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Female empowerment has caused family break-up, Church-backed report warns
10:44PM GMT 01 Feb 2009
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Networking site cashes in on friends
9:45PM GMT 31 Jan 2009
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Dad who shock-collared children jailed
07:28 AEST Sun Feb 1 2009
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Five infants die in hospital blaze
07:32 AEST Sun Feb 1 2009
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Octuplets' mum 'obsessed with kids'
06:02 AEST Sun Feb 1 2009 The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilisation, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said.
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Nazi-namer dad slams kids' removal
11:27 AEST Sun Feb 1 2009
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'Big fight' warning on girl's bridge death
05:00 AEST Fri Jan 30 2009
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Bridge death: man on murder charge 'in acute psychiatric state'
By Kate Hagan, January 29, 2009 A man charged with the murder of his daughter after she was allegedly thrown from the West Gate Bridge is in an "acute psychiatric state'', a court has heard.
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Child 'thrown from Melbourne bridge'
13:00 AEST Thu Jan 29 2009
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Group 'help' Sweden mum hide Aussie sons
12:20 AEST Thu Jan 29 2009 A Melbourne father of two young boys believed to have been abducted by their mother in Sweden claims a taxpayer-funded feminist group called Kobra is involved.
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Newton-John's former partner 'alive, on the run'
16:00 AEST Tue Jan 27 2009
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Cambridge-bound teen dies of anorexia
Tue Jan 27 2009
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Man who murdered pregnant wife out early
12:07 AEST Thu Jan 22 2009 A man who shot dead his pregnant wife on the NSW south coast will be free within two weeks after being granted parole eight years before his maximum jail term expired.
Brian Corrigan was sentenced to 22 years in prison after shooting his wife Kim twice in the head at their Kiama home in 1992, killing both her and their unborn baby girl.
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Hacked Aussies slam tardy Facebook
15:00 AEST Wed Jan 21 2009
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'Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Research On Effective Treatments Still Lacking'
ScienceDaily,Jan 20, 2009 Medication and psychotherapy may be beneficial for patients suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). But a new Cochrane Review found that much more research is required to determine the most effective treatment and whether both approaches should be used in combination.
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'Osteoporosis? Look Out For Depression'
ScienceDaily,Jan. 19, 2009 A review article which is published in the current issue of the European Journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics analyzes the relationship between depression and bone metabolism.
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'No cussing' teen faces net hate campaign
07:00 AEST Sun Jan 18 2009
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'Depression hits young women'
December 17, 2008 YOUNG Australian women are making more claims for anti-depressants than any other medicine as depression takes hold of a new generation.
A new Women's Health Australia study suggests women aged 28 to 33 are in poorer mental health than their mothers or grandmothers, with almost one in five reporting a diagnosis of depression by a doctor.
The search for answers in prescription medicines has had young women making about seven claims for anti-depressants a year against the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and spending $113 a year out of their own pockets on treatment.
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'Depression drugs 'do not work''
February 27, 2008 NEW-GENERATION antidepressants, including the "happy pill" Prozac, may be no better at relieving the symptoms of depression than a dummy pill.
Controversial new research builds on earlier claims that the drugs work only for the most severely depressed patients, and there is no reason to prescribe them unless other treatments have failed.
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Depression the great excuse of our times
February 28, 2008 10:29am AUTHOR Anthony Burgess once wrote that incidents of evil could not always be explained by a shortage of social workers.
These days he might argue that not all criminal and obnoxious behaviour is a result of depression.
But increasingly that's what teachers, parents and judges are being told.
Depression has become the great excuse of our times and what is a genuine condition has been corrupted into a nifty carry-all excuse.
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Depression drugs 'do not work
February 27, 2008 12:00am
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Miscarrying woman told 'life's a bitch'
18:25 AEST Fri Jan 16 2009 A Sydney woman told by a doctor "life's a bitch" as she miscarried her baby in a NSW hospital is traumatised, her husband says.
The woman is the latest to reveal her harrowing story of poor treatment while miscarrying in the state's public hospitals.
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Man sells daughter for cash, beer, meat
07:14 AEST Wed Jan 14 2009
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Female empowerment has contributed to the break-up of the traditional family, leaving a generation of children emotionally damaged, according to a controversial report on the state of British childhood.
