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Telegraph, 12.03.10 01:06 UTC

NY restaurants face total salt ban if politician gets his way

The nannying tendencies of New York's civic leaders have reached a new level with a proposal to fine restaurants that add salt to food.

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The Independent, 12.03.10 00:40 UTC

Raymond Blanc: You don't need much of it, but it is essential

Typical Americans! When I went to the US with my son recently, we saw these two ladies sitting at their dinner. They tasted their food and one of them said to the other: this chef is using salt in ...

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Los Angeles Times, 12.03.10 00:18 UTC

Haiti quake response largely a success

Medical care and food supplies arrived quickly, heading off the potential for widespread unrest, officials say. Progress on sanitation and shelter has been slower, posing the threat of a new crisis.

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Seattle Times, 12.03.10 00:17 UTC

UN humanitarian chief criticizes Gaza blockade

The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel's blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas' hold on the territory.

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The Independent, 12.03.10 00:16 UTC

Ban salt to save lives, restaurants in New York told

Four years ago New York City's health commissioners banned artery-blocking transfats in restaurants. Now, if a legislator has his way, the chefs at every eatery in the Big Apple and across the state ...

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Daily Mail, 11.03.10 23:53 UTC

The Mail apologises to its readers for these pictures but they speak more eloquently than any politician of the desperate plight of the starving people of Zimbabwe

For us it is a saddening sight - a magnificent bull elephant struck down in his old age. But for the starving of Zimbabwe, it was little short of a miracle. The carcass provided a vital source of ...

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BBC Business, 11.03.10 23:53 UTC

Fighting poverty

The weekly HIV clinic is teeming with patients of all ages, from babies to grand-parents. A health care worker is questioning one of them about their social and economic background. He writes down ...

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guardian.co.uk, 11.03.10 23:30 UTC

The amazing true story of Zeitoun

Abdulrahman Zeitoun is the real-life hero of Dave Eggers's new book. In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina he paddled from house to house in a canoe, offering help to his neighbours. For his trouble, he was arrested as a suspected terrorist

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Huffington Post, 11.03.10 20:50 UTC

James S. Gordon: Depression's Upside: A One-Sided View

Some thoughts on Jonah Lehrer's article from The New York Times Magazine, February 25, 2010. In his article on the possible evolutionary purpose of sadness, Jonah Lehrer, a talented writer and ...

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Huffington Post, 11.03.10 20:27 UTC

Mary Ann West: Supermarket Contract Stops 36,000 Workers From Strike

It had been a given that food, alcohol, and funerals were recession proof. That is, until recently. Now we feel the pain, each in our own way. Supermarket workers feel the pain: low wages, escalating ...