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22
Oct
A team from the Royal Free Hospital in North London, led by Professor Mark Pepys, thinks the reason the body cannot break down the plaques is because another body protein, called SAP, coats the amyloid and disguises it from the immune system. If this SAP could be removed, researchers suggested, perhaps the body could start [...]
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22
Oct
Almost nine out of 10 UK net users are connecting via broadband services, official figures reveal. Information gathered by National Statistics (ONS) for September show that 88.4% of Britons are choosing to use broadband rather than dial-up. The statistics show that 49.2% of those connections are for services advertised at two megabits per second or [...]
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22
Oct
The report looks at the likely impact of upgrading the UK’s broadband infrastructure so it can handle speeds up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps). Although some parts of the existing infrastructure can already deliver domestic net speeds of up to 24 Mbps it is widely accepted that a huge programme of work will be [...]
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22
Oct
Correspondents say that Hakimullah Mehsud, believed to be about 30, has yet to speak to the media or appear in public since becoming leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He has two surviving brothers. The Pakistani government blames the TTP – formed by Baitullah Mehsud in late 2007 – for many attacks and suicide bombings that [...]
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22
Oct
The 8.3-magnitude quake struck at 1748 GMT on Tuesday, generating 15ft (4.5m) waves in some areas of the islands. Returning New Zealand holidaymakers told of “truckloads” of bodies in the worst hit area on the southern side of Upolo, in Samoa. “We’ve seen pick-up trucks carrying the dead… back to town,” Fotu Becerra told radio [...]
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22
Oct
vigil marking 20 years since the Tiananmen massacre has been held in Hong Kong, the only part of China to commemorate the event. An estimated 150,000 people gathered in Victoria Park for the annual event, which was addressed by one of the 1989 student leaders, Xiong Yan. Other Tiananmen veterans were banned from entering the [...]
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22
Oct
The IMF predicts that the US economy will contract by 2.7% in 2009, before growing by 1.5% next year. The eurozone, it thinks, will shrink by 4.2% this year and grow by 0.3% in 2010. It has upgraded its forecast for UK economic growth to 0.9% next year, up from a previous estimate of 0.2%. [...]
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22
Oct
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22
Oct
During World War I, pilots wore a fleece-lined “FUG” boot, and a type of UGG Classic Short Boots was also worn in Australia as early as the 1930s by farmers wanting to keep their feet warm. In the 1960s Australian surfers would put on UGG Classic Tall Boots to warm their feet after coming in [...]
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22
Oct
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