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		<title>Japanese woman gets death sentence for curry murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan&#8217;s Supreme Court sentenced a woman to death for killing four and making more than 60 ill by poisoning a large pot of curry at a summer festival in 1998. The incident shocked Japan as crime rates are relatively low and mass killings are extremely rare. Reports say that Supreme Court upheld a lower court death sentence on Masumi Hayashi, 47, for the crime that took place in the western Japanese city of Wakayama. Hayashi became furious after being avoided by her neighbors and put arsenic in the curry when she was alone in the garage where it was being prepared &#8211; the Prosecutors charged.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama invites for Energy Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday the White House announced, President Barack Obama has invited the leaders of 16 major economies to Washington for a forum on energy and climate next month. Obama, who recently turned his attention to the need for more clean-energy funding, has also asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend. The forum, scheduled for April 27-28, seeks to &#8220;generate the political leadership necessary&#8221; for a successful outcome at the U.N. climate change negotiation to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December, the White House said in a statement. Aside from the United States, the 16 other major economies are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol flush signals cancer risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol is a known risk factor for a variety of cancers, including esophageal, and heavier drinking is considered riskier than light drinking. Lots of people turn slightly red if they imbibe too much. At issue here is facial flushing from a small amount of alcohol. It&#8217;s due to a deficiency in an enzyme that helps metabolize alcohol, called ALDH2. People with a severe deficiency of the enzyme usually don&#8217;t drink because it makes them feel too bad; in addition to flushing they feel nausea and a rapid heartbeat. But people with a partial deficiency — they inherited one bad copy of the enzyme-producing gene instead of two — may put up with the flushing. A series of studies by Dr. Akira Yokoyama of Japan&#8217;s Kurihama Alcohol Center found that those people are six to 10 times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than people who drink a comparable amount but aren&#8217;t enzyme-deficient. Without enough of that enzyme, alcohol breaks down into a DNA-damaging chemical similar to formaldehyde but it doesn&#8217;t go the next step and turn into yet another chemical that&#8217;s non-toxic, said Brooks. Don&#8217;t drink, and the flushers aren&#8217;t at increased risk. Esophageal cancer is fairly rare, but it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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