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Singapore softens ban on HIV-positive visitors
Associated Press, Published on 31/08/2015
» SINGAPORE — The city-state said Monday it has lifted a two-decade ban on HIV-infected people from entering the country, but will limit their stay to a maximum of three months.
Myanmar factions find common cause in fighting malaria
Associated Press, Published on 06/08/2015
» WASHINGTON — Setting aside decades of animosity and suspicion, senior Myanmar government and military officials have held unprecedented discussions with representatives of the main opposition party and ethnic minorities here on fighting a common enemy -- malaria.
Sick or swim: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2015
» RIO DE JANEIRO – Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human faeces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found.
S. Korea declares end of Mers outbreak
Associated Press, Published on 28/07/2015
» SEOUL — South Korea said Tuesday it is now virtually free of the deadly Mers virus that killed 36 people and sickened nearly 200 since an outbreak was declared in May.
Food industry told to eliminate trans fats
Business, Associated Press, Published on 18/06/2015
» WASHINGTON: Popular foods like pie crusts, frostings and microwave popcorn will largely be rid of artery-clogging trans fats after a decision by the Obama administration to phase them out over the next three years.
Korea reports 11th death from Mers outbreak
Associated Press, Published on 12/06/2015
» SEOUL — South Korea on Friday reported an 11th death from the Mers virus outbreak, but officials said they are seeing fewer new infections and that it was unlikely there would be another large outbreak.
S. Korea reports first 2 Mers deaths
Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2015
» SEOUL — South Korea on Tuesday confirmed the country's first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the Middle East.
Court upholds condom use in porn films
Associated Press, Published on 16/12/2014
» A Los Angeles County ordinance requiring actors in pornographic films to use condoms does not violate the porn industry's First Amendment rights of free expression, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
China mulls cigarette price hike
Associated Press, Published on 10/12/2014
» BEIJING — A Chinese health official says the government is likely to raise cigarette prices as the nation of 300 million smokers cracks down on the habit.
Republicans take US Senate in voter rebuke to Obama
Associated Press, Published on 05/11/2014
» WASHINGTON — Republicans won control of the US Senate and bolstered their majority in the House of Representatives as Americans delivered a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama in elections Tuesday. Mr Obama now faces the final two years of his presidency contending with a Congress fully controlled by a party that firmly opposes his policies.