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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: LONDON – Obesity is becoming more common among poor city dwellers in Africa because of easier access to cheap, high fat, high sugar foods, scientists said on Tuesday.

Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What’s more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it’s so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary?

SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as:

* How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa?
* Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands?
* How much good do car seats do?
* What’s the best way to catch a terrorist?
* Did TV cause a rise in crime?
* What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common?
* Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness?
* Can eating kangaroo save the planet?
* Which adds more value: a pimp or a Realtor?

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Tiger Woods speaks of family values in interview, AP reports here at Yahoo News: WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Tiger Woods spoke of his commitment to his family during an interview screened in New Zealand on Tuesday that was conducted before his car crash and subsequent admission of several infidelities.

Drinking cups of tea and coffee ‘can prevent diabetes’, BBC News reports here: Tea and coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a large body of evidence shows.

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Many women in Africa are vulnerable to HIV, BBC News reports here: A major trial of a vaginal microbicide has produced no evidence that its use reduces the risk of HIV infection in women.

BBC News reports here: A song by US teen star Miley Cyrus that was nominated for a Grammy award has now been ruled ineligible.

CNN reports here: A leaked document known as the “Danish text” has driven an even deeper wedge between rich and poor countries embroiled in U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen.

Some of coffee’s components can have beneficial effects, BBC News reports here: Drinking coffee could help to cut the risk of advanced prostate cancer, a US study suggests.