Entries from July 2008

Decline in infant mortality rate in U.S.

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Decline in infant mortality rate in U.S.

A decade long decline can be observed in the infant mortality rate but the infant born to an African American community in America is more likely to die in first year of their birth.

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600,000 African - American are HIV positive

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

600,000 African - American are HIV positive

About 30,000 of African American get infected from HIV virus every year and 600,000 African-Americans are living with the virus that can cause disease like AIDS. When compared to white, the death rates of African-American are 2.5 times more than an infected white.

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Soft tissue in dinosaur bones is bacteria

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Soft tissue in dinosaur bones is bacteria

The soft tissue in dinosaur’s bones is not a protein cell in the bones of the dead dinosaur but it is a bacterium, bacterial biofilm that is generally formed by microbes. The earlier reports said that the proteins in the bone of the dinosaur are similar to the proteins [...]

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Bennigan’s files for bankruptcy

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Bennigan’s files for bankruptcy

The Irish themed bar and chain of restaurants Bennigan’s suffered losses as a result of increasing consumer prices and due to the changing habits of spending by the consumers. The restaurant filed for bankruptcy and it will leave the thousands of employee working in the restaurants to get unemployed.

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Women leaders’ endorse Obama

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Women leaders’ endorse Obama

Democratic Senator Barack Obama met privately with a group of Women leaders at a Washington Hotel and the hour long meeting was aimed to get a win in November. The women leaders offered to endorse Obama and to help him to raise funds.

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Home prices decline in May

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Home prices decline in May

The economic reports released on Tuesday by the U.S. government showed that the home prices fell in May and the consumer confidence level lowered in July. The worst hit regions for lowering home prices were Miami and Las Vegas.

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Taliban militants capture 30 Pakistani personnel

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Taliban militants capture 30 Pakistani personnel

The Taliban militants captured 30 Pakistani personnel; a day after the leader of the militant group issued a warning. The attacks on Tuesday were carried out in the northwest borders of Afghanistan.

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Earthquake stuck southern California

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Earthquake stuck southern California

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on Richter scale was recorded in the southern California region and people gathered outside their buildings and homes in downtown Los Angeles. The schools in San Juan Capistrano evacuated classrooms though there were no reports of major injury or damage.

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Oxygen tank of Qantas exploded to force the plane to land

July 30th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Oxygen tank of Qantas exploded to force the plane to land

The plane Qantas jet flying at a height almost 20,000ft (6,100m) above the ground ,from London to Melbourne carrying 365 passengers and crew members was forced to land on the airport in Philippines on Friday probably because one of the oxygen cylinder of the plane [...]

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Fish helpful against clogged arteries

July 29th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Fish helpful against clogged arteries

Fish diet is helpful in reducing the problems like clogged arteries that is not found common in middle aged men in Japan as compared to White men because the men from Japan take fishes in their diets regularly.

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