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Vegetarians ‘avoid more cancers’Vegetarians are generally less likely than meat eaters to develop cancer but this does not apply to all forms of the disease, a major study has found. |
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Southeast Asia Plans Wildlife Crime-Busting UnitsBangkok - Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asia's first coordinated effort against the multi-billion-dollar illegal trade in animals and plants, officials said on Thursday. |
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Enron’s Lay, Skilling Convicted of Conspiracy and Fraud ChargesHouston, TX - A U.S. jury convicted Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of orchestrating the fraud that destroyed Enron Corp., giving prosecutors a victory a case that came to symbolize corporate crime sparked by the stock market bust in 2000. |
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Cote d’Ivoire’s armed factions move towards laying down weapons, UN saysYamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire's rival armed factions have taken an encouraging first step towards disarmament by starting to assemble their fighters, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to the divided West African country has said in Abidjan. |
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Breakthrough Concept “Responsibility” Becomes Law in MaineMaine - Its always puzzled me -- the far-Right notion that as individuals we should take responsibility for the impact of our actions but as businesses we should only be responsible for making money. Most people want consistency, and now Mainers are claiming it. |
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Plains bison ‘running again’ on prairieGrasslands National Park, Saskatchewan - Herd released into Saskatchewan park as part of effort to restore species almost wiped out in North America |
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- The blues are back: Butterfly species reborn 30 years after ‘extinction’
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- How to stay optimistic through the recession, bad weather and swine flu fears
- Student buys African orphanage
- Denial Can Bring Marital Bliss
- How Susan Boyle won over the world
- Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr perform together in support of transcendental meditation
- Amazing moment: Orangutan caught rope thrown by humans, swam across flooded river to save her baby
- Macedonia seeds hope in 5 million new trees
- Bill Gates hands over millions more to eradicate polio
- Call to service honors King
- Float hero gave kidney to a stranger
- Renowned Swedish retailer donates proceeds from toy sales to UNICEF projects
- Couple Brings Christmas Cheer to Needy (w/Video)
- Miami’s American Airlines Employees Fly To Haiti For Good Cause