Facebook is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150m members by creating one of the world's largest market research databases.
An Ohio man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for disciplining his children with a dog shock collar.
Five infants in a hospital incubation unit in northern India have burnt to death when the facility caught fire, media reports said.
The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis is accusing the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretences and said one appeared neglected when he saw them last week.
Heath Campbell said on Saturday that he and his wife, Deborah, have been allowed to see their children once since state child welfare workers removed them from the family's home on January 9.
A note warning of a "big fight" has been found in the home of the man who allegedly threw his daughter off Melbourne's West Gate Bridge.
A four-year-old girl remains critically ill after being thrown from Melbourne's West Gate Bridge into the water below.
Olivia Newton-John's former partner, believed drowned in a boating tragedy three years ago, staged his own disappearance and is still alive and on the run, private investigators in the US claim.
A talented straight-A student about to begin studies at a prestigious university has lost her two-year battle with anorexia.
A "very, very thin" Alice Rae, 18, was found dead in bed by her doctor mother two weeks ago in their $4.2 million family home in Hampshire in the south of England.
Australian Facebook users who were targeted by identity fraudsters have expressed frustration that their accounts stayed active for days after they were compromised.
A boy's crusade to stop swearing has drawn the unwanted attention from notorious internet group Anonymous.
McKay Hatch's No Cussing Club, which encourages teens to "chill on the profanity", claims to have over 20,000 members worldwide.
NEW-GENERATION antidepressants, including the "happy pill" Prozac, may be no better at relieving the symptoms of depression than a dummy pill.
A man in California has been arrested for arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter for $US16,000 ($A23,577), 100 crates of beer and several cases of meat, police said on Tuesday.
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Protection of Animals
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This is a video still of a U.S. soldier identified as David Motari
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A second, unidentified U.S. soldier bends around in front of the camera and whimsically interjects, "oh so cute, so cute, little puppy.."
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The dog's eyes are literally popping out of his head. Stop Animal Abuse! Report all cases!
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AIn this photo, King hanging a dog while Lottie Stagg, his assistant, watches attentively. There is no excuse for animal cruelty!
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A dog cull in China: On Sep 27
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10 urban administration officers in Dongguan went to Shangjiangcheng village to kill stray dogs, and led to a local villagers' riot. The administrators beat 7-8 dogs to death in 5 minutes. They put the dogs onto the trash in the truck. The blood dyed the ground, frightening some women. Three young men ran out and tried to stop them from killing dogs with kitchen knives. Some villagers complained that the violent scene would scare children nearby; some complained that they lost their watchdogs that guarded their families...
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I was shocked to face the cruel reality of bears held in captivity.
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On a recent visit to Romania, I was shocked to face the cruel reality of bears held in captivity. I‘d like to share with you my experience with Ursula, one of the bears I met there. Ursula is an Asiatic Black Bear and has lived day and night for 26 years in a dirty, rusty cage just a few metres square.
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KENYAN ANIMAL WELFARE NETWORK PREVENTS BULLFIGHT
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A Kenyan form of bullfighting, in which two bulls are encouraged to fight each other, was prevented from taking place in the capital Nairobi this month by the joint efforts of a network of animal welfare groups.
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WILD RETURNS SPELL SUCCESS FOR BEAR REHAB
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An orphaned bear cub, found by an officer of the Department of Fish & Wildlife in Washington state, USA, and transported nearly 430 miles to the WSPA-funded Idaho Black Bear Rehabilitation (IBBR) centre, is a welcome sign that its tried and tested bear rehabilitation techniques are achieving widespread recognition.
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BATTLE AGAINST BULLFIGHTING GAINS GROUND
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The international campaign against bullfighting gained momentum in South America in November, with the ‘cultural’ argument for bullfighting taking a battering.
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NEW FACILITY OFFERS SPECIAL CARE FOR BAITED BEARS
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An up-to-date clinic made possible by a generous supporter is now enabling staff at a WSPA-funded sanctuary in Pakistan to give rescued bears the very best care and treatment.
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JAPANESE WHALING QUOTE CONFIRMS WSPA’S POSITION
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As the Japanese whaling fleet prepares to set sail for the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary in the coming days, WSPA finds evidence from the country’s own Institute of Cetacean Research that it is impossible to accurately shoot a whale at sea.
