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JUST CAUSE: Nothing but nets for this volunteer

Published December 4, 2008, 10:39 pm, River Oaks Examiner

“Pure humble joy” is how Susan Silvus from St. Luke’s United Methodist Church describes the experience of handing her first anti-malaria net to a child in Africa during her recent 10-day trip to Cote d’ Voire. She traveled with Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, Leader of the Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, and several dozen leaders from the Methodist Conference.

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Published December 4, 2008, 10:32 pm, Daily Sundial

The UCLA Film & Television Archive’s collection of human sexuality media is housed at the UC Southern Regional Library Facility.

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Global measles death rate down

Published December 4, 2008, 9:59 pm, Marietta Daily Journal

ATLANTA - Measles deaths worldwide declined dramatically to about 200,000 a year, continuing a successful trend, global health authorities reported Thursday.

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Cancer expert helps develop new leukemia classification

Published December 4, 2008, 9:41 pm, The Lantern

Ohio State University leukemia researcher Dr. Clara D. Bloomfield is among a small group of cancer clinicians who helped revise the World Health Organization's classification of leukemias and lymphomas. The "WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues" is used by oncologists and pathologists worldwide for the histologic and genetic typing of tumors, and for ...

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Zimbabwe cholera outbreak spreading in South Africa

Published December 4, 2008, 9:23 pm, Channel NewsAsia

WASHINGTON: Zimbabwe's cholera crisis is likely to spread in South Africa if conditions do not improve for asylum seekers pouring over the border to escape the outbreak, a leading human rights group said Thursday.

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Students learn international history from Georgian envoy

Published December 4, 2008, 9:23 pm, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Georgia's Ambassador Vasil Sikharulidze spoke to Woodland Hills High School students on international politics and policy.

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Law enforcement group urges legalized drugs to aid economy

Published December 4, 2008, 9:19 pm, Baltimore Examiner

Legalizing narcotics could end an expensive and ineffective war on drugs and pump billions of dollars into the ailing economy, according to a report released this week.

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Grapeville VFD has been protecting neighborhood since 1918

Published December 4, 2008, 9:04 pm, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The 7,000-square-foot fire hall on Fourth and Painter streets is home to three hibernating fire engines. Volunteer organizations such as this one have been in place for as many as 3,000 years. Firefighting technology continues to change, but the custom is intentionally maintained.

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CPJ: More than two-thirds of African journalists detained without charge

Published December 4, 2008, 9:01 pm, AllGambian.Net

New York, December 4, 2008 — A total of 23 journalists remained jailed in connection with their work in Sub-Saharan Africa, two-thirds held without charge, according to an annual report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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Health Care Without Harm, WHO Announce Partnership for Global Reduction of Mercury-Based Medical Devices

Published December 4, 2008, 9:01 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News

Health Care Without Harm and the World Health Organization today launched a global partnership to substitute mercury-based medical devices with safer, accurate and affordable alternatives.

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