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Rights groups criticise China for jailing monkBeijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2011 Rights activists on Tuesday criticised China for jailing a Tibetan lama for 11 years over the death of a young monk who set himself alight, with one calling his prosecution "purely political". A court in the southwestern province of Sichuan on Monday convicted the lama for "intentional homicide" and said he had prevented the wounded monk from getting medical treatment, the official Xinhua news agency said. The monk, Phuntsog, died in hospital after setting himself on fire on March 16, triggering ... read more |
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  Researchers build a tougher, lighter wind turbine blade Efforts to build larger wind turbines able to capture more energy from the air are stymied by the weight of blades. A Case Western Reserve University researcher has built a prototype blade that is s ... more | .. |
  Microscope on the go: Cheap, portable, dual-mode microscope uses holograms, not lenses To serve remote areas of the world, doctors, nurses and field workers need equipment that is portable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive. Now researchers at the University of California at Los A ... more | .. |
  Iran releases jailed HIV doctor: family source Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his US-based brother said Monday. ... more | .. |
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 Patient dies in China after hospital staff flee fire A man died during an operation in a Chinese hospital after doctors and nurses fled during a fire, leaving him to suffocate in thick smoke, state media and officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Vietnam hero General Giap turns 100 General Vo Nguyen Giap, a hero of the Vietnamese revolution and considered one of history's greatest military strategists, quietly marked his 100th birthday on Thursday in a Hanoi military hospital. ... more | .. |
  Iraq violence leaves 12 dead A series of bomb attacks and shootings across Iraq on Thursday killed 12 people, including six security force members, and wounded 87 others, medical and security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Children's hospitals not equipped to handle pandemics A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies ... more |
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 Clashes at China hospital over patient's death Nearly 100 people, some armed with clubs, fought at a hospital in eastern China earlier this week after the relatives of a patient who died confronted staff, state media said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  "Open Wide" for New Stem Cell Potential While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less abl ... more | .. |
  Researchers Find Way To Align Gold Nanorods On A Large Scale Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a simple, scalable way to align gold nanorods, particles with optical properties that could be used for emerging biomedical imaging te ... more | .. |
 New nanostructured glass for imaging and recording University of Southampton researchers have developed new nano-structured glass, turning it into new type of computer memory, which has applications in optical manipulation and will significantly red ... more |
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 Ions Control Shape Of Nanofibers Grown On Clear Substrate Researchers from North Carolina State University, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and CFD Research Corporation have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate ... more | .. |
  Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior to Bangladesh Environmental campaign group Greenpeace on Tuesday handed over its iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II to a Bangladeshi charity which will turn it into a floating hospital. ... more | .. |
 China sends experts to treat train crash orphan China has said it will sent four top medical experts to try to save the legs of a two-year-old girl orphaned and seriously wounded in a deadly train crash that sparked widespread public outrage. ... more | .. |
  Virus can cause high blood pressure: Chinese study High blood pressure could be caused by a common virus, according to a study carried out by a team of Chinese doctors which could lead to better treatment for millions of people around the world. ... more |
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
China starts construction of Tibet mega-dam
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UN warns cholera epidemic in Somalia may spread amid famine The UN warned Friday that a cholera epidemic in Somalia, which has claimed at least 181 lives in one Mogadishu hospital this year, could quickly spread as thousands flee famine in the south. ... more | .. |
 China rights activist goes on trial Chinese human rights activist Wang Lihong went on trial in Beijing on Friday, witnesses said, nearly four months after she was arrested as part of a widespread crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
  Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
 Three dead in Iraq, spate of bombs hit Baghdad Twin bomb attacks in western Iraq killed three people Thursday evening while a string of four explosions in Baghdad wounded 10 others, security and medical officials said. ... more |
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  Electronic skin tattoo has medical, gaming, spy uses A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Thousands struggle in Ethiopia's "green drought" Shundure Tekamo faces a tough choice - stay with her severely malnourished son in hospital, or return home in the desperate search for food for her five other children. ... more | .. |
  New Montana State research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs Dog-sized dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole, sometimes in the dark for months at a time, had bone tissue very similar to dinosaurs that lived everywhere on the planet, according to a doctoral ... more | .. |
 US researchers find another flu antibody US scientists have found an antibody that acts against 30 of 36 strains of influenza, the latest discovery in the hunt for a universal treatment and a vaccine, said a study published Monday. ... more |
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  Mushroom poisoning adds to rainy French summer woes Tourists and locals in southwest France are flocking to hospital wards after eating mushrooms that this year sprouted much earlier than usual due to the rainy summer, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea wants food, cement as aid from S. Korea North Korea asked South Korea Thursday for food staples and cement after Seoul offered medicine, instant noodles and daily necessities for its neighbour's flood victims, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Mubarak's fate in court's hands Hosni Mubarak, on trial in Cairo for murder and fraud, may be a sacrificial lamb but he should have known what was going on during the revolution, experts say. ... more | .. |
  US, Vietnam start first military relationship The United States and Vietnam on Monday opened their first formal military relationship since their war, another sign of growing cooperation amid high tensions between Hanoi and China. ... more |
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