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LOWERING cholesterol levels could help the body’s immune system fight infections, British scientists said on Tuesday. A study in mice by researchers at the University of Edinburgh found a direct link between the workings of the immune system and cholesterol levels. ‘What we have discovered is that a key immune hormone stimulated upon infection can […]

An epic French documentary about the Holocaust, dubbed into Farsi, is to be broadcast on a satellite channel in Iran as part of a campaign to promote understanding between Jews and Muslims and to fight Holocaust denial. Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann’s renowned 9-plus-hour film “Shoah” includes testimony from concentration camp survivors and employees about the slaughter […]

BRAZIL’S famous Carnival kicks into high gear on Sunday as the city prepares to hold sumptuous multimillion-dollar parades amid what is billed as the Greatest Party on Earth. A light rain did nothing to dampen the festive spirit on Saturday, serving more as a refreshing cool-down for bodies worked into a sweat as they danced […]

A prototype miniature space shuttle blasted off aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday for a demonstration run that could last as long as nine months. The experimental vehicle, known as the Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, lifted off at 5.46pm EST. It is the second ship to […]

Stress is in the air, while on the move, we stress over poor road sense of fellow drivers, in office over mounting workload, at parties over surging real estate rates, and round up as impatient listeners at home. But just who is not stressed today? Experts blame an erratic diet as a predominant cause of […]

New research has found that being a ”happy” teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood. Much is known about the associations between a troubled childhood and mental health problems, but little research has examined the affect of a positive childhood. For the first time, researchers from the University of Cambridge and the MRC Unit […]

Protesters demanding Moammar Gadhafi’s ouster came under a hail of bullets Friday when pro-regime militiamen opened fire to stop the first significant anti-government marches in days in the Libyan capital. The Libyan leader, speaking from the ramparts of a historic Tripoli fort, told supporters to prepare to defend the nation. Witnesses reported multiple deaths from […]

AFGHANISTAN on Wednesday appealed for the United States to provide security assistance beyond 2014, the date by which President Barack Obama wants to withdraw US combat troops. Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak was holding talks at the Pentagon to look at future relations, despite recent tensions between the two governments over civilian deaths in […]

Want to keep yourself happy and productive at work? Smile like you mean it, suggests a new study. The research, led by a Michigan State University business scholar, suggests that customer-service workers who fake smile throughout the day worsen their mood and withdraw from work, affecting productivity. But workers who smile as a result of […]

A POCKET of 15 people found alive trapped in a six-storey office block which collapsed in the Christchuch earthquake have been rescued, a fire official says. Rescuers have located and recovered the group of people alive from the CTV Building destroyed by the massive Christchurch earthquake, the Fire Service said. “We’ve got them out of […]