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• Hodgepodge of activists protest G-8
Hiroki Sawakawa, a nursing home worker in Sapporo, came to a protest to demand world peace — and made the point by dressing as an angel, with white robes, wings and a tinfoil halo above his head.
• Don't serve this wine before you go online
Is your canine companion getting on in years? Well, in Japan you can send your geriatric best friend to the country's first nursing home for dogs with round-the-clock monitoring by veterinarians, a pet products company said this week.
• HIV drugs make breast-feeding safer
WASHINGTON - A drug that helps prevent babies from catching the AIDS virus at birth can also protect them while nursing, researchers reported on Monday. Babies of HIV-infected women who were given the drug nevirapine while they breast-fed were half ...
• Mentally ill faced bias post-Katrina
... and Rita to segregate people with psychiatric problems. The council called the segregation hurtful and illegal. Some lived outside relief shelters. Others huddled in corners behind barriers and away from other people. Some were shipped to nursing ...
• College students sold on stripper poles
We even have an order from a nursing home." Kayatsu said the crackers are slightly more oily than the soy-sauce flavored traditional ones. "It's hard to explain," he said. "You really just have to taste it yourself." OK, but we'll need some sake to get ...

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