Obese Child
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New Study: Obesity linked to same-sex parent

According to a study on 226 families by Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School, obesity of children is often linked to same-sex parent. Daughters were said to be 10 times more likely to be obese in case of obese...
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created by Ostia | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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Japanese destroyer
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Japan's antipiracy law authorizes the use of weapons

According to Article 9 of Japan's Constitution, Japan is a pacifist nation, not allowed to have an army and only use force in case of self-defense. It's new antipiracy law, however, severely challenges the...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Tomoji Tanabe
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Tomoji Tanabe, World's oldest man, dies at age 113

Tomoji Tanabe, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's oldest man died in his home in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, this Friday at the age of 113. Born in 1895 Tanabe lived with his fifth son and...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Organ Transplantation
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Japan updates organ transplantation bill

On Thursday 18, 2009 Japan's lower house approved the highly controversial organ transplant amendment bill. According to the previous law, only people aged 15 or older were allowed to receive transplants, brain...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
680 views | 45 recommendations | 7 comments
Protests in South Africa
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One out of four South African men admit rape

According to a study into rape and HIV by South Africa's Medical Research Council (MRC) a quater of men in South Africa have raped at least one man or woman. The study includes a representative sample of 1738 men...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
648 views | 107 recommendations | 42 comments
The Palau Detainee Agreement (HQ)
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17 GITMO Detainees to Palau

With 21000 residents Palau is one of the smallest states, nonetheless it agreed to accept 17 former Guantanamo detainees. The former detainees were already cleared for release four years ago yet so far noone was...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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Solar farm | Photo 02
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Europe to be powered by solar energy from Africa in 10 years?!

Twenty blue chip companies from Germany, among them Deutsche Bank, Siemens, and the energy companies RWE and E.on, have agreed on forming a consortium with the plan of harnessing solar power in the deserts of...
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created by Ostia | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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New bullet train E5
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New bullet train to come in 2010

Today, June 17, 2009 East Japan Railways Co. started tests for a new bullet train (shinkansen). The bullet train will be able to reach up to 320 km/h and will, consequently, be the fastest train to have ever run...
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created by Ostia | 23 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
414 views | 30 recommendations | 2 comments
Prop. 8 protests could become national movement
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Gay rights: Obama's broken promise

The economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the continued spread of swine flu seem to be more than enough problems to keep Obama's administration busy. Still, this does not mean that other...
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opinion by Ostia | 23 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago
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A title here is required | Photo 588
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All hostages in Yemen feared dead

The seven German, one British and one South Korean nationals who were reported kidnapped in Yemen on June 14 are most likely dead according to the German National Security Agency. Three dead are officially confirmed...
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created by Ostia | 23 wks ago
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House Gets Demolished Because of 'Faulty GPS Coordinates'
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Followed GPS - Wrong House Demolished

In a lot of cases GPS has caused people to end up at the wrong address, or in some extreme cases even to drive off the road. Only a few days ago too much trust in GPS led to an even more extreme error: a company...
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created by Ostia | 23 wks ago
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EU Parliament: All new buildings zero energy from 2019

Already on April 23, 2009 the European Parliament voted in favour of a bill which states that from 2019 (12-31-2018) all new buildings have to be zero energy ("where, as a result of the very high level of energy efficiency of the building, the overall annual primary energy...
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created by Ostia | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
128 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments

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