Bulgarian nurses freed!!

Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.nytimes.com)

The five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor who were convicted of infecting over four hundred Libyan children with HIV, despite strong scientific evidence that the infections were due to poor conditions at the hospital.

First, Libya's highest judicial council commuted the six death sentences to life in prison. Then they were sent to Bulgaria, presumably to serve their sentences, where they were pardoned by the Bulgarian president. The Palestinian doctor had been granted Bulgarian citizenship last June so that this move would follow through

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Green books meet reality, competition and snags

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.nature.com)

I remember reading about these on the MIT website last year. A US company pledged to sell laptops to children in poor countries for only $100. They said that they could meet this price largely by eliminating redundant programming but also by filling only very large orders. The books are very durable, powered by a hand crank, and can network with each other wirelessly.

Nature provides some news, though

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Diarrheal Diseases in the History of Public Health

biscuits submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.arcmedres.com)

While the public health threat of HIV/AIDS in developing countries has drawn increasing attention from the international community for more than two decades, other health problems such as diarrheal diseases continue to contribute to higher morbidity and mortality rates in much of the developing world. This literature review is an account of both the history and current risks associated with diarrheal diseases.

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