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New drugs give reason for hope in cancer fight

Earlier this month, women in the U.S. at risk of developing breast cancer received a limited reason for hope: A drug called tamoxifen was found effective at preventing breast cancer, but it is

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21/04/1998
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DNA test for processed food products

A new means of identifying genetic modifications to food will be marketed for the first time in the UK, the Leatherhead Food Research Association, which developed the test, has

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21/04/1998
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Shrinking grasslands affecting Assam's bio-diversity

The fate of several globally endangered species has been threatened by dwindling grasslands in Assam, which has no natural grassland of any significance worth conservation left, say wild-life

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21/04/1998
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3-day convention against WTO from April 29

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21/04/1998

The Joint action forum of Indian people against World Trade Organisation (WTO) and anti-people policies is organising convention, rally and public meeting from April 29 to May 1 in the city to demand

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- AMC goes soft on offenders on first day of clean city drive

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21/04/1998

Some notices and several warnings were issued to littering public on the first day of the clean city campaign launched by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation even as the latter emphasised more on

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- Narmada canal siphon to be ready by June '99

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21/04/1998

As part of the effort to complete the canal section of the Narmada project, work is in full swing to build a siphon across the 335 metres wide Sabarmati river. The siphon, meant to carry Narmada

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Drought leaves Panama Canal in dire straits

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21/04/1998

Panama Canal officials are struggling with a water shortage so severe that they recently took the unusual step of limiting the loads of some ships passing through. The El Nino weather phenomenon,

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Mass extinction underway, majority of biologists say

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21/04/1998

A majority of US biologists are convinced that a "mass extinction" of plants and animals is underway that poses a major threat to humans in the next century, yet most Americans are only dimly aware

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Ban on employment of children in hazardous units sought

A legislation to prevent the employment of children in hazardous industries, like match and fireworks factories and tanneries, has been mooted at an UGC-sponsored State-level seminar on 'Child rights

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21/04/1998
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Shell pull out of U.S. anti climate group

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21/04/1998

Greenpeace International welcomed Shell's announcement that the multinational oil company would be withdrawing its membership from the Global Climate Coalition: the US industry lobby group which

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