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WASHINGTON (AFP) - – Some US scientists warned the full-body, graphic-image X-ray scanners now being used to screen passengers and airline crews at airports around the country may be unsafe. "They say the risk is minimal, but statistically someone is going to get skin cancer from these X-rays," Dr Michael Love, who runs an X-ray lab at the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at Johns Hopkins University school of medicine, told AFP. "No exposure to X-ray is considered beneficial. We know X-rays are hazardous but we have a situation at the airports where people are so eager to fly that they will risk their lives in this manner," he said. The possible health dangers posed by the scanners add to passengers' and airline crews' concerns about the devices, which have been dubbed "naked" scanners because of the graphic image they give of a person's body, genitalia and all. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began rolling ou

Ex-US president   Bill  Clinton faced an audience of elite Filipinos Wednesday and implored them to convince their countrymen abroad to return and help out the country.   “Create a climate where everybody [participates]. Get more people to come home," he said to a crowd in Manila Hotel that included his former Georgetown classmate Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Rapidly growing economies like China, India and Vietnam all benefited from a reverse brain drain, when educated expatriates returned to lend their expertise.   The Philippines needs to reorient the mindset of its people through education and access to employment to keep the population from migrating to other places in search of better paying jobs, Clinton said. "Filipinos have done great around the world, and I think that as an economic model, it's really good for individual people and families," he said, referring to the 8.5 million-11 million overseas Filipino workers who transferred more than $19.7 billion to the

"I cannot lead you into battle, I do not give you laws, or administer justice. But there is something I can give you...I can give you my heart and my devotion, to these old Islands and our great brotherhood of nations" -HM Queen Elizabeth the Second. LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II is now on Facebook — but she's not going to be your friend. Britain's queen has launched a series of official pages offering the website's 500 million users daily updates on her engagements, the royal household said Sunday. The 84-year-old British monarch will be featured in videos, photos and news items on the site, which will be available starting Monday, alongside other members of the country's royal family, including Princes William and Harry. Users will be able leave messages or comments for Buckingham Palace on the site and find details of royal events close to their homes. However, because the pages will be corporate — and not a personal account — people won't be able to requ

The European Union (EU) is pushing to legalize peoples' individual right to delete all information about themselves online, the UK's   The Daily Telegraph   said   on Saturday. "Internet users must have effective control of what they put online and be able to correct, withdraw or delete it at will. What happens if you want to permanently delete your profile on a social networking site? Can this be done easily? The right to be forgotten is essential in today's digital world," EU rights commissioner Viviane Reding told the newspaper. Although various online services and social networking sites allow you to delete your profile, there is as yet no simple way to remove personal information that has spread through the Internet. This move by the EU sets a precedent for online companies, many of which —including Facebook and Google— are   already   embattled   in privacy and anti-trust issues. It remains to be seen if other countries will follow suit. The move by the EU s

WASHINGTON—Opposition Republicans delivered a stinging blow to President Barack Obama, capturing the House of Representatives in election results tallied on Wednesday. The Republicans also narrowed the Democratic majority in the Senate, but fell short of winning control. “The American people have sent an unmistakable message to (President Obama) tonight, and that message is, change course,” said House Republican leader John Boehner, who is set to replace Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker when sessions begin in January. Speaking at a victory party in the ballroom of a large Washington hotel, Boehner called the results of the midterm congressional elections “a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people.” The Republican gains usher in an era of divided government for the United States. Obama will have to deal with a more conservative Congress, which will include members of the anti-establishment Tea Party move

NEW YORK – News organizations have unleashed a multimedia blizzard of widgets, apps, dashboards, Twitter tie-ins and iPad doohickeys for Tuesday's elections. More than ever, the online and mobile offerings aren't merely supplementary to Tuesday night's TV viewing, but can function as primary sources for following the election results. The 2008 presidential election, when Web traffic reached record levels, was something of a coming-out party for the Internet. The Web's encore came at the Inauguration, when streaming video had its most dramatic day up to that point. The 2010 midterm elections, as experienced online, aren't likely to provide the same technological turning point. But two years later, the Web-savvy coverage of Tuesday's election highlights the growing sophistication of interactive media, social media and mobile apps. Akamai Technologies Inc., which delivers about 20 percent of the world's Internet traffic, showed rising traffic on Tuesday afterno