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WHO may change antiretrovirals guidelines for pregnant mothers

International guidelines for mothers taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) may change, a senior WHO official said, with new evidence showing HIV infection rates among babies are significantly cut when mothers are given prolonged ARV treatment during breastfeeding.
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Circumcision helps protect men, not women from AIDS

Circumcision may help protect men from the AIDS virus but it does not protect the wives and female partners of infected men, researchers reported on Thursday....
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Starbucks cafe to have alcohol, live music

Starbucks Corp next week will open a new neighborhood cafe pilot store that will feature beer and wine, night-time hours and live entertainment such as music and poetry readings....
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U.S. unveils spy images of Arctic ice in rare move

In an unusually speedy move, a U.S. government agency released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice just a few hours after the National Academy of Sciences recommended the action to help scientists study the impact of climate change....
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English farmers mourn passing of 170-year-old show

Small groups huddled under tents to escape intermittent storms on the opening day of the final Royal Show on Tuesday as the curtain began to descend on 170 years of English agricultural history. ...
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Saudi fast food restaurant serving camel burgers

A fast food restaurant in Saudi Arabia is offering baby camel burgers as the latest way for the camel-crazed country to enjoy one of their favourite delicacies....
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Travel more than doubles risk of blood clots-study

People who travel have nearly triple the normal risk of developing a dangerous blood clot, with a measurable increase for every two hours spent sitting in a car or wedged into an airline seat, researchers reported on Monday. ...
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Born in the West, longing to be back in the GDR

John Tarver had just come out of a regular meeting with his officer in Communist East Germany's Stasi secret service when the Berlin Wall came down. But the Briton had no desire to cross to the other side. ...
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U want a job? Txt us, sez mobile phone co

Want a job in marketing? Sell yourself in a 160 character text message and cut the waffle. ...
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Burqa losing favour as Afghan women opt for chador

Nehmatullah Yusefy's burqa sales have dropped 50 percent since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stocking other styles of Islamic dress to make up for lost profits. ...
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