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World

CAMBODIA: When elephants and humans clash

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Sokha Seang, a 33-year-old rice farmer, recalls the night last spring when a herd of elephants trampled over his property. “They were hungry. I was angry, but I understand why they did it,” he said. […]

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AFRICA: Defeating malaria “within reach”

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Over the past decade, malaria control programmes in Africa have resulted in 200,000 fewer deaths per year, down from 900,000 in 2000 to 709,000 in 2009, states the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2010, […]

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Ghana becomes an oil producing nation

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Ghana starts production from one of the largest recent oil discoveries in West Africa, transforming it into a significant oil-producer, but raising fears over the associated risks. While the country, seen as a model of […]

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Six million Alzheimer patients in Europe:

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Nuclear medicine enables early diagnosis EANM: Molecular imaging of the brain is continuously gaining importance Cross sectional imaging techniques in nuclear medicine like PET (positron emission tomography) and SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) enable […]

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GERMANY

Sechs Millionen Alzheimer-Patienten in Europa:

14/12/2010 ANA 0

Frühe Diagnose mit Nuklearmedizin möglich Mit den nuklearmedizinischen Schnittbildverfahren PET und SPECT lassen sich Erkrankungen des Gehirns wie Alzheimer und Parkinson schon frühzeitig feststellen. „So sind bei Patienten, die beispielsweise aufgrund ihrer Erbanlagen ein hohes […]

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Africa

COTE D’IVOIRE: Countdown to deadlock

10/12/2010 ANA 0

Since a failed coup and subsequent insurgency in September 2002 split Côte d’Ivoire between a government-led south and rebel-controlled north, several peace agreements and election dates have come and gone. Here is a timeline: 24 […]

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President Mills Receives Letters of Credence

10/12/2010 ANA 0

Five Ambassadors accredited to Ghana have presented their credentials to His Excellency, John Evans Atta Mills, President of the Republic of Ghana, at the Flag Staff House in Accra, today. The countries are the Republics […]

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