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Chinese Activist Arrives In United States

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:17:42 +0000

A blind Chinese activist who sparked a tussle between Washington and Beijing has arrived in the United States.
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Emergency Departments, Medicaid Costs, and Access to Primary Care — Understanding the Link

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:13:10 +0000

New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 0, Issue 0, Ahead of Print.

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CDC urges Boomers to get tested for hepatitis C – USA TODAY

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CDC urges Boomers to get tested for hepatitis C
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ATLANTA (AP) – For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Aynsley Floyd, AP Rock Legend Gregg Allman has battled chronic Hepatitis C and is raising awareness of the virus by partnering with Merck …
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When you eat matters, not just what you eat

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:04:23 +0000

When it comes to weight gain, when you eat might be at least as important as what you eat. When mice on a high-fat diet are restricted to eating for eight hours per day, they eat just as much as those who can eat around the clock, yet they are protected against obesity and other metabolic ills, the new study shows.
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Inside Syria – Syria’s shaky truce

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:29:55 +0000

UN Security Council members fail to agree on terms of mission to monitor ongoing violence as death toll climbs. Guests: Theodore Kattouf, Syria; Clovis Maksoud, Timor Goksel.

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Barack Obama welcomes G8 leaders

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:47:34 +0000

US President Obama hosts an opening dinner for G8 leaders, discussing North Korea, Syria and Iran, with the eurozone crisis likely to top Saturday’s agenda.
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Schumpeter: Good business; nice beaches

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:47:32 +0000

ON JUNE 17th a hubbub of activists will gather in Rio de Janeiro for a conference on “good business for a sustainable future”, sponsored by something called the Ethical Fashion Initiative. They will listen to a farmer talking about the social consequences of cotton and a theologian debating the meaning of the word “value”. No doubt they will also admire Rio’s beautiful beaches and the beachgoers who waste “very few of the Earth’s precious resources on clothes”, as P.J. O’Rourke once put it.Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a hard-earned reputation for flakiness. CSR types don’t just swap agreeable-sounding platitudes (“doing well by doing good”). They do so in agreeable places, “for the same reason that the American Association of Hose and Nozzle Manufacturers has to hold all its important meetings in Las Vegas,” observed Mr O’Rourke, a humorist. “Rio is, um, convenient to major air travel facilities.”Yet there is more to CSR than empty phrases and exotic conferences. Serious business gurus such as Michael Porter and the late C.K. Prahalad have lent their support to the movement. Most of the world’s big…

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Renowned baritone Fischer-Dieskau dead at 86

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:47:29 +0000

BERLIN (Reuters) – German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, whose passionate and sensitive interpretations of German lieder brought the 19th-century song form to life again for new generations, died on Friday, 10 days short of his 87th birthday. Sometimes described as the most recorded singer in history, Fischer-Dieskau died in the town of Berg on Starnberg Lake in Bavaria, the Bavarian State Opera announced on its website. “The death of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a great loss for the entire music world. Through his interpretations of vocals he decisively influenced the art of opera singing. …
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Apple files for preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:44:29 +0000

In the latest move in a complex series of patent-related cases, Apple filed a motion in a U.S. district court late Friday to ban Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S.
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G8 targets ‘growth and stability’

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:47:03 +0000

G8 leaders begin talks in the US, with President Obama saying they are “absolutely committed” to growth and fiscal consolidation.
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