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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Japanese corporate workers walk a crosswalk in Tokyo's business district on Friday June 30, 2006. Japan's jobless rate fell to 4.0 percent in May from 4.1 percent a month earlier, the government said Friday, indicating the labor market is becoming tighter. Value of jobless benefits debated Wed 10 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON - Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high... (photo: AP / KATSUMI KASAHARA) The Columbus Dispatch
Benefits   Jobless   Millions   Photos   Value
papaya - Fruit Papaya Extract Thwarts Cancer Cell Growth Wed 10 Mar 2010
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 08:27 CST The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy) redOrbit
Cancer   Credibility   Growth   Papaya   Photos
Are you ready for the toilet of the future? Wed 10 Mar 2010
— While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious... (photo: WN / RTayco) Newsvine
Health   Photos   Technology   Travel
Children's health on agenda at European WHO conference Wed 10 Mar 2010
Parma, Italy - A three-day conference of Europe's 53 members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) opened Wednesday in Italy, focussing on clean water, sanitation, air... (photo: WN / Eteh) m&c
Children   Health   Human Rights   Nutrition   Photos
An Ambulance is racing for a rescue - Manila, Philippines Asante-Mampong Hospital takes delivery of ambulance Wed 10 Mar 2010
The Italian City of Reggio Emelia has presented a specially equipped ambulance valued at GH¢50,000.00 to the Asante-Mampong District Hospital. The ambulance was donated... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Joy Online
Ambulance   Facility   Hospital   Medical   Photos
Papaya leaf extract used to treat certain cancers Wed 10 Mar 2010
A brewed pot of papaya leaf extract tea may be just what the doctor may order AP Photo/US Consumer Product Safety Commission If you like this ... African American women... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Examiner
Food   Health   Nutrition   Photos   Science
A women's group meets in Upper Egypt to discuss HIV/AIDS. A new report says 3,735 Egyptians were living with HIV at the end of 2008 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Wed 10 Mar 2010
... (photo: IRIN News / G Pirozzi/UNAIDS) The Examiner
Aids   Awareness   Girls   Photos   Women
President Barack Obama is seen through the teleprompter as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Obama pushing on health care end game Wed 10 Mar 2010
ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul,... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Philadelphia Daily News
Campaign   Game   Health   Obama   Photos
Wine - Alcohol - Liquor Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol Wed 10 Mar 2010
Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Gulf News
Alcohol   Ban   Parliament   Photos   Sale
Indonesian paramilitary policemen carry their weapons during a search for militants in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security Wed 10 Mar 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months,... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda) The New York Times
Defence   Indonesia   Photos   Security   Terrorism
Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France, at the Security Council Chamber, prior to a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. French minister's remark in Kosovo criticized Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - BELGRADE, Serbia - An Austria-based media watchdog is condemning French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent remark that a Serb reporter was "insane" for... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Syracuse
France   Kosovo   Photos   Serbia   UN
Google Orlando to Google: Pick us to test super-high-speed Google broadband Wed 10 Mar 2010
(AP) - MCT REGIONAL NEWS By Mark Schlueb The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. (MCT) Mar. 10--Topeka renamed itself " Google, Kan." The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into frigid... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Syracuse
Access   Broadband   Google   Photos   Unveils
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran Wed 10 Mar 2010
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) The New York Times
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Saudi Arabia   US
An Iraqi woman eyes U.S. soldiers as they stand guard outside a polling center during the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. Voting ended later with no reports of major violence, though voters at some polling stations complained that their names did not appear on lists. Balloting was extended for one hour to accommodate v Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected by Thursday Wed 10 Mar 2010
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission is expected to announce partial results of parliamentary elections by Thursday, a United Nations official said, offering... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) The New York Times
Elections   Iraq   Photos   Politics   Society
Coffee Drink Scientists say 11am is perfect time for coffee break Wed 10 Mar 2010
If you are among those who desperately need a midmorning coffee break, then go for it at 11 a.m., as scientists claim a formula they have devised proves that 'elevenses'... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Indian Express
Aroma   Coffee   Formula   Photos   Scientists
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men Wed 10 Mar 2010
New York: Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) Zeenews
Disease   Health   People   Photos   Science
Pill, Medicine Anti-depressants, anti-anxiety medications increase cataract risks Wed 10 Mar 2010
Certain frequently prescribed pills for depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of cataracts in the eyes, a study by B.C. and Quebec researchers... (photo: Creative Commons / Destinys Agent) Canada Dot Com
Disease   Health   Medicine   Photos   Science
Soda - Softdrinks Junk Food Tax Could Improve Health Wed 10 Mar 2010
By KRISTINA FIORE March 10, 2010 Taxing junk food may help reduce obesity and improve health, researchers have found. Researchers have found that taxing junk food, such... (photo: WN / sweet) ABC News
Food   Health   Obesity   Photos   Tax
Pill, Medicine Medication fears lead to worse side effects Wed 10 Mar 2010
Medication fears lead to worse side effects... (photo: Creative Commons / Victorrjr) Deccan Chronicle
Arthritis   Disease   Health   Medicine   Photos
A woman drinking water Eat healthy to keep kidneys fit Wed 10 Mar 2010
Eat healthy to keep kidneys fit... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Deccan Chronicle
Cancer   Kidneys   Photos   Urologist   Water