Malawi's President Threatens To Close Newspapers, Expel Donors In Response To Reports Of Food Shortages

Posted on September 2, 2010
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“Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika threatened to chase donors away from the southern African nation on Thursday and close newspapers for reporting that more than one million people are in need of food aid,” Reuters reports. “I am tired. This country is not run by you donors or the newspapers in this country…

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Why Asthma's On The Rise And The New Asthma Treatments

Posted on September 1, 2010
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The incidence of asthma has more than doubled – from 3% to 7.5% since
1980. Believe it or not, nearly 25 million people in the United States
are asthma sufferers. And while there’s no shortage of theories about
why asthma is becoming a major health concern, there is a shortage of
definite answers. Which has led many people to ask why is asthma on

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New Rules Of Engagement For Older People And Climate Change

Posted on September 1, 2010
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A new study by researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York calls for better engagement of older people on climate change issues…

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Apple Genome Decoded By Scientists

Posted on September 1, 2010
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An international team of scientists from Italy, France, New Zealand, Belgium and the USA have published a draft sequence of the domestic apple genome in the current issue of Nature Genetics…

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Detection System Sniffs Out The Tiniest Amounts Of Radioactive Material In The Air

Posted on August 31, 2010
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The set-up looks rather unimposing to the uninitiated eye: a container, a satellite dish, a generator. Yet this container in the midst of lush green scenery some kilometres to the southeast of Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, houses a highly sensitive apparatus…

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