Yes, gay men are at risk in China
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International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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German producer prices rise as tobacco tax jumps
German producer prices unexpectedly rose in December as tax increases pushed up the cost of tobacco, the government said. Prices for goods ranging from toys to machine tools increased 0.1 percent
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Helping people by helping the environment
While the Indian Ocean tsunami's destruction of ecological resources is of a different order from the appalling loss of human life, its significance should not be underestimated as reconstruction
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Fuel rules may crimp India carmakers
Starting April 1, India's oil refiners have to sell diesel and gasoline with fewer pollutants to improve air quality. Indian Oil, the nation's biggest refiner, has asked the Oil Ministry to delay the
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AIDS drugs in India
For an AIDS patient in a poor country lucky enough to get antiretroviral treatment, chances are that the pills that stave off death come from India. Generic knockoffs of AIDS drugs made by Indian
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Asia drought helping sugar price
Sugar prices in New York may rise to a four-year high by June as a drought reduces the cane crop in India, the world's biggest consumer, forcing the country to import more of the sweetener, traders
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Toxic chemical inquiry
The South Korean Labor Ministry is investigating reports that eight female. Thai workers were crippled after exposure to a toxic chemical at a sweatshop, officials said.
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Hunt for Siberian tiger aims at saving species
Finding tiger tracks in the snow will be the goal of 1000 conservationists and their allies who, during two days in February, are to fan through a chunk of the Russian Far East larger than Sri Lanka,
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Relief efforts target malaria : Jakarta seeks truce with rebels
Health workers seeking to prevent a outbreak of malaria began anti mosquito spraying in refugee camps in Aceh Province as Indonesia's vice president said the government was pursuing a permanent truce
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Snaking on dinosaurs
Don't get too excited by the report that our mammalian precursors from the age of the dinosaurs may have been a lot tougher than once thought. The standard view of the mammals living in the Mesozoic