The shortage of prescription generic drugs in Canada is not a recent event, dating back to the fall of 2010 or earlier.

Computer simulations for drought-prone areas reveal that when urban water planners combine three approaches of buying water -- permanent rights, options and leases -- the city avoids surplus water and high costs, and reduces shortages, according to civil engineers.

By Ooi Tee Ching SHARE prices of major steel millers jumped yesterday after the government abolished ceiling prices for steel bars and waived import duties. On the stock exchange, Penang-based Southern Steel Bhd jumped 14 sen to RM3.20, its highest level since November 1997.

Text of report by Sierra Leone newspaper Concord Times on 14 February Commercial and private vehicles on 12 February queued in for fuel at different filling stations across Freetown following news of shortage. Drivers have however, blamed the looming scarcity on importers.

WHEN rumours of a cooking oil shortage make their rounds, consumers start buying large amounts to stock up. Motorists line up to fill their tanks when rumours spread of an increase in petrol prices. NURRIS ISHAK speaks to sociologists over this sociological phenomenon.