291. New study pokes holes in $105-million clean cookstove campaign.
September 06, 2012
At first, everyone jumped on the bandwagon, from big multinationalcorporations to Hollywood actress Julia Roberts and U.S. Secretaryof State Hillary Clinton. Momentum and publicity grew steadily,with 35 countries joining. But now there are hard questions about whether the campaign isactually be...
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292. Handset vendors face 'brutal fight' for china's low-end smartphonemarket
September 05, 2012
As China leads the world in smartphone shipments, top handsetvendors are raising their stakes in the nation, and will likelybring more exclusive products and lower-end devices to the market,resulting in fierce competition, according to analysts. Several research firms are reporting that China ha...
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293. Target to stop selling amazon kindles in its stores
September 05, 2012
Target plans to stop selling Kindle e-readers in itsbrock-and-mortar stores after seeing buyers test the devices in itsshowrooms only to later buy them online from Amazon. Target's decision was reported this week in The New York Times , after analysts reported in January that the company wasn'twil...
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294. Comorbidities increase risk of mortality in copd patients
September 04, 2012
A new study published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reveals that comorbidities amongst patients with chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are common, and that severalof these comorbidities are independently linked to a higher risk ofmortality. Lead...
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295. Advanced radiotherapy linked to improved survival rates amongelderly lung cancer patients
September 04, 2012
The latest issue of the journal Annals of Oncology reports that a major new study by one of the country's leadingcancer centers, the VU University Medical Center (VUMC) inAmsterdam has revealed that widespread use of advanced radiotherapytechniques in the Netherlands has resulted in improved surviv...
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296. Blame the idiots in suits for the pacquiao and bradley mess
August 31, 2012
Distance does not always lend enchantment. Having finally caught upwith a tape of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, it was hard not to conclude that boxing is doomed to forever be peopled by brave fighters and idiots insuits. How two judges could see the fight in Bradley's fav...
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297. Timothy bradley got the belt but manny pacquiao remains the'champion': a commentary
August 31, 2012
Timothy Bradley got the belt but Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao remains the "Champion": A commentary By Dhreff Anchor for Allvoices The "split decision" that declared Timothy Bradleywinner has caused whirlwind of controversies of various hues. Thesecontroversies emanated from people of different wal...
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298. Tory vilification campaign against the poor is so clever
August 31, 2012
Poverty is not about having no money. Pay no attention to povertyfigures because they only measure money. People are poor because oftheir lifestyles; worklessness, family breakdown, bad parenting,drink and drug addiction, irresponsible debt, crime and lack ofaspiration All week expect that me...
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299. Take it from 1000 zombies: google+ is no ghost town
August 30, 2012
Byron Rempel is a zombie artist - he draws zombies , as opposed to being one -- and he'll swear on any mother's gravethat reports of the death of Google+ have been grotesquelyexaggerated. He's also drawn me as a zombie (right). Rempel is the brains behind 1000 Zombies, a collection of hiszombie ...
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300. 'race for the arctic' exposes need for us to ratify un treaty
August 30, 2012
Under customary maritime law, the US has access to its exclusiveeconomic zone (EEZ) out to 200 nautical miles from shore. Thatmeans that the US can allow, regulate, tax, or prohibit anyeconomic activity in this area. The most obvious economicactivities are offshore drilling and fishing. The E...
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