• California gay marriage fight goes to Chinatown
  By: Peter Henderson
  Date Posted: June 18, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The path to gay marriage in California may start in Chinatown.After a double defeat at the voting booth and in court, gay advocates are reassessing their plans to push for legal same-sex marriage in the most populous U.S. state.The new drive, focused on getting the issue on the ballot again as soon as November 2010, is more personal and reaches farther beyond the liber ...
  
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• California gay marriage fight goes to Chinatown
  By: Peter Henderson
  Date Posted: June 18, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The path to gay marriage in California may start in Chinatown.After a double defeat at the voting booth and in court, gay advocates are reassessing their plans to push for legal same-sex marriage in the most populous U.S. state.The new drive, focused on getting the issue on the ballot again as soon as November 2010, is more personal and reaches farther beyond the liber ...
  
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• Circumcision protects against genital wart virus
  By: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of nearly 1000 men in three countries has yielded more evidence that circumcision helps protect against infection with human papillomavirus.
  Date Posted: March 23, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  Human papillomavirus has long been known as a cause of genital warts, but in recent years most reports have focused on its association with cervical cancer. The virus, which is transmitted sexually and by skin-to-skin contact, can also cause anal and penis cancers."Interventions such as circumcision may provide a low-cost method to reduce human papillomavirus infection," Dr. Anna R. Giuliano, f ...
  
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• Circumcision protects against genital wart virus
  By: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of nearly 1000 men in three countries has yielded more evidence that circumcision helps protect against infection with human papillomavirus.
  Date Posted: March 23, 2009
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  Human papillomavirus has long been known as a cause of genital warts, but in recent years most reports have focused on its association with cervical cancer. The virus, which is transmitted sexually and by skin-to-skin contact, can also cause anal and penis cancers."Interventions such as circumcision may provide a low-cost method to reduce human papillomavirus infection," Dr. Anna R. Giuliano, f ...
  
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• Wakamatsu becomes first Asian-American manager
  By: SEATTLE (Reuters)
  Date Posted: November 19, 2008
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Seattle Mariners named Don Wakamatsu as their manager on Wednesday, making the 45-year-old former catcher the first Asian-American to manage in Major League Baseball. "This is something I've looked forward to for a long time," Wakamatsu told the official major league website mlb.com. Wakamatsu, who played 18 games for the 1991 Chicago White Sox, takes the helm of a ...
  
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• Blacks have higher mortality after liver surgery
  By: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American patients are approximately twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die following major liver surgery, or hepatectomy, U.S. researchers report.
  Date Posted: September 18, 2008
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  Exactly why this is the case is unclear, but it does not seem to relate to clinical factors, hospital factors, or insurance status, according to the report in the Journal of the American College of Surgery."Our study shows a racial divide in regards to in-hospital mortality after major hepatectomy," senior author Dr. Timothy Pawlik, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, ...
  
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• Blacks have higher mortality after liver surgery
  By: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American patients are approximately twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die following major liver surgery, or hepatectomy, U.S. researchers report.
  Date Posted: September 18, 2008
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  Exactly why this is the case is unclear, but it does not seem to relate to clinical factors, hospital factors, or insurance status, according to the report in the Journal of the American College of Surgery."Our study shows a racial divide in regards to in-hospital mortality after major hepatectomy," senior author Dr. Timothy Pawlik, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, ...
  
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• Blacks have higher mortality after liver surgery
  By: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - African-American patients are approximately twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die following major liver surgery, or hepatectomy, U.S. researchers report.
  Date Posted: September 18, 2008
  News Source: reuters.com
  
  Exactly why this is the case is unclear, but it does not seem to relate to clinical factors, hospital factors, or insurance status, according to the report in the Journal of the American College of Surgery."Our study shows a racial divide in regards to in-hospital mortality after major hepatectomy," senior author Dr. Timothy Pawlik, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, ...
  
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• Asia's Diversity Poses Challenge in Efforts to Form East Asian community: MM Lee
  By: Michiyo Ishida
  Date Posted: May 29, 2007
  News Source: Channel NewsAsia
  
  TOKYO: Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew says it will be difficult for East Asia to form an integrated community based on the European model. He was speaking at the "Future of Asia" symposium in Tokyo attended by Asian leaders. "If you expand too quickly as they did in Europe, suddenly they became 27 from six. So the French people suddenly felt unhappy that they have ...
  
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• European Diversity Truck Hits the Road
  Date Posted: April 25, 2007
  News Source: Europa Rapid Press Releases
  
  The European Diversity Truck will hit the road in Strasbourg today and embark on its tour across Europe. Starting from the seat of the European Parliament, the Truck will promote diversity and equal opportunities for all. The journey will take in 19 countries, covering more than 18,000 km. Visiting city centres, universities, job fairs, and public festivals, the mobile information platform will ...
  
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