Fatal disease outbreak sets resort city on edge
An outbreak of meningococcemia, a disease that targets the central nervous system and that may have killed up to 28 people in recent months, has set this northern Philipines resort city on edge,
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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Marines died short of armor
A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to their upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such
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Drug industry to release more data on studies
Faced with pressure from lawmakers and editors of medical journals, four trade groups representing the world's biggest drug makers have announced that their members plan to release more data about
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UN will resettle up to 500,000 in Sumatran camps
As the world leaders gathered to discuss how to distribute billions of dollars how to distribute billions of dollars in aid, the United Nations said that camps for up to 500,000 tsunami refugees
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Dam conflict resurfaces
A major dam project suspended last year by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao is now the focus of a bureaucratic fight between pro-development advocates pushing to restart the project and environmentalists
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Protecting U.S.forests
The Bush administration is proceeding briskly with its demolition job on the environmental regulations it inherited from previous administrations especially the rules protecting the national forests
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A new era in battling pollution
For Peter Koster, the beginning of 2005 merits more than one glass of Champagne. As millions of fellow Europeans celebrate just another New Year's Eve, the chief executive and founder of the European
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China seeks boost from biofuels
China is turning to crops including cassava roots and molasses to make auto fuel as the world's second-biggest oil user struggles to meet demand from a growing fleet of private cars. China Resources
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The outlook remains mixed for electric cars
Faces with soaring prices at gas stations, many drivers would like a silver bullet alternative to gasoline. There are none. But some devoted pioneers are trying something else
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France shops for bears: Don't tell the sheep
Alain Reynes planned a late August trip to Slovenia to shop for bears. Some of the farmers around this Pyrenean hamlet probably wish he would stay there. Reynes is the president of an organization