By Efam Dovi Accra 29 November 2006 A meeting on ideas to provide affordable housing in West Africa is under way in Ghana. A large majority of city residents in Africa live in slums or in very difficult conditions because they are unable to meet the

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 29 May 2006 Malnourished boy sits at a Medecins sans Frontieres' hospital in El Wak village in drought stricken north eastern Kenya, March 4, 2006 Every year, untold numbers of African doctors and nurses leave the cont

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MRI Sees Brain Atrophy Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Memory loss and mental confusion are the first overt signs of Alzheimer's Disease, an incurable and fatal brain ailment. But scientists are starting to find evidence of the disease long before

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 04 January 2006 Thai soldier takes up position on armor car as he guards temple in Pattani province A human rights group says people in Thailand's south are caught between violen

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My friend Sabrina and I decided to go out dancing last weekend. We went to a club called the Fine Line and when we got there, there was long line outside. That's one thing I hate about L.A. clubs. The hottest ones have long lines and it's hard to get

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A person suffering from Alzheimer's gradually loses touch with reality. It is one of the most dreaded diseases of aging. When you think about the functions that limit living independently and autonomously, loss of cognition is one of the major ones,

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