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• Circumcision may not reduce gay male HIV risk
A review of 15 studies involving 53,567 gay and bisexual men in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, India, Taiwan, Peru and the Netherlands failed to show a clear benefit for those who were circumcised, researchers from the U.S. government ...
• Cocoa puffs: Italian cigars taste of dark chocolate
The coffee-flavored variety sells in France, Greece, the Netherlands, Austria and Germany. The latter two countries also have anise and grappa Toscanellos. Saccotelli said the company is looking at export possibilities, including the United States ...
• EU reaches agreement on tackling bank crisis
By allowing all EU nations to raise their savings deposit coverage to euro100,000 that level playing field has been restored, said Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos. He said the Netherlands would raise its coverage to euro100,000. "This is a signal of ...
• French bank to take majority stake in Fortis
Media reported that it was unclear whether trading in Fortis would continue as usual, since parts of the Dutch takeover of its operations in the Netherlands and the BNP Paribas deal still needed to be finalized. Meanwhile French-Belgian bank Dexia SA ...
• Unlocking the secrets of memory
And researchers in the Netherlands reported that simply walking for an hour twice a week can boost a person's power of recall. Memory thieves Another factor in memory deterioration may be a drop in social activity among the elderly. A study by the ...