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In this photo taken on Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital Associate Prof. Akira Hishinuma, right, speaks during a press conference at the hospital in Mibu in Tochigi Pref., north of Tokyo. Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
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 Herald Tribune 
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
| TOKYO - Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India,... (photo: AP / Kyodo News)
Filipino Construction workers, Philippines
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 The Guardian 
Unfit men working long hours face greater heart risk, study shows
| Poor physical fitness and working more than 45 hours a week is potentially lethal combination for men aged 40-59 | Unfit, middle-aged men who work more than 45 hours a week are more than twice as li... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
volcanic ash cloud that has devastated European travel. But weary passengers might have to tamper their enthusiasm  BBC News 
Study into volcanic ash cloud effects planned
A £430,000 research project into the effects of Icelandic volcanic activity on Scotland is to begin in October. | Dr John Stevenson from the University of Edinburgh will investigate Iceland's volcano... (photo: AP / Mila, Ho)
Iceland   Photos   Science   Volcano   Wikipedia: Volcanism of Iceland  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, seen during his meeting on the Olympics 2014 preparations in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.  The Daily Telegraph 
Putin compares himself to FDR as he hints at third term
Vladimir Putin hinted that he would run for a third and possibly even a fourth term as Russian president as he likened himself to former US President Franklin D Roosevelt. | Russian prime minister Vla... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
Contradict   Journalists   Photos   Putin   Term  
Top Stories
One hour daily exercise fights fatso gene Zeenews
One hour daily exercise fights fatso gene
New Delhi: One hour of moderate to vigorous exercise a day can help teens beat the effects of a common obesity-related gene with the nickname ''fatso,'' according to a ne... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Exercise   Health   Obesity   Photos   Wikipedia: Obesity  
Alcohol - Liquor The Guardian
Binge drinkers should be priced out
| Raising the price of alcohol will reduce binge drinking – just look at Scandinavia | Is booze too cheap? Scotland's health minister this week bravely proposed a minim... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Drinker   Market   Photos   Price   Wikipedia: Alcohol  
Pedestrians make their way on the Mall with the U.S. Capitol Building in the background for the first major snow of the year in the Washington area Sunday, Jan. 5 BBC News
Huge snowfall caused by rare clash of weather events
Scientists have shown that a severe snowfall in North America and Northern Europe in the winter of 2009-2010 was caused by a rare, once in a century, collision of two wea... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jacks)
Global Warming   Photos   Science   Weather   Wikipedia: Winter storm  
George Clooney At the premiere of "The Men Who Stare at Goats", directed by Grant Heslov, during the Toronto International Film Festival, 2009. The Examiner
REVIEW: mature George Clooney in somber, European thriller, 'The American'
| The aging gunslinger trying, usually unsuccessfully, to hang up his guns, is a tried and true Western formula used to good effect in "The American," a new thriller open... (photo: Creative Commons / Josh Jensen from Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Actor   Entertainment   Hollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: George Clooney  
Wine - Alcohol - Liquor PhysOrg
Privatizing Sweden's retail alcohol sales will increase alcohol-related violence and other harms
--> | A study published today in the scientific journal Addiction argues that privatising Sweden's government monopoly on the sale of alcohol will significantly increase ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Medicine   Photos   Retail   Sweden   Wikipedia: Alcohol  
US Navy 071212-N-8483H-003 Cameroonian Sailors train in non-lethal weapon tactics aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during a Armed Sentry course The Daily Telegraph
Spain breaks up male-prostitute trafficking ring
A sex-trafficking ring that provided young men with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulant drugs after bringing them to Spain to work as prostitutes has been busted, authori... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Male   Photos   Prostitute   Spain   Wikipedia: Viagra  
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