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From feather to purr, HK to test cats & dogs for bird flu
Hong Kong has extended "bird flu" tests to rats, dogs and cats in a bid to curb the spread of the deadly disease following the slaughter of millions of chickens. The animal tests were ordered after the authorities exterminated more than 1.4 million chickens in the past three days in a drastic measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Born lucky: Some people need no aid against AIDS
French researchers have discovered a new form of hereditary resistance to the AIDS virus. Scientists at the Luc Montagnier Centre at the Saint Joseph's hospital in Paris found the new gene mutation in a man who remained uninfected despite frequent unprotected sexual intercourse with several partners who were carriers of the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV).
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Guns & Girls are Mafia's hot goods for trade
Mostaff left his wife and children behind in Turkey to undertake a six-day voyage across the Adriatic to Italy, from where he hoped to travel to the lower Saxony town of Oldenburg. The 35-year-old Kurd later told Italian journalists that he paid around 3,500 dollars for the trip to Italy, adding that he hoped to find work in Oldenburg.
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There is no way out
One of the most common New Year's resolutions that you make is to start exercising come January. This usually follows a month-long self-indulgent party season when you drink and eat with gay abandon. But there really is no excuse to put off exercising.
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