03.23
Peddlers of bogus anti-virus try to scare people into buying, BBC News reports here: Makers of fake anti-virus software are exploiting search engines to drive people to sites peddling ’scareware’.
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Peddlers of bogus anti-virus try to scare people into buying, BBC News reports here: Makers of fake anti-virus software are exploiting search engines to drive people to sites peddling ’scareware’.
AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BERLIN – German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.
BBC News reports here: Several EU states criticise the Pope’s rejection of condoms as a means to combat HIV/Aids as he visits Africa. And Spiegel Online reports here: ‘The Vatican’s Anti-Condom Policy Endangers Lives’!
CNN reports here: Pope Benedict XVI refused Wednesday to soften the Vatican’s ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope.
CNN reports here: American financier R. Allen Stanford and his wife owe back taxes, penalties and interest of at least $226.5 million, the IRS said in court documents filed in Dallas, Texas.
CNN reports here: Employers in Denmark have started paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after working night shifts.
BBC News reports here: Vegetarians have a lower incidence of cancer but surprisingly a higher rate of colorectal cancer, a large UK study suggests.
CNN reports here: Under pressure from the Treasury Department, insurance giant AIG plans to scale back bonuses and compensation for some of its top-earning employees.
HealthDay News reports here at Yahoo News: In yet another sign that obesity poses health risks at any age, new research shows that overweight children as young as age 3 can begin to show signs of cardiovascular disease risk factors.