2009
05.18

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2009
05.17

Sunshine stimulates vitamin D production by the skin, BBC News reports here: Ppending more time in the sunshine could help older people cut their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.


2009
05.16

CNN reports here: MOSCOW, Russia – Dozens of gay and lesbian rights activists planning a parade in southwestern Moscow Saturday have been detained, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.


2009
05.15

AP reports here at Yahoo News: TRENTON, N.J. – Pfizer Inc. is unveiling a new program Thursday that will let people who have lost their jobs and health insurance keep taking some widely prescribed Pfizer medications — including Lipitor and Viagra — for free for up to a year.


2009
05.14

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BEIJING – More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others have been sickened in northeastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant, local media said Thursday.


2009
05.14

Spiegel Online reports here: The divorce battle in the House of Berlusconi and the gossip over an underage confidante has put the Italian prime minister on the defensive — a feat the opposition has never managed to achieve.


2009
05.13

Hope of new prostate cancer test

BBC News reports here: Scientists have found a potential new way to assess whether prostate cancer is aggressive.


2009
05.13

CNN reports here: The European Commission found leading computer chipmaker Intel guilty Wednesday of violating European anti-trust rules and ordered that it pay a fine of 1.06 billion euros ($1.45 billion).


2009
05.12

The San Antonio Express-News reports here: The husband of the first U.S. resident to die from the global swine flu outbreak has filed a lawsuit against Smithfield Foods, the U.S. owner of the Mexican pig farm where some believe the virus originated.