Lone case of mad cow, wide ripples in Canada
Two months after more than 30 countries closed their borders to Canadian beef, one business after another in High River, a small town south of Calgary, Alberta, is feeling the pinch. First the
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Frying Vietnam's fish
The U.S. government has just added a final flourish of hypocrisy to its efforts to crush the Vietnamese catfish industry under a mountain of protectionism. The Vietnamese, after doing well enough to
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Intel and Alzheimer's group joining to help battle disease
The Alzheimer's Association and Intel have announced that they are forming a research consortium to explore ways to use computing technologies and sensor networks to help in caring for patients with
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Hand-me-down drugs for HIV in third world
Every three-months or so, a package from the United States arrives at the small clinic that Mary Annel operates behind an unmarked door in a run-down neigborhood in San Salvador. The package contains
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Fiery fisherman takes on his industry
Kurt Christensen, heads the Danish Society for a Living Sea, a Baltic-wide network of fishermen who are speaking out, frustrated by the region's dwindling fish stocks, the ongoing pollution, and
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Last master of Iron Curtain now wants a green one
Gorbachev, who is president of environmental organization, Green Cross International, endorsed the idea, which is part of a plan by European environmental groups to create nature parks out of no
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2 Indian states act to ward off polio
The northeastern Indian states Assam and Meghalaya began immunizing 600000 children against polio after a child was diagnosed with the disease in Assam last month. The children targeted for
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New shock jolts Japan after quakes injure 570
A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan in an area where three powerful quakes and and about 1000 aftershocks over the weekend injured an estimated 570 people and damaged homes and other property.
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End to SARS reported in China
Beijing's last 12 SARS patients have recovered from the disease, marking an apparent end to the scourge in China, where the virus emerged eight months ago before spreading across the world, official
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The roots of famine
Famine is again stalking Ethiopia