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Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

... Salvador, a medical doctor from Venezuela and a former soldier from Colombia. In many societies, homosexuals spend years hiding their sexual identity in order to survive. Prestreshi said that in Kosovo, pressure to conform to traditional values is so strong that most gay people marry and have children....

Food Safety Chief Executed for Bribery in China

...s Republic of China has executed Zheng Xiaoyu , a former head of the countrys Food and Drug Administration....es Republic of China has executed Zheng Xiaoyu, a former head of the countrys Food and Drug Administration. He was convicted of taking 6.5m yuan ($850,000;...

Talks to End Poland's Medical Strike Fail

...erpaid, like their counterparts across most of the former communist bloc. Polish nurses earn the equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while the average pay packet for hospital doctors is 395 euros. The government has said that Poland lacks the budget to grant health workers major pay h...

Macca Calls for Veggie World to Prevent Global Warming

...f people across the world turn vegetarian . The former 'Beatle' feels that the suggestion that livestock farming is done in mankind's favour borders on myth. "Livestock farming is one of the biggest destroyers of the planet. When you see the Amazon being cut down for hamburger cattle, that's pretty o...

Kelly Clarkson Fears Kissing Will Cause Her Mouth Herpes

...g about her bitter break up with David Hodges, the former Evanescence keyboardist, she said that she actually did not even like him. The 25-year-old added that she is mad at herself for being so 'blind'. "I didn't even really like the guy. I'm more mad at myself for being so blind. Why would I pick some...

Organic Farming can Feed the World, U-M Study Shows

...author of the paper along with several current and former graduate and undergraduate students from U-M. "My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you cant produce enough food through organic agriculture," Perfecto said. In addition to equal or greater yields, the authors fo...

Golf Courses Could Serve as Wildlife Sanctuaries If Managed Properly

...ssistant professor at Miami University in Ohio and former MU graduate student, and J. Russell Bodie, senior scientist for Audubon International, outlined recommendations that would improve golf course habitats for amphibian populations in a paper published in USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online...

White House Hid, Minimized Health Reports: Ex-surgeon General

The former US surgeon general has launched a blistering attac...cript of his testimony to a House committee. The former surgeon general admitted that when he had taken up his post he had been "still quite politically nai...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

...Wu Zhen, as saying. Wu's comments came after the former head of the administration Zheng Xiaoyu was executed Tuesday following his conviction for bribe-taking to approve hundreds of medicines, some of which proved dangerous. Zheng's case has come to symbolise the rampant graft and dishonesty in the coun...

EPA to Improve Nanotechnology

...under TSCA on a case-by-case basis. According to former EPA official and Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) senior advisor J. Clarence Davies, The agencys current practice is inadequate to deal with nanotechnology. It is essential that EPA move quickly to recognize the novel biological and ecologi...

Kelly Clarksons legal Marijuana Cookie Experiment in Amsterdam!

...ly smart enough to cash in on the Dutch laws. The former American Idol winner admitted that she nibbled on a marijuana cookie while touring in the Netherlands. "It was in Amsterdam. It is legal there, and it is not legal here. I don't ever do anything illegal here, People quoted her, as telling USA Week...

Courtney Love Cracks a Joke on Her anorexic Appearance

...acked a joke about her emaciated appearance. The former Hole singer stopped between songs and took a sip from a protein shake, then apologized to the crowd, saying that she "had to take care of my eating disorder." "I requested Ensure shakes for my anorexia. You're going to have to wait for my eating dis...

Paris Exhausted After Excessive Partying

...orning after a night of excessive partying. The former jailbird had been to a party at the Sunset Tower Hotel and looked weary after a night of festivity. However, the hotel heiress rep said that Hilton was exhausted after visiting San Francisco for presenting her new jeans line to Macys. The Simple ...

Organic Farming Can Feed the World

...author of the paper along with several current and former graduate and undergraduate students from U-M. "My hope is that we can finally put a nail in the coffin of the idea that you can't produce enough food through organic agriculture," Perfecto said. In addition to equal or greater yields, the authors...

China Declares War on Unsafe Foods for Soldiers

...nd internationally. China this week executed the former head of its food and drug safety watchdog for corruption, in what was widely seen as an attempt by the government to show it is serious in addressing the problem. Friday's report said the PLA began phasing out the tradition of soldiers eating from ...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...not the cause of the cluster," he said. However, former ABC newsreader Lisa Backhouse today said both the ... demanded to know. Angela Eckersleys husband and former ABC reporter and presenter, Ian Eckersley, also felt more had to be done. "If people look hard eno...

Posh Hits Out at Eddie Murphy for His Callous Treating of Mel B

..., the Academy-award nominated actor had dumped the former Spice Girls member on air, and demanded a paternity test after Mel B announced that she is expecting his child. In June this year, a DNA test proved that the actor is Mel Bs baby dad....

Psychiatric Patients Ill-treated in Emergency Rooms, US Officials Say

...week hospital stay. In April 2006, a 49-year-old former nurse who arrived in the emergency room at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital at 10:30 p.m., intoxicated and uncooperative. Staff strapped down his arms and legs, gave him sedatives, and assigned a security guard to watch him. After a nurse called the securi...

Polish Nurses to End Street Camp Protest

...erpaid, like their counterparts across most of the former communist bloc. Dorota Gardias, head of the OZZPP national nurses' union, said the protesters would on Sunday take down what has grown into a village-like protest site with tents, a kitchen and even a canvas clinic. "The struggle will continue. W...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

A former American doctor has pleaded guilty to writing steroid prescriptions for people she never met or examined , as part of a business that illegally distributed sex-enhancing drugs to hundreds of customers. Ana Maria Santi has become the second doctor ...

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