Face lift mar China's great wall
The Great Wall in China is suffering along much of its 2400-kilometer (1500
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U.S. suggests vaccine for monkeypox
The U.S. government has recommended smallpox vaccinations for all those exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children. It also banned th sale and distribution of prairie dogs in the
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American agree they are fat but differ over the ways to slim down
Nearly eight in 10 Americans believe obesity represents a pressing national health crisis, but a Harvard-commissioned survey of public attitudes revealed a deep ambivalence about whether the battle
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Genetically modified morals
The dispute over whether countries may decline imports of genetically engineered seeds and foods, long a point of contention between the United States and developing countires, is straining relations
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Missing tickets to citizenship
40 per cent of the all births this year will not be registered. A Unicef study showed that 50 million newborns were not registered in 2000
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Giving them what they want : the minimelon
After years of crossing different breeds of watermelons, scientists who long ago eliminated the dark seeds have now sweetened the flavor, trimmed the rind and miniaturized bulky
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Unproven Alzheimer's drug on rise
In early April, there was a news about, memantine, Alzheimer's drug which blocks a brain chemical, glutamate, which has been implicated in nerve cell death. Now it is not sold in United States. But
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Assam flooding leaves 200000 homeless
Flooding in the northeastern state of Assam worsened as monsoon rians lashed the region, leaving more than 200000 people homeless, Indian officials said. Rising waters have caused havoc in the
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India seeks back-office trade rules
India is seeking global trade rules to address recent efforts by several U.S. state governments to limit the freedom of American companies to move some of their back-office functions to India and
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How the west pays to keep the rest poor
The Doha round of trade negotiations is rapidly approaching a crisis. The behavior of some European countries is proving so selfish and shortsighted that key developing countries may soon come to the