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BLIND BEARS START NEW LIVES
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Two blind bears that spent their lives in tiny, rusting cages found new homes in the large woodland enclosures of the world’s biggest bear sanctuary last week – part of a groundbreaking project funded by WSPA.
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EMERGENCY CALLS
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World News
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Afghan girls maimed by acid vow to go to school
January 23, 2009  KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Shivering in pain and calling for her mother, Shamsia's hands shake uncontrollably, her eyes swollen shut and her skin peeling from terrible acid burns.
The 19-year-old was heading to school along with her 16-year-old sister, Atifa, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It was a warm November morning last year and their only anxiety was being late for class Read more |
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Church Community Fights Alzheimer's Disease
First Baptist Church Members Embrace Activities to Keep Mind and Heart Healthy Dec. 3, 2008 At the First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, N.C., the people who fill the pews every Sunday are shaking their fists at Alzheimer's disease -- doing all that they can to keep the disease at bay. Read more |
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Teen trained to be suicide bomber feels tricked
January 2, 2009  KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A 14-year-old who was trained to kill by radicals in the tribal regions of Pakistan now sits in a crowded classroom at a detention facility in Kabul. His only wish is to see his parents again.
"I miss my parents, my mom and dad," Shakirullah says in soft tones. Like others in tribal regions, he goes by one name. Read more |
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Google blames wrong 'human error' for stopping millions from finding web pages
01 Feb 2009  Google blamed an outside company for a typing error which brought the search engine to a grinding halt, preventing millions of people from finding web pages on the internet.
Initially Google blamed a non-profit called StopBadware.org, for erroneously identifing all other websites as containing malicious software or 'malware'. Read more |
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Microsoft releases security update for Internet Explorer
18 Dec 2008  Microsoft has released an emergency security update to fix the vulnerability in Internet Explorer that has seen the computers of at least two million users hacked.
The "zero day" flaw allows hackers to gain access to the computers of visitors to infected websites, jeopardising the security of passwords, bank details and other personal information. It is believed that as many as 233,000 web pages have been affected. Read more |
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Eureka Springs's Free Clinic Runs on Kindness
ECHO Clinic's Volunteer Army Treats Hundreds Who Can't Afford Health Insurance Jan. 7, 2008 What do a bank executive, a retired nurse, a jeweler, a computer specialist, an artist, a teenager and an idealistic family doctor -- all from the tiny town of Eureka Springs, Ark. -- have in common? Read more |
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Super Bowl Foods the Doc Won't Recommend
On a Diet? Avoid These Fatty Foods Before the Big Game if You're Watching Your Weight Jan. 30, 2009  It's the end of January and the one-month honeymoon of New Year's resolutions is coming to an end. Thank goodness, because this weekend is Super Bowl Sunday -- one of the biggest non-national holiday excuses for gorging oneself.
No matter if you're an Arizona Cardinals fan,a Pittsburgh Steelers fan or a fan of neither, you will most likely be attending some form of Super Bowl event.
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Hypnosis Reduces Breast Surgery Side Effects
Pain, Nausea and Other Side Effects Mitigated by Pre-Surgery Sessions, Study Shows Aug. 28, 2007  It's something that's usually associated with stage performances and helping smokers quit, but new research suggests hypnosis may soon be an important tool in helping patients endure common side effects of breast cancer surgery.
Researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York showed that a 15-minute hypnosis
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FDA Holds Safety Hearing on 50-Year-Old Painkiller
Consumer group seeks ban on Darvon, citing overdose deaths and marginal effectiveness WASHINGTON January 30, 2009  Call it the cold case file of drug safety. Federal health officials convened a public hearing Friday on whether to ban Darvon, a painkiller first approved in 1957, when there were few alternatives for treating pain except aspirin and powerful narcotics.
Now mainly marketed as Darvocet, which includes a dose of acetaminophen, the drug remains one of the top 25 most commonly prescribed medications. More than 20 million prescriptions were written in 2007.
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Experimental Surgery May Be a Solution for Spinal Stenosis
New Implant May Offer Spinal Fusion Alternative; Results Still Preliminary Jan. 21, 2008
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When 67-year-old Dean Malliaros was facing spine surgery in September, he took a chance few others have.
He volunteered for a procedure his doctor had never performed, using a joint replacement that still needs five more years of study before it is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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