ALMOST a third of those diagnosed with HIV in Ireland last year were African - with the majority of victims now identified as non-nationals.
According to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre 2007 Report of the 337 people diagnosed with HIV, almost a third of cases came from African nations, making them the second largest group [...]

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Dozens of loudspeakers have been installed around Sydney’s CBD to tell people what to do in the event of a major emergency like a terrorist attack.
New South Wales Police Minister David Campbell says the system is part of the Government’s counter-terrorism initiatives announced two years ago and should be operational for next month’s APEC summit.
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The move came after the RSPCA and Animals Australia raised concerns about the legality of halal and kosher slaughters at the Midfields Meats abattoir in Warrnambool in western Victoria.
The slaughter, which is conducted according to Islamic and Jewish religious teachings, allows the animals to bleed to death.
The RSPCA says the animals are having their throats [...]

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The duration of heatwaves in Western Europe has doubled since 1880, a study has shown.
The authors of the research also discovered that the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly tripled in the past century.
The study shows that many previous assessments of daily summer temperature change underestimated heatwaves in Western Europe by about 30%.
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Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo’s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.
“This shows that we mean business,” said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. “There’s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is [...]

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