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Soda - Soft Drinks - Beverage
Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Preterm birth   Women  
 Gulf News 
Do artificial sweeteners bring on early birth?
| Mothers-to-be who down cans of fizzy beverages containing artificial sweeteners could be at greater risk of having a premature baby. Research funded by the EU found a correlation between the amount ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Members of the Communist-affiliated PAME labor group stand behind a banner as they have blockaded the Athens Stock Market to protest government austerity measures aimed at tackling Greece's debt crisis in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.
Economic Crisis   Europe   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis  
 The New York Times 
Greece and the Power of Negative Thinking
| Once the cradle of European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of Europe’s economic crisis. The now-fading consensus in the market and among opinion-makers was that Greece is likely ... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Merck  The New York Times 
Merck's 2Q Net Drops on Higher Costs, Charges
| Filed at 10:38 a.m. ET | Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Friday reported a 52 percent drop in second-quarter net income, weighed down by big merger and restructuring charges from buying Schering-Plough Cor... (photo: Creative Commons / )
Business   Drug   Market   Merck   Photos  
Landon Donovan about to take a corner on 3-27-2010 vs the NE Revs  Kansas City Star 
Donovan reiterates desire to return to Everton
Michael Sohn United States' Landon Donovan celebrates following the World Cup group C soccer match between the United States and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Wedne... (photo: Creative Commons / Css71588)
Group   Landon   Photos   Soccer   States  
Top Stories
Snake at  Zoo Zeenews
Snake venom may hold key for heart disease, cancer cure
Washington: Japanese scientists have claimed that a number of toxins found in snake venom could help develop new therapies for chronic diseases like heart attack, stroke ... (photo: GFDL / Ltshears)
Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Snake venom  
Cancer PhysOrg
Humble protein, nanoparticles tag-team to kill cancer cells
| Transferrin-carrying nanoparticles that have targeted and permeated Ramos cancer cells. Areas of yellow represent the intracellular compartments of the cells where the ... (photo: Creative Commons / Pulmonary Pathology)
Cancer   Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Nanoparticle  
Chicken - Meat - Food - Supermarket Houston Chronicle
Chicken producers debate 'natural' label
| SAN FRANCISCO - A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted f... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Chicken   Consumers   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Poultry  
Poultry exhibit at Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport Orlando Sentinel
Chicken producers debate whether poultry injected with salt, water should qualify as 'natural'
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A disagreement among poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has p... (photo: Creative Commons / Billy Hathorn)
Business   Chemicals   Photos   Poultry   Wikipedia: Chicken (food)  
Red wine can suppress inflammatio Newstrack India
Cheers! Red wine can suppress inflammation in humans
| Washington, July 30 (ANI): A popular plant extract, called resveratrol, can suppress inflammation in humans, according to a new study.  | The extract is already kn... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Health   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Wine   Wine  
Indian agriculture The Hindu
Blueprint for farm growth
| Mohan Dharia | Acting with determination and firm action, it should be possible for India to step up its agricultural growth rate to 10 per cent. | The 11th Five Year P... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Agriculture   Farmer   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture in India  
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, a man carries his belonging on a flooded path in Changchun in northeast China's Jilin province. Gulf News
Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
| Beijing: Workers began cleaning up a chemical spill in northeastern China Thursday after more than 3,000 containers of chemicals were washed into a river by the wo... (photo: AP)
China   Disaster   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: People's Republic of China  
This Feb. 15, 2010, photo shows a package of K2 which contains herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. State lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas have introduced The Star
Synthetic marijuana, legal in U.S., causing outcry
| BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - An herb and chemical blend dubbed K2 that is sold legally in the U.S. as incense but produces a marijuana-like high when smoked is landing a ri... (photo: AP / Kelley McCall)
Drugs   Health   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Drug paraphernalia  
Anthrax & Small Pox Bioterrorism
- Tear gas in letter to Paris US embassy
- Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
- Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy
- Tear gas in letter for US Embassy: Paris police
Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter.
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
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- EC working to make NRI voting practical: Quraishi
- 'Big Lake' previews from Comedy Central, Sanz and Pa
- Halving Hunger Through “Business as Unusual”
- August Food Festivals
Poverty: An Indian poor woman carrying a big plastic bag, near Dharamshala, India
GDP growth with growing poverty
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Scientist Chemical Weapon
- Fragments in time tell family's story
- Taking Calls From Veterans on the Brink of Suicide
- Battle for gaming supremacy is on as new titles hit shelves
- Losing control of your online life
Exterior view of the U.S. Embassy in Paris Friday, July 30, 2010 where two of its employees are undergoing medical tests after handling a suspicious letter.
Suspicious Envelope Received at U.S. Embassy in Paris
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- Malaria is Mumbai's big menace
- Eco-disasters up by 98% in China
- Too dangerous to drink
- Murky side of mineral water
Soda - Soft Drinks - Beverage
Do artificial sweeteners bring on early birth?
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Biological Warfare Vaccine, Allergy & Diseases
- Carole Jahme goes ape at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- Research of cell movements in developing frogs reveals new t
- Snake venom may hold key for heart disease, cancer cure
- Biohazard - The world is shockingly unprepared for bio-warfa
Snake at  Zoo
Snake venom may hold key for heart disease, cancer cure
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- Good week for mothers: pregnancy
- New face, new future, new issues: full-face transplant
- Flu vaccine for under-5s given OK
- Flu vaccine for under-fives given OK
Probing Question: Do boys or girls suffer more from poor body image?
Probing Question: Do boys or girls suffer more from poor body image?
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Health Terrorism
- Obama Touts Car Revival as He Is Dogged by a Slowdown
- Pink is for triumph
- Insurers set 10-day cashless deadline
- Endoscopic surgery performed
successfully on cancer pa
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, white shirt, surveys the area as he visits the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Friday, July 30, 2010.
Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25
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- In Pak, Lashkar low on list of concerns
- Cameron's terror remark may stall Zardari,s UK visit
- Pentagon seeks FBI help in leak probe
- Islamists spread terror message
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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