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Diseases   Food   Health   Photos   Salt   Wikipedia: Salt		  China Daily 
Less salt can better preserve health
Mon 20 Dec 2010
2010-12-20 08:02:59.0Li XingLess salt can better preserve health11011501Op-Ed Contributors2@webnews/enpproperty--> About 6,000 years ago, our ancestors discovered that salt can preserve food. Today we... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Dog - Animal - Pet
Animal   Dogs   Photos   Rabies   Wikipedia: Stray dog		  China Daily 
Debate: Stray dogs
Mon 20 Dec 2010
2010-12-20 08:02:59.0Debate: Stray dogsDebate: Stray dogs11011501Op-Ed Contributors2@webnews/enpproperty--> The Shanghai draft regulation on keeping dogs has triggered a heated public debate. Are... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Chess Match  The New York Times  Mon 20 Dec 2010
Two Chinese Players Are Finalists at Women's World Chess Championship
Win Hou Yifan Loss Humpy Koneru Replay the game » Loss Zhao Xue Win Ruan Lufei Replay the game » The next women’s world champion will be Chinese, only her identity is not known. Humpy Koneru of India,... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Dmitry Medvedev - Russia CEO Roundtable 2008  The Guardian  Sun 19 Dec 2010
Kremlin to pitch fighters, nuclear deal in India
* President Dmitry Medvedev on visit to India * Kremlin to pitch MiGs for an $11 billion contract * Civilian nuclear deal expected to be signed * Russia eyes deal on 5th generation fighter By Alexei... (photo: Creative Commons / Alexander Belenky)
Medvedev   Photos   Politics   Russia   wikipedia : Dmitry Medvedev
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rainstorms - mist due to rain - nature Herald Tribune Mon 20 Dec 2010
Heavy LA rainstorm prompts worries of mudslides
LOS ANGELES - A wet pre-winter storm dumped as much as 7 inches of rain on parts of Southern California over the weekend, with several more inches expected to fall in the... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
LOS ANGELES   Photos   Rainstorm   Storm   Wikipedia :Winter
Facebook - Social Networking - Technology Indian Express Mon 20 Dec 2010
Photo Shop
In their never ending quest to simplify and predict your requirements, now when you send someone a message on Facebook, your history of correspondence, photographs and... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Photo   Photos   Simplify   Technology   Wikipedia :photo
Rebel soldiers loyal to Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, the widely recognized winner of an election that millions once hoped would reunite the West African nation, advance towards Government soldiers in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. Gunfire and explosions shook Ivory Coast's main city Thursday as supporters and security forces loyal to the two men claiming to be president clashed in the streets, killing at least 15 people and bolstering fears the world's top cocoa producer is teetering on the edge of another civil war. Al Jazeera Mon 20 Dec 2010
UN warns of Cote d'Ivoire abuses
The United Nations has said it is receiving growing reports of human rights abuses, including hundreds of reports of abductions in Cote d'Ivoire, which remains... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Elections   Human Rights   Ivory Coast   Photos   Wikipedia: Laurent Gbagbo
Bottled Water Breitbart Sun 19 Dec 2010
US water has large amounts of likely carcinogen: study
Bottle of water for sale in Chicago. A US environmental group has found tha... A US environmental group has found that drinking water in 35 American cities contains... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Health   Photos   U S   Water   wikipedia : Water
South Korean Marines stand guard as they wait their fellow soldiers to return to their base after patrol on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, early Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. A U.S. governor visiting North Korea called for it to show maximum restraint to planned South Korean military drills and hoped the U.N. Security Council would deliver the same message strongly as well, his office said. The Times of India Sun 19 Dec 2010
S Korea readies for live-fire drill despite global pressure
PYONGYANG| SEOUL: Despite growing international pressure to cancel a live-fire artillery drill off the coast of North Korea, the South Korean military on Sunday showed no... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Defence   N Korea   Photos   S Korea   Wikipedia: Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
Man drinks a glass of water. The Daily Telegraph Australia Sun 19 Dec 2010
Drinking water 'may contain carcinogen' says study
A US environmental group has found that drinking water in 35 American cities contains hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen. The study by the Environmental Working... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Chemical   Drinking Water   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Drinking water


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An office worker walks past an electric signboard updating stock indexes in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 22, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei index rose 121.90 points, or 1.419 percent, to 8,710.42 points in the morning tra Asian shares weighed by Europe debt concerns The News & Observer
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Actress Janet Jackson attends a special screening of 'For Colored Girls' at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 in New York. Janet Jackson prepares to embark on her biggest world tour Gulf News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Coast Guard crewmembers photographed tumbling shipping containers at Port-au-Prince Jan. 13, 2010. Coast Guard personnel arrived in Haiti to assess damage to the ports and waterways after an earthquake ravaged the island Jan. 12, 2010. U.S. Coast Guard photo. (745301) ( Damaged Haitian Port facilities ) 2010's natural and other disasters extra deadly, often weird, and we have ourselves to blame Star Tribune
A zookeeper shows off a 2 month old Sumatran Tiger cub at the Siantar Zoo in Medan, Indonesia Wednesday Nov. 2, 2005. Three of the endagered tiger species were born to parents Arnold and Siba. As Incomes Rise, So Does Animal Trade The New York Times
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Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia celebrates winning the Women's 200m Individual Medley final at the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Spain's Belmonte Garcia wins 3rd gold in Dubai The Miami Herald
Justine Henin of Belgium acknowledges the crowd following her win over Kristina Barrois of Germany, during their women's singles, second round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Henin eyes more Grand Slam titles, Olympics Breitbart
Ouyang Kunpeng of China sticks out tongue after winning at the Men's 50m Backstroke Final of the fourth East Asian Games in Macau Friday, Nov. 4, 2005. Ouyang won the gold medal wth 25.18 seconds. China bars swimmer's return after ban Zeenews
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