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Many young women in Myanmar's (Burma's) Irrawaddy delta region have stopped wearing their hair traditionally long, word goes.
Too many of them died in the metre-high floods brought on by Cyclone Nargis, because their hair got entangled in tree branches, or were strangled by their own hair as it wrapped around their neck.
Whether...
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At least 13 people, including four security personnel, were killed and about one dozen injured on Tuesday when a bomb targeted a Pakistan Air Force vehicle in the north-western city of Peshawar, officials said.
The bomb exploded when the pickup truck carrying supplies from an air base approached a bridge on the outskirts of the...
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Due to the immediate danger that
threatens the lives of people living in the areas of Tangjiashan Lake, China
was forced to evacuate almost 160,000 of them. According to China Daily, “up to
1.3 million people from 33 townships of Mianyang city could be relocated if the
lake barrier collapses entirely.”
The so-called “quake lake”...
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 A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of policemen at an
anti-government rally Thursday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore,
killing at least 21 officers and three civilians in the latest violence
to rock a nation teetering on the brink.
The death toll could rise, however, because at least 65 people were
wounded in...
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As he cracked a ceremonial cask of sake to officially open the Japan Open this week, local AIG company boss Robert Clyde admitted he was relieved to get his mind temporarily off the current world financial crisis.
"Believe me, it's a lot more enjoyable to focus on tennis right now," said the president and chief executive...
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 Today is the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks that happened on September 11. President Bush is still fighting the rising violence in Afghanistan, the launch site for al-Qaida's assault on America by dispatching more and more U.S. troops to fight against the people who caused the loss of so many innocent lives.Every year since...
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 A swimming pool company president was accused on Monday of
second-degree murder with regard to the drowning of a 6-year-old boy whose arm
was caught by the suction of a powerful drain pump. David Lionetti, Shoreline
Pools President, was liberated on $25,000 bail. However, if he is found guilty
of the criminal act, he will confront a...
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 Actress Anita Briem, who plays the beautiful
guide Hannah Ásgeirsson in Eric Brevig’s new 3D movie, “Journey to the Center
of the Eart,” says she was delighted to play a local mountain guide, “I must
have auditioned for this movie 25 times,” the actress was quoted as saying by the
Los Angeles Times.
The “old little girl,” as she...
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Health officials fear that many of the backyard pools in Los
Angeles County will turn into perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes (among
which the dreaded West Nile virus) if they go unmaintained. That's why health
officials are trying to obtain access to many foreclosed pool properties and
drop in their secret weapon, the Gambusia...
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 California health officials urged residents
to take precautions, including avoiding mosquito-infested areas, eliminating
standing water that attracts the insects, using mosquito repellent, maintaining
clean swimming pools and paying careful attention to window screens. The
repellents should be applied routinely before going outside,...
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 Countries close to the Great
Salt Lake reported the highest numbers of human West Nile virus
infections last year.
The abandoned swimming pools have become
breeding grounds for mosquitoes that can carry the West
Nile virus, Orange County Vector Control officials reported
Tuesday.
13 birds collected from all over Orange...
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 With nearly a year and a half until completion the skyscraper known as Burj Dubai in the Gulf state reached 1,680ft to become the world’s tallest building as it surpassed Taiwan's Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet since 2004.The developers of Burj Dubai estimated 2008 as the year of the skyscraper’s...
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 Decline in West Nile infections is over and the KPCC wants to know what can happen if a healthy person contracts the illness. Jack Raney of Upland contacted the disease and he was in a coma for weeks after the illness developed. The tragedy of getting the disease by only a bite of a mosquito has frightened a lot of people. There is also...
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 The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
offers advice on prevention of West Nile virus.
West Nile virus can be contacted by humans via
mosquito bites that caught the disease from infected birds.
Officials advise the public:
-to avoid mosquito-infected areas. These
include small pools of water that are not cleaned out,...
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 According to Tucson
water supply distributors, brain-eating amoebas have been found in the
reservoir. Apparently 12 wells have been infested with the microbe but although
surprised, microbiology professor Charles Gerba does not consider its presence
a health threat.
Tucson Water chlorinates its well water before...
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 Triathletes are not the only people who go in for the classic endurance sports of swimming, running and cycling. Swimming in particular is considered good for your health. It is also good for those who want to lose weight.
"Swimming after handball, water polo and ice hockey is the sport that expends the most energy," noted...
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