Melding the ancient and modern to fight AIDS
A barefoot traditional healer entered her thatched
International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
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China detains farmers' rights activist
The Chinese police have detained a leading human rights advocate who represented farmers in lawsuits against the government, expanding a crackdown on writers, intellectuals, lawyers and journalists
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1991 gulf war pollution said to raise cancer risk
Veterans of the 1991 Gulf war exposed to pollution from oil well fires, exhausts and other sources face an increased risk of lung cancer, a government advisory group reported. A committee of the
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Be afraid. Be very afraid
The burger from the American company Hardee's weighs in at 1420 calories and 107 grams of fat
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Old ways of water management spring up again in arid regions
Old ways of managing water in dry regions are winning new attention in the search for sustainable development in both urban and rural settings, experts in water technology say. The old techniques
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Singapore's biotechnology push
Singapore has seen the future - and it is filled with innovations like urine-powered batteries, body parts produced from stem cells and contact lenses that exude drugs into your eyes. Faced with
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Drug makers struggle as new-product research falters
The worldwide drug industry is clearly ailing. Three major companies
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China pushes to establish recycling industry
China Chengtong Holdings, a state-owned distribution company, plans to use the Hong Kong listed China National Resources Development holdings as a financing vehicle to build a national recycling
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Water-scarce India, too, weighs a return to ancient practices
In parts of India, the sophistication of a person could traditionally be judged by the number of empty pits in his, or her, village. The pits were dug to catch and store the monsoon. The more pits,
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Water supply bogs down in complexity
Sustainable water development is a contradiction in terms, says Bernard Rousseau, an expert on water issues at France Nature Environment, an umbrella organization representing nearly 3,000 French