Landmark B280m drug deal
The Communicable Diseases Control Department will buy 280 million baht worth of anti-Aids drugs following a landmark deal with major multi-national drug firms. The drugs would be available to 2,000
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Report links environmental rulings,judges' free trips
U.S. judges who attended expenses-paid seminars that favor "free market" solutions to environmental problems struck down protections in some of the decade's significant environmental cases, according
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Soya substitute found in alfalfa
Researchers have extracted a high-value cholesterol-free protein from alfalfa that could replace soya in sausages, sauces and chocolate mousse. The research was partly funded by the European
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FAO invites the Ministers of Agriculture of 42 European countries to discuss food safety and quality
FAO is holding its 22nd Regional Conference for Europe in Porto from 24 to 28 July. The conference will review food security in Europe and examine actions taken to help populations in greatest
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Drop in cholera cases
A review of the health scenario of the Capital has revealed a drop in the number of cholera cases as compared to the same time period in 1999. As against the 776 cases reported till this time last
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6 more peacock die in MP
Close on the heels of the death of 80 peacocks in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh over past few days, six peacocks died after consumping chemically-treated soyabeen at a village in Jhabua district
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Hungary files mine spill claim
The Hungarian government has lodged an initial US$106m claim against Esmeralda Exploration, the Australian mining company it holds responsible for the devastation of the River Tisza earlier this
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Indian scientists formulate a guided clotbuste
In a path-breaking medical science discovery, scientists at the Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbil Technology have successfully formulated a protein that specifically targets and dissolves blood
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TN begins campaign to fight AIDS
To counter the rapid spread of AIDS-causing HIV virus in certain pockets of Tamil Nadu, awareness campaigns involving all vulnerable sections of society, have been launched against the disease.As per
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BG bets on CNG for green drive
The Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) powered BG Lotus Elise is just a demonstration car and might easily be dismissed as the latest no-hope alternative fuel gimmick. After all there is nothing new about
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Smokies are becoming the peaks of pollution
Great Smoky Mountains has some of the worst air pollution in the United States. Although air quality in the United States overall has improved, the South has become the nation's new trouble spot for
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States plan tobacco settlement use
States plan to spend $8 billion through next year in tobacco settlement money-the first installment of a 25-year cash flow- and nearly half the money is going toward health care services for working
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Kenya edges toward famine
The United Nations says 13 million people in six countries around the Horn of Africa are at risk for starvation from this year's drought, the only widespread famine currently declared in Africa.
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An oyster garden grows
Environmental scientists attribute the declining health of the Chesapeake Bay through much of the 20th century to the decline in the oyster population. Oysters, in their heyday, once could filter
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Brazil fights giant oil spill
Government environmentalists used vacuums, barriers and runoff channels today to limit the damage from a massive oil spill in southern Brazil that officials described as the worst such disaster to
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Flood fury wreaks havoc in Cambodia
Serious flooding in seven cambodian provinces has devastated crops and created food shortages affecting hundreds of people, government officials said on
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1,564 HIV cases detected in Manipur
Altogether 1,564 HIV positive cases have been detected in Manipur during 1999-2000, state health minister V Hangkhalian told the state assembly on
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Brazil suffers major oil spill in southern river
Brazil suffered one of its worst oil spills ever as more than 1 million gallons (4 million liters) of crude leaked from a refinery into a river near the southern city of Curitiba, officials said
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Fishy business keeps the Hudson polluted
There is danger to New York's Hudson River because of toxic chemicals. Discharged into the waters by two General Electric plants PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) have been the subject of wrangling
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Uunet and Nokia attack e-mail legislation
Two of the world's largest technology companies have joined a last-ditch campaign against controversial government powers to intercept e-mail. Uunet and Worldcom-owned leading global provider of