Obesity 'raises miscarriage risk'

This research is new in that it looks at recurrent miscarriage for the first time and seems to show that obese women are in greater danger not only of miscarriage but also of having malformed babies. With obesity...

Anti-terrorism police arrest two men at airport

Two men have been arrested at Manchester Airport in the UK on suspicion of terrorist activities. There isn't much detail being released by the authorities at this time, and it is unknown whether they were about to carry out an attack, or were just planning one."Two men have...

Ronaldo set for ankle operation

Must be all those fancy step-overs he does."Ronaldo set for ankle operation Ronaldo has not returned to Man Utd since the end of the season ...

'Elephant legs' woman set for operation

"Wang Cheng, 24, cannot work or even wear trousers because of the grotesque and painful elephantiasis which has dogged her since the age of six and left her with legs weighing 50 kilos. "I cannot go out to work,"...

Sharks swim closer to extinction

More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are in danger of extinction, threatened largely by fishing, according to conservationists. "Specialists with IUCN (formerly the World Conservation Union) found that 11...

Five hurt in Leeds pub explosion

The gas explosion in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the north of England injured five people and wrecked about a dozen cars in a nearby car park. "Police have launched an investigation after five people were injured in a...

Delhi Police's Encounter Specialist killed Property Tussle

"New Delhi (ABC Live): Rajbir Singh, an ACP and the encounter specialist in Delhi Police’s Special Operations Squad ACP was killed by Property dealer in Gurgaon on Monday."

Exposure: The Woman behind the Camera at Abu Ghraib

Following up on Mardtech's and mtippet's reports, here is the article from the New Yorker."And you could inflict pain. “You also had stress positions, and you escalated the stress positions,” Davis said....

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

UCR: Research Team Led by UCR Entomologist Uses Tiny Wasp to Wipe Out Major A...

"RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A research team led by Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist at UC Riverside, has nearly eradicated the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major agricultural pest, from the island of Tahiti...

US gets Smart Car

This is old news for us here in Canada, but Americans are about to see these smart little gas-camels on the road soon."Meet the Smart car: An ultra-compact, Mercedes-designed, head-turning little vehicle that's been...

Government to finance education of specialist doctors, VP says

""The government will pay for the education of specialists in arder to increase the number of doctors who specialize in particular areas of medicine," the vice president said in a dialog with M Djamil Hospital medical staff here on Friday. Kalla said the policy would be...

Gun victim, 16, was from 'well liked' family

" A 16-YEAR-OLD boy gunned down in a Sheffield suburb plagued by gun crime came from a "well-liked" and "well respected" family, police revealed today. The teenager, named locally as Jonathan, of Verdon Street, is believed to have been the victim of an "inner city gang...

Pentagon Sued Over Mandatory Christianity

If U.S. Constitutional law means anything at all, the forced imposition of Christianity in the American military is a clear violation of teh barriers between church and state.  All sorts of people including...

Farmer refuses to remove asbestos

More people die from (mesothelioma) exposure to asbestos than accidents on British roads. In the next 30 years 150-250,000 UK citizens will die of lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis. The Asbestos Hazards...

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