Landmark Election Could Bring Big Change to Malaysia It is shaping up to be the closest election in Malaysias history. The campaign is pitting the National Front, headed by Prime Minister Najib Razak, against the opposition Peoples Pact, led by forme

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Experts Say Poor Quality Drugs Hamper Malaria Fight Experts have known for years that fake, poor quality, and improperly-packaged drugs pose a serious public health threat in many developing countries. Now, a new study has found that many people infe

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Study: Neglected Tropical Diseases Surfacing in Central Asia Many of the bacterial and parasitic worm infections commonly associated with the tropics are becoming rampant in some Central Asian countries in the former Soviet Union. That's the finding

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Feeling down? Youre not alone. If depression seems pretty common, it is. One in every ten adults suffers from depression. And thats what has scientists puzzled. If depression is a detrimental condition, why is it so rampant in the population? Some sc

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One of the world's most amazing migration is about to begin in earnest: 300 million monarch butterflies spread across North America are about to converge on small forests in the mounts of Mexico. This year, the butterflies have an unusual company as

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I believe in attachment to place. I believe that watermarks fade, tears dry and lives mend. A year after the flood, the nation is remembering Hurricane Katrina. And some of us, whether labeled displaced, evacuated or back home, will wonder if we stil

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 29 October 2006 A law seeking to protect women from domestic violence has come into effect in India. Women activists are hailing it as a milestone in a country where complaints of abuse against women are rampant. ----- T

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 23 December 2007 In an election with ramifications beyond the borders of the Indian state of Gujarat, the conservative Hindu nationalist party has won re-election with an absolute majority. The results are giving rise to spe

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cThe U.N. Special Humanitarian Envoy appealed for increased attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, following a trip to the country. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, humanitarian agencies are warning of an alarming rise in the need for

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his government will participate in President Barack Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan. Mr. Karzai announced the agreement after meeting with U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke. U.S. Special Envoy Richard

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US Attempts Crackdown on Trafficking Along Southern Border 美国试图打击南部边境人口贩运 NOGALES Nogales, Arizona, is notoriously known as a tunnel city, utilized by traffickers to smuggle humans and narcotics into the United States. The

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By Kate Woodsome Hong Kong 25 December 2007 Thailand's deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, says he would like to return home, now that his political allies have won the first elections held since a military takeover last year ousted him from

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By Lisa Schlein Geveva 12 December 2007 A group of UN experts has criticized the government of Sudan for failing to implement most of the recommendations made by special investigators to the conflict-racked Darfur region. The group presented its repo

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Chinas CPC discipline watchdog has just held an online discussion with internet users to explain how it carries out its work. The discussion which was hosted on the official website of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Committee

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By Michael Bowman Washington 12 November 2006 Bomb blasts at an Iraqi police facility have killed at least 35 people and left dozens of others wounded. Continued violence in Iraq comes as newly-empowered U.S. Democratic lawmakers urge a timeline for

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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 14 July 2006 A top U. N. official says at least 20 people, including children, have been killed in recent violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Experts on Haiti express deep concern about the current situation in

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By Tendai Maphosa London 06 March 2008 The human rights group Amnesty International issued a report ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day on the threats and abuse faced by school-age girls. Others, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleez

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 June 2007 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $85 million to assist hundreds of thousands of internally displaced Iraqis.It warns large numbers of people will be forced to flee Iraq's borders,

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By Noel King Nyala, Sudan 01 March 2007 The United Nations and international observers have identified rape as a tool used by Arab Janjaweed militias to terrorize women and girls in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. The African Union force charged with

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 03 November 2006 An unidentified boy sells fuel at the waterside in Yenagoa, Nigeria, Nov. 2 2006 Nigerian officials involved in talks to release two foreign oil workers kidnapped Thursday say they expect the men to be rele

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