(NEW DELHI) - India's health minister has derided homosexuality as an unnatural "disease" from the West, drawing outrage Tuesday from activists who said the comments set back the country's campaign for gay rights and its fight against HIV.

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Vicious attack in Bangladesh leaves UBC student blind; husband arrested

JILL MAHONEY and STEPHANIE NOLEN
Globe and Mail Update
Published Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 9:33AM EDT
Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 2:10PM EDT


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...but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested.

Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It is a simple technique using very basic drug. The method employs dichloroacetate, which is currently used to treat metabolic disorders. So, there is ( Read more... )

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What form would the ideal religion take? Some might argue that instead of redesigning religion, we should get rid of it. But it is good for some things: religious people are happier and healthier, and religion offers community. Besides, secularism has passed its zenith, according to Jon Lanman, who studies atheism at the University of Oxford. In a ( Read more... )

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MICHAEL ROSENBAUM RETURNS AS LEX LUTHOR FOR THE SMALLVILLE SERIES FINALE

February 16, 2011 (Burbank, California) - Michael Rosenbaum will reprise his role as Lex Luthor in the series finale of SMALLVILLE on Friday, May 13 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET ( Read more... )

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BendDesk, A Desk For The Future - entirely touchscreen- merges computer, monitor, & desk.


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