New York City-based Pfizer Incorporated, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, has stopped research on torcetrapib, a drug they hoped to sell to treat heart disease. The drug was supposed to raise levels of what is known as good cholesterol. T

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Divorce is on the increase around the world. It seems divorce rates are rising in pretty much every country you read about. I know in my country, divorce is now not unusual. More than thirty per cent of marriages end in divorce. I suppose its easier

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Katia: So, Enam, we're talking about arranged marriages, but what about the rate of divorce of arranged marriages? Is it high? Enam: Well, actually, the rate is incredibly low. Actually, it's below ten percent and it's changing but still it's really

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 15 March 2007 In some parts of Africa, divorce is still considered a scandal. But, as more couples move to Africa's rapidly growing cities, divorce has become less of a cultural shock. Although female divorcees in rural communit

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By Margaret Besheer Nahr el-Bared, Lebanon 01 June 2007 The Lebanese army used artillery to bombard Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon Friday, as it intensified pressure on the militants to surrender. At leas

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Yet there is surprisingly little agreement on how many phyla there are or ought to be. 然而,令人吃惊的是,在关于有多少门或诙有多少门的问题上,人们的看法大相径庭。 Most biologists fix the total at about thirty, b

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