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WORLD / NEWS Sat Aug 4, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

BBC News -- The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled since 1880, a study has shown. The authors of the research also discovered that the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled in the past century. The study shows that many previous as.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 15, 2007 @ 11:06am neoform

BBC News -- Russian men are risking death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents, a study has suggested. UK researchers estimated that half of all deaths in working age men in the country are due to hazardous drinking. The products, which also include herba.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat May 26, 2007 @ 5:06pm neoform

SF Gate -- China's military buildup remains focused on preventing Taiwan's independence but is expanding to include other regional military goals, including securing the flow of oil from overseas, according to an annual Pentagon study. The 42-page report, require.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Feb 17, 2007 @ 10:12am neoform

Daily Mail -- Women who claim to be victims of 'date-rape' drugs such as Rohypnol have in fact been rendered helpless by binge-drinking, says a study by doctors. They found no evidence that any woman seeking help from emergency doctors because their drinks were alle.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 17, 2006 @ 7:21pm neoform

Reuters -- The United States could discredit al Qaeda in the Muslim world by challenging its violent Islamist ideology and muzzling its leading proponents, an independent report released on Thursday said... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, a study suggests. Researchers found patients given the drugs were a third more likely to die within a month of surgery than those given a dummy pi.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 10:50pm neoform

BBC News -- Russian men are risking death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents, a study has suggested. UK researchers estimated that half of all deaths in working age men in the country are due to hazardous drinking. The products, which also include herba.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 4:27pm neoform

FOX News -- A new NASA study projects that the eastern United States may see summer temperatures rise by 10 degrees by 2080 if carbon dioxide emissions continue to grow. "There is the potential for extremely hot summertime temperatures in the future, especially du.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Feb 21, 2007 @ 12:29am neoform

Financial Times -- All the world’s extra oil supply is likely to come from expensive and environmentally damaging unconventional sources within 15 years, according to a detailed study. This will mean increasing reliance on hard-to-develop sources of energy such as the.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 7, 2006 @ 10:11am mrmdc

Alter Net -- The Iraq Study Group may not have a solution for how to end the war, but it does have a way for its corporate friends to make money... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 29, 2006 @ 10:35am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The untreated urban sewage and effluents that flow into the Great Lakes each year are threatening a critical ecosystem that supplies water to millions of people, according to a study by a Canadian environmental group... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Nov 28, 2006 @ 9:27am mrmdc

Reuters -- Smokers eager to cut the risk of dying early from tobacco-related illnesses must quit completely, researchers said on Tuesday, because cutting down -- even by half -- is not enough... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 24, 2006 @ 9:59am mrmdc

www.aftenposten.no -- The Netherlands and the Nordic countries took the top six places in the study, which considers 60 factors divided over five general categories; free and fair election process, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and politic.. Read More