Putting a price tag on conservation
According to the United Nations Environment Program's Global Environment Outlook for 200 : Asia and Pacific are facing serious environmental challenges. High population densities are putting enormous
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Manila facing a waste crisis
The Philippine capital is literally being buried under its own rubbish and the problem has become so bad that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo described it as a national crisis. Earlier she met city
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In Japan intensity of quakes tells more than richter scale
Japan's emphasis on intensity sets it apart from most other seismically active countries, where the focus is more on the power an earth quake releases at its origin a measurement called magnitude
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For drugmakers, Patriotism vs. profit
With fears of bioterrorism growing by the day, American pharmaceutical companies are facing a quandary - trying to show that they are patriots, not profiteers, even as they protect their way of doing
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South Africa rebuked on AIDS
South Africa's Medical Research Council challenged President Thabo Mbeki over AIDS saying the disease was the country's biggest killer and accounted for a third of all deaths this year.
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New study links diet and cancer
People who eat large amounts of cholesterol, animal protein and vitamin B12 have a higher risk of a particular kind of stomach cancer, Yale University researchers said.
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Demand for Antibiotic may alter U.S patent policies
The U.S government's response to demand for Cipro, an antibiotic for treating anthrax, could open the floodgated for poor countries that want to bypass international patent agreements and import
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China in quandary over HIV speech
Battling widespread ignorance of the AIDS virus, China is debating whether to allow someone infected with HIV to speak publicly about the disease for the first time, the state media reported. The
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Scientists share Okinawans' recipe for long, healthy lives
No country on earth has a longer life expectancy than Japan. A group of scientists believe they may know why. And they have collaborated on a best-selling book about the rest of the world might
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APEC nations t arg et sustainable development
While striving to generate regional economic growth, the Asia-Pacific Economic cooperation forum also focuses on implementing measures to protect the environment and improve social conditions. APEC