(CORDIS) — While high-profile diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis tend to take the lion’s share of both publicity and funding, a number of neglected diseases, transmissible between animals and humans (zoonoses), continue to devastate communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A team of international scientists is tackling this problem from all angles, in […]
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Use of stimulant medications to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents has increased significantly over the past several years. This trend toward increased use of prescription stimulants extends beyond ADHD to other types of neuropsychiatric disorders in children and teens as well, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to a study published in […]
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ontrary to stereotypes, low-income trailer park residents form distinct groups with different visions of morality, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “These findings emphasize the multiplicity and richness of social identities that exist within the same social class of the working poor,” write authors Bige Saatcioglu (Ozyegin University) and Julie […]
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While artists like Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus have sparked debate over the use of provocative lyrics and performances, research by Birmingham City University has revealed that the overtly sexualised representation of women in pop culture can negatively impact on the self-esteem of young Black British women. The study entitled I Wanna Love – an […]
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The Cambodian government-controlled National Election Committee (NEC) has failed to address credible allegations of voter fraud and other irregularities or systematic unfairness in the election process, according to Human Rights Watch. The NEC announced official election results on September 8, 2013. The NEC results give the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) 68 seats and the […]
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By Karen Parrish U.S. forces are positioned and plans are in place for a range of military options against Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, America’s top general testified today before the House Armed Services Committee. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke before the committee along with Secretary of […]
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By Jim Garamone U.S. and Chinese officials mapped the next steps in the military-to-military relationship between their nations at the 14th annual defense consultative talks that ended in Beijing yesterday. James N. Miller, the undersecretary of defense for policy, met with Lt. Gen. Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of the People’s Liberation Army General Staff. The […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Syria’s chemical arms handover will only work if the US and its allies renounce the use of force against Damascus. “Of course, all of this will only mean anything if the United States and other nations supporting it tell us that they’re giving up their plan to use force […]
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Motorola is shipping 100,000 of its new Moto X phones weekly from a manufacturing facility near Dallas, a modest start for a made-in-the-USA phone that marks the most significant effort to revive the iconic company after Google Inc bought it last year, Reuters reported. Motorola is betting that color-customization, voice-activated software and its homegrown pedigree […]
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(Civil.Ge) — Georgia is among those eight more countries, which have signed on to a statement on Syria blaming President Bashar al-Assad for chemical weapons attack and calling for “a strong international response”, the White House said on September 10. 33 countries have so far joined the statement, which was first released by the U.S. […]
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By Rachel Irwin The Supreme Court of The Netherlands has found the Dutch state liable for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. The September 6 ruling upheld a 2011 appeals court decision. The civil case was originally brought by Hasan Nuhanovic, a translator for the United Nations at the […]
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(EurActiv) — A proposal by the US and New Zealand to cut a planned Marine Protection Area (MPA) for the Ross Sea by 40% – and remove its permanent status – is being linked to souring US-Russian relations by the Pew Charitable Trust, a leading American think tank. The plan to create a 2.3 million […]
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By Miki Trajkovski A Roma member of Macedonia’s parliament is asking that the government implement a special programme to assist the Roma in getting jobs. Samka Ibraimovski of the Party for Complete Emancipation of the Roma (PCER) argued such a programme is the only way to stimulate private businesses to hire more Roma. “My proposal […]
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J.R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, wrote that “It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” The current live dragon is Syria and its dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Despite two years in which he killed over a hundred thousand Syrians and made a million more […]
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(RFE/RL) — Bulgaria is closing its investigation into one of the most notorious political assassinations of the Cold War. Georgi Markov, a prominent writer and journalist, fled Bulgaria in 1969 but continued to denounce the country’s then-communist regime in reports for the BBC and Radio Free Europe. On September 7, 1978, he was injected with […]
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Three militant attacks in Sinai on Wednesday killed eleven people and injured over 15, medics and security officials said. Nine Egyptian officers and two suicide bombers were killed in three attacks on the Egyptian intelligence headquarters in Rafah. Earlier, Egyptian security officials told Ma’an that a “terrorist” carried out a suicide attack using a car […]
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By Marvin C. Ott THE SETTING Southeast Asia came into strategic focus for the U.S. for the first time in World War II as Allied forces fought to roll back Japan’s military occupation. As the post-war era took shape, communist insurgencies bid for power throughout the region. In Southeast Asia the “Cold War” was hot […]
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Saudi Arabia suspended 18 Friday preachers last month, charging that their sermons referred to complex political issues related to events unfolding in Arab countries. All the preachers were investigated for failing to follow the religious purpose of the Friday sermons, Tawfeeq Al Sudairi, the Islamic affairs ministry undersecretary, reportedly told the London-based Al Hayat daily. […]
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The Asian Development Bank should not proceed with its Uzbekistan irrigation project until grave human rights concerns including forced labor are adequately addressed, Human Rights Watch and the Cotton Campaign said in a letter to the bank’s president released today. The bank’s board of directors is imminently scheduled to consider the project. The project will […]
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In a new study looking at toddlers and preschoolers with autism, researchers found that children with better motor skills were more adept at socializing and communicating. Published online today in the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, this study adds to the growing evidence of the important link between autism and motor skill deficits. Lead […]
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