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 Bangladesh cyclone . (mb1)
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 The Manila Times 
Myanmar 'not ready' to receive foreign aid workers
YANGON: Myanmar said on Friday it was not ready to let in foreign aid workers, rejecting international pressure to allow experts into the isolated nation where disease and starvation are stalking... (photo: US Marine Corp / Cpl. Peter R. Miller)
Burman Lake Area
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 Sydney Morning Herald 
Scramble to prevent disease spread
Health experts are scrambling to prevent widespread illness in Burma after reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhoea surfaced in areas of the country hardest hit by a cyclone, UN health officials... (photo: Historic Image Library)
Tomatoes  Yahoo Daily News 
Dutch study unlocks key to firm tomatoes -
By Michael Kahn Thu May 8, 7:14 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt.... (photo: GFDL / Ram-Man )

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 KLps1 - December06 - Children - Child - Kid - Kids - Parents Love - Care - Mother - Father - Joy.(ps1)   Houston Chronicle 
US offering to help China in fight against viral infection
TOOLS BEIJING - The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others.... (photo: WN/Patricia)

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 land - agriculture - soil - farming - am1  Fresno Bee
Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt
WASHINGTON (AP) Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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KLdy1 - Feb08 - food and nutrition - diet. (dy1) The Daily Mail
'Caveman diet' lowers the risk of heart disease, new research shows
Eating like a caveman could reduce the risk of heart disease, according to new research. Just three weeks on a stone-age diet rich in lean meat, vegetables, berries and... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)

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 surgery / wam2 NZ Herald
Waiting time doubles for heart surgery
Dr Elliott says the delays are 'unacceptable.' Photo / Hawkes Bay Today Waiting times for patients needing surgery to remedy a major form of heart-artery disease have... (photo: Public domain photo)
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Kirti Nagar shantytown, Delhi, India, September 2007 092007 International Herald Tribune
Disease stalks survivors of huge Myanmar cyclone
: Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies said on Wednesday, urging Myanmar's military rulers... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)

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Parents warned to vaccinate children after first Diphtheria death in 14 years
Parents are being reminded to check their child is fully vaccinated after a boy died from diphtheria in London. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the child was not... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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Airport workers loadi medical supplies on board an airline departing for Yangon, Myanmar at the Changi Airport on Wednesday May 7, 2008 in Singapore Reuters
Myanmar cyclone aid starts, hunger fears
Wed May 7, 2008 12:07am ET | | By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Disease, hunger and thirst pose a major threat to hundreds of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis,... (photo: AP / Stefen Chow)

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