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Two More Unwanted Children Left at Japan's 'baby Hatch'

...ose to the service. The anonymous child drop-off opened last month at the Roman Catholic hospital in southern Kumamoto city, and received its first child the same day. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an advocate of "family values", has expressed outrage at the drop-off but found no legal grounds to stop it fro...

AIDS No Longer a Death Sentence for South Africa's Children

... disgusting medicine." The first person who really opened the world's eyes to the plight of Africa's young AIDS victims was 11-year-old Nkosi Johnson who delivered an electrifying speech at the 2000 international AIDS conference in Durban. "I hate having AIDS because I get very sick and I get very sad whe...

China to Curtail Organ Sale

...l the coveted organ. Several business centers have opened in China to indulge the 'needy'. Some of these centers charge a minimum of $50,000 for a kidney transplant and upto $120,000 for a heart or liver transplant. Earlier the Amnesty international had exposed the organ trade that was carried out...

Breathalyzer Tests for Cops Involved in Shootings

...before his wedding in November last year. Police opened fire on Bells car outside a topless bar. Two othe...en in the car were wounded, one critically. Police opened fire after an undercover officer, on an anti-prostitution operation, overheard an argument between B...

Go for Russia, Not China, Wine Experts Say

...and they have money - my local BMW salesroom which opened in December is sold out for the next year, some people think nothing of spending 60,000 euros on a car you see. But if you can't get the wine it's no good." The problem, agreed Singh, are the laws, the taxes, the paperwork and the differences between...

France Celebrates Summer With All-night Music Fest; NY Swings Along

... in Barcelona. In Syria, the palaces of Damascus opened their doors to traditional musicians while in Switzerland, DJs set up along the shores of Lake Geneva. One of the most well-attended festivals of the year in France, the Fete de la Musique is also one of the rowdiest. June 21 is the "worst day of the...

Wine Packaging: Bag-in-box, Plastic Bottles, Cork Comeback?

...tched from older non-airtight "cubies", which once opened had to be transferred to bottles at home or drunk as soon as possible. New-age BIBs, plastic air-tight containers with a self-sealing tap, allow wine-lovers to drink by the glass without spoiling the wine or altering its taste. Mouchet said the rise ...

Ahmedabads Graveyard Eatery, a Popular Joint for Hundreds

...poets and saints of the Mughal era. The restaurant opened about 40 years ago. Its walls have paintings crafted by well-known painter Maqbool Fida Husain, a frequent tea drinker at this bustling restaurant. Every morning, the owner of hotel, Krishna Kutty, a Hindu, wipes the graves with a damp cloth and ...

Iraq's Orphans Left to the Kindness of Strangers

...Fearing for the orphans he helped care for, Hassan opened his own facility with funds collected from friends...munity for everything, and not by choice. "When I opened this house four months ago, I did my best to get support from the government through writing appeals...

Taking Animals Out of Laboratory Research

...e University's Medical School, is to be officially opened by Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, on July 6. FRAME Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments has had its laboratory at the University for 25 years, making Nottingham unique as the location of the charity's only ...

Organic Farms Provide a Clue for India's Struggling Farms

...India on his last post. 'But I'm the one who has opened the duck market in India. In '91, 92, there were no ducks on the table here.' He now also raises pigs, and sells his products to five-star hotels, expatriates and wealthy Indians, garnering strong weekly sales worth around 2,500 dollars. -- Agric...

Hong Kong's Shopping Spree Surges On, and on

...indication of the city's cachet, Louis Vuitton has opened six stores here since the handover, more than it has in Paris or New York. MTR Corporation, the company running Hong Kong's underground rail network, is hoping to cash in on the boom with a giant shopping centre beside Tsim Sha Tsui, to be called E...

Kalam Urges for Using Tele-radiology to Help Rural Poor

...cal conditions," he said. He said tele-radiology opened up new opportunities for providing quality healthcare to the people in remote areas and development of skills in the country. "It will also give a great boost to manufacture of indigenous DICOM compatible equipment. The availability of tele-radiolo...

Apple Launches IPhone; New Yorkers Line Up to Buy Gadget

...city to grab a new iPhone. By the time the store opened at 9:00 am Friday morning, an additional 160-odd people had lined up behind Packer eager to make a new technological purchase. Some people in line said they were hoping to sell on an iPhone for a profit, however. Jobs said in January, when he unv...

Johns Hopkins Medicine Honors U.A.E. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

...itals, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, which opened in 1889 and has headed the list of Americas best hospitals for 16 years running in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey....

Treaty With Japan may Legalize Dumping Toxic Waste in India

...not liberalise waste trade and the talks should be opened up for public participation. According to one published report, Japan exported at least 270 tonnes of toxic waste, including prohibited items such as zinc ash, lead acid battery wastes and copper cables coated with the poison plastic PVC, to India...

Ammonia Gas Leaks from Plant, Causes Breathing Problems

...foul smell even after two hours. The authorities opened a medical camp at a school nearby for those suffering from breathing problems. Everyone in the camp is out of danger, the authorities said. Most people have begun returning to their homes....

Scientists Equip Bacteria With Custom Chemo-Navigational System

...ical environment, Emory University scientists have opened the door to powerful new opportunities in drug delivery, environmental cleanup and synthetic biology. Their findings are published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society and will be published in a future print issue. Justin Galliva...

Extremist Christian Preacher Dies of Heart Problems

...und a 70 percent blockage in an artery, which they opened with stents. He carried on an unrelenting crusade against whatever he considered was a challenge to conservatism or right wing perceptions. I believe that homosexuality is moral perversion. I think it is a violation of the laws of nature, as well...

US Army Opens Laboratory to Research Injuries

...es just like competitive athletes. So the army has opened a laboratory that applies the science of sports medicine to the battlefield. The Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Laboratory is situated in Fort Campbell. Scott Lephart, the project's principal researcher from the University of Pittsbu...

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