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China drug centres worsen plight of addicts: rights groupBeijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2010 China's drug detention centres are rife with human rights violations including forced labour and other abusive treatment despite a new law meant to fix the system, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The New York-based rights group said in a report that the 2008 Anti-Drug Law actually made addicts' suffering even worse by failing to ensure that adequate treatment -- or even basic medical care ... read more |
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Dili (AFP) Dec 31, 2009The tiny nation of East Timor could face a deadly AIDS epidemic, with promiscuity among youths, low condom use and general ignorance leading to a sharp increase in reported cases, doctors said. "Most likely it will be a disaster in the near future," said Dr. Daniel Murphy, founder of Bairo Pite Clinic, one of four voluntary AIDS testing centres in Dili. East Timor is considered a low pre ... more  
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 27, 2009Smoking dried vulture brains to have a vision of winning lotto numbers -- that's why customers come to Scelo, a vendor of traditional medicines, but it's a trend being blamed for killing off South Africa's vultures. "Vultures are scarce. I only have one every three or four months," said Scelo, a young healer in downtown Johannesburg's market for "muti", or traditional medicine. "Everybod ... more  
Conakry (AFP) Dec 23, 2009Guinea's junta celebrated its first year in power on Wednesday, but in the absence of its leader who is in Morocco for medical care after his aide de camp shot and wounded him. The regime is also under mounting international pressure for alleged crimes against humanity after soldiers in September massacred at least 156 protesters in a Conakry stadium, according to UN investigators. Hundr ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Scientists who helped secure a ban on a cattle medicine blamed for plummeting vulture populations in India are scratching their heads after a replacement drug also proved lethal to the birds. Vultures, which have almost mythical status across much of the world, have become an endangered species in India due to their vulnerability to drugs found in the carrion they eat. Their near total ... more  
Toronto (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Canadian physicists say they have discovered new behaviors of light occurring within photonic crystals. University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Professor Sajeev John and doctoral student Xun Ma said their findings could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that don't overheat. "We discovered that by sculpting a unique artificial vacuum ... more
Seoul (AFP) Dec 14, 2009South Korea is preparing to ship medical supplies worth more than 15 million dollars to help North Korea fight an outbreak of swine flu, officials said Monday. The unification ministry, which handles cross-border ties, said the shipment would include antiviral drugs for 500,000 patients -- Tamiflu for 400,000 and Relenza for 100,000 -- and sanitation supplies. The aid will cost an ... more |
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