♦ HIV Treatment May Decrease Atherosclerosis Risk

HAART, a course of treatment that involves the combination of three or more antiretrovirals, has been linked to an increase in cholesterol and other factors associated with atherosclerosis, leading some to question whether long-term use increases the risk of heart attack. "When we first prescribed highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV in 1995...	1 vote

♦ Fishermen issue: Karunanidhi takes a dig at Jaya

Replying to a set of questions, he recalled Ms Jayalalithaa's remarks made during the 1991 Independence Day address that she would definitely retrieve the Katchatheevu from the island nation and asked what efforts she had made during her tenure as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996 and 2001 to 2006 towards the same. ''After making the statement, she was in power for five years till 1996.	1 vote

♦ 'No celebration' for McCanns

Speaking at a news conference in Rothley they pledged to continue the search for their daughter Madeleine. McCann case police defended(01. Murat wants arquido explanation(01. Madeleine case will be closed(03. Murat 'relieved' at case closure(01. What are these? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.	1 vote

♦ Hospital: We Are so Sorry

By sHAUn jepson A Hospital that failed to spot diabetes in a toddler who died a day later from the disorder has said sorry to his family. An inquest was told Reece Sharp, two, was sent home by Derbyshire Children's Hospital after a doctor failed to diagnose the condition.	1 vote

♦ Indo-US relations broad and deep: Negroponte

Welcoming 32 Indian and Pakistani participants of the South Asian Seeds of Peace program who completed a three-week conflict resolution course in Maine, Negroponte yesterday said, '' India and the United States enjoy a broad, deep relationship based on common values and interests.'' ''Our strategic partnership covers a wide variety of areas: education, science, agriculture, security...	1 vote

♦ Culture and depression

The expectation that East-Asian people emphasize physical symptoms of depression (e.g. headaches, poor appetite or aches/pains in the body) is widely acknowledged, yet the few available empirical studies report mixed data on this issue. A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) debunks this cultural myth...	1 vote

♦ South Africa row over who Mugabe Street is named after

South Africa's Durban municipality has denied that a road called Mugabe Street is named after Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, who won disputed polls in June. Siyabonga Mngadi, chair of the street renaming task team, told the BBC the street was named after a "local hero". He was responding to complaints from residents quoted in the media, calling for the road to be renamed.	1 vote

♦ Police stop and search figures up

Police stop and searches increased by 9% to nearly a million in 2006-7, with black people seven times as likely to be stopped as white people. Asian people are also more likely to be stopped, and most searches were made for suspected drugs or stolen property.	1 vote

♦ Sarkozy to meet Syrian president

France has announced President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Syria's President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a summit to launch a new Mediterranean union. Relations have improved since a deal in May to end the long-running political crisis in Lebanon, where the two sides backed the rival parties.	1 vote

♦ Hospital rise for child diabetes

The number of children in England needing emergency hospital care for complications of diabetes has risen, figures show. Last year, 3,317 were admitted to hospital with the potentially coma-inducing complication diabetic ketoacidosis compared to 2,617 in 2002. Patient group Diabetes UK claimed that cuts in NHS services were partly to blame for this trend.	1 vote

♦ Moving Ga. border would dry up tourism in two towns

COPPERHILL, Tenn. — Patrons at Patrick's Pub and Grill drink their beer in Tennessee, but a walk to the restroom in the same building takes them across the state line to a dry county in Georgia. But as Georgia eyes a longshot bid to move its state line north to the Tennessee River in pursuit of water for drought-stricken Atlanta...	1 vote

♦ Sri Lanka rights body bid opposed

UN members are being urged to oppose Sri Lanka's bid to be re-elected to the body's Human Rights Council. On the eve of the vote, the New York based group Human Rights Watch said disappearances and abductions in Sri Lanka amounted to a national crisis. The campaign against Sri Lanka's bid is backed by several Nobel prize winners, among them Archbishop Desmond Tutu.	1 vote