Storing donated blood too long increases the chance of an infection, US researchers claim.
The risk of blood poisoning or pneumonia doubled once the 29-day mark passed, Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey found.
The study, presented at a US conference, calls for increased care over the way blood is used and stored. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service
A court in Akmola Region has punished Baptist pastor Andrei Blok with 150 hours’ compulsory labour for refusing to pay fines imposed to punish him for leading unregistered worship, according to the verdict seen by Forum 18 News Service. Read the rest of this entry »
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For Immediate Release
October 28, 2008
NEW YORK—On October 20, 2008, Jehovah’s Witnesses began a global initiative designed to highlight the Bible as the source of satisfying answers to important questions in life. Read the rest of this entry »
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Police in Balashov, Russia (Saratov region) detained two teenagers on the suspicion that they vandalized a Jehovah’s Witness prayer hall, according to an October 21, 2008 report in the local newspaper “Provintsialny Telegraf” which referred to the Jehovah’s Witnesses using the pejorative term “sect.”
On October 18, the youths allegedly smashed a window Read the rest of this entry »
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By Todd Dorman
The Gazette
todd.dorman@gazcomm.com
When I walked into the office Monday morning, there was a voice mail waiting for me.
The message was from Larry Peyton, whose house at 1428 Sixth St. NW was flooded to the top of its front porch back in June. He read last Sunday’s column about the Time Check neighborhood’s condition and prospects. He thought I was overly gloomy.
So I agreed to meet Read the rest of this entry »
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This article was published by F18News on: 24 October 2008
By Geraldine Fagan, Forum 18 News Service
The Moscow-based publisher of “The Personality of a Muslim” by Arab theologian Muhammad ali Al-Hashimi, placed in December 2007 on the list of banned extremist literature, is now facing criminal prosecution. Aslambek Ezhayev told Forum 18 News Service the Economic Crimes Police searched the publishing department offices at Moscow’s Islamic University for Read the rest of this entry »
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The number of conscientious objectors who refuse all service in the conscription system, including alternative non-military service has doubled over the past ten years, reports the newspaper Keskisuomalainen.
During the 1990s, the number of total objectors was 15 – 20 a year. Since the start of this decade, their numbers have expanded to 40 – 76 annually.
The paper notes that the rise coincided with a reduction in active service time for military conscripts. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Timberly Ferree, Staff Writer
State Road 54 in Sullivan County will soon be the site of a new Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The construction of the building kicked off on Tuesday and will be complete in time for Sunday, services, explained Michael Bowman, who is serving as the crew personnel director. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 2008
Summary
Six years after the government of Eritrea closed down all independent religious groups not operating under the umbrella of the four government-sanctioned faiths, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to face stiff opposition. Their worship, even in private homes, is considered to be outside the recognized religious institutions, making the Witnesses subject to arrest, torture, and severe Read the rest of this entry »
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A Hopkins doctor’s vaccine offers a hope of survival for four women with terminal breast cancer
By Stephanie Desmon | stephanie.desmon@baltsun.com
For the past two days, Annie Siple has patiently crisscrossed the Johns Hopkins medical campus for test after test, being scanned by big machines, pricked with small needles, fastened to electrodes, injected with dye. Soon she will find out who is winning, Annie or the cancer. Not for one minute has she worried about the results. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dr. Clare Baker certainly lived up to the name of the town where he was raised: Biggar, Sask. [...]
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SEATTLE — As a doctor and [...]
You can trust the doc to sometimes do even the impossible. Doctors at Fortis Hospital in the city, have successfully [...]
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