Hot News “Security was restored Sunday after two Protestant churches and a pastor’s house were set on fire allegedly by a Muslim mob in Sibuhuan.”

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Archive for the Category ‘Lifestyle and Health’

Blogger Auto Pagination Speeds Page Loads but Angers Bloggers

Blogger Auto Pagination Speeds Page Loads but Angers Bloggers

Susan’s Blogging Blog, by Susan Gunelius, Thursday February 25, 2010Last week, Blogger rolled out Auto Pagination, which automates the amount of content that is displayed on Blogger blog pages based on the amount of HTML and and images on each page. Go…

Size Does Matter For Condom Users: Researchers

Size Does Matter For Condom Users: Researchers

The Jakarta Herald, February 16, 2010An Indonesian health officer shows a range of condoms during an anti-HIV/AIDS campaign in Jakarta. (EPA Photo/Bagus Indahono) A large minority of male condom users complain that ill-fitting prophylactics are liable to s…

Saudi call for boycott against men selling lingerie

Saudi call for boycott against men selling lingerie

BBC NewsReem Asaad recommends women go to women-only lingerie shops Campaigners in Saudi Arabia have urged women there to begin a two-week boycott of lingerie shops with male staff. They say it is a contradiction that in such a conservative, Islamic …

Just in time for Valentine’s Day: cocaine roses

Just in time for Valentine’s Day: cocaine roses

The Jakarta Herald, Associated Press, Amsterdam | Wed, 02/10/2010 5:05 PMA rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but apparently not sweet enough to conceal the scent of cocaine.Dutch customs officials say they have intercepted a shipment of the dr…

Can the power of thought stop you ageing?

Can the power of thought stop you ageing?

BBC News, by Abigail WilliamsA cure to ageing is a holy grail of medicine In 1979 psychologist Ellen Langer carried out an experiment to find if changing thought patterns could slow ageing. But the full story of the extraordinary experiment has bee…

‘Vegetative state’ man responds to questions

‘Vegetative state’ man responds to questions

By Peter Wilkinson, CNN, February 4, 2010 — Updated 1608 GMT (0008 HKT)MRI scan shows different responses in the brain after the patient is asked different questions. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Man presumed in vegetative state for 5 years communicates with ou…

Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men

Condoms ‘too big’ for Indian men

By Damian Grammaticus, BBC News, DelhiThere is a “lack of awareness” over condom sizes A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. The stu…

Happy staff the key to firm’s success

Happy staff the key to firm’s success

Asiaonebusiness, By Sylvia Paik WHEN his family firm was about to go belly-up, chief executive Erman Tan (pictured above) did not try the usual desperate tactics of new products or slashing costs. Instead, he invested in his staff to save the f…

Do hearts have memories? Transplant patient gets craving for food eaten by organ donor

Do hearts have memories? Transplant patient gets craving for food eaten by organ donor

MailOnline, by RICHARD SHEARS, 9:24 PM on 23rd December 2009Transplant: David Waters received the heart from Kaden Delaney (top right). David holds Kaden’s baby sister who was born after he passed away. He now craves Burger Rings – one of Kaden’s favou…

Is This The World Tallest Dog?

Is This The World Tallest Dog?

Kompas, WEDNESDAY, 23 DECEMBER 2009 | 1:37 PMGiant George and owner Dave Nasser share a couch together. The four-year-old blue great dane, weighs a staggering 245 pounds and measures almost 43 ins at the shoulderKOMPAS.com – Standing at nearly 43 inche…

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