomads in the one of the most inhospitable terrains on earth.

Electric cars plan charging ahead (Herald Sun)
20 Mar 2010
EVAN Thornley will swap his five-year-old BMW for his first, custom-made electric car later this year.

Hong Kong Wins No Weekend Respite as Smog Worsens for Third Day (Bloomberg)
20 Mar 2010
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kongers continued to suffer from hazardous levels of roadside pollution, with vehicle emissions and power plants helping drive air quality lower for a third day, sparking ...

Savvy Senior: Food-assistance programs for seniors in need (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
20 Mar 2010
Q:What can you tell me about food stamps or food-assistance programs for seniors? I’m a 65-year-old widow struggling to make it on Social Security. Answer: Food stamps help put food on the table for...

Iranians train Taliban to use roadside bombs (Times Online)
20 Mar 2010
TALIBAN commanders have revealed that hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill Nato forces in Afghanistan.

Fatality ends family fun (WA Today)
19 Mar 2010
The relatives of a 19-year-old man watched in horror as the teenager was struck by a car and died on the roadside.

West Virginia Looking for Outstanding Roadside Pictures (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
19 Mar 2010
West Virginia is sponsoring a contest to find the best photographs to feature in its eighth annual 2011 "Roadsides in Bloom" calendar.

Hong Kong Air Pollution ‘Very High’ for Second Day (Update2) (Bloomberg)
19 Mar 2010
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong air pollution reached “very high” levels at roadside stations for the second straight day, prompting the government to issue a health warning for people with hear...

Roadside blast wounds five Australians (The Independent Weekly)
17 Mar 2010
Three Australian soldiers were seriously wounded in Afghanistan yesterday after a roadside bomb damaged their armoured patrol car.