In vitro fertilization has caused a few problems, but it has brought new hope to couples who were formerly unable to conceive. One controversial side effect is that embryos with genetic diseases can be culled. This brings up a brand new moral choice for our time.
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If you have sore muscles from exercise, you can cure them?or even prevent them?with cherry juice. No, you don’t rub it on your skin, you drink it. And cherries are in season right now.
Cherry juice can reduce muscle pain and damage induced by exercise, according to the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This is important to know, because this is one problem that has few solutions.
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Most of us remain confused by the prevalence of war, but we feel that at least the people fighting them knew what they were getting in to. But that’s not always true?it turns out that, increasingly, wars all around the world are being fought by children. And the longer this keeps happening, the less likely it is that there will be peace.
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CONFIDENTIAL MEMO FROM: US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Baghdad TO: Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State SUBJECT: SNAPSHOTS FROM THE OFFICE SENSITIVE Published: 20 June 2006
1. Iraqi staff in the Public Affairs sector have complained that Islamist and Militia groups have been negatively affecting daily routine. Harassment over proper dress and habits is increasingly persuasive. They also report power cuts and fuel prices have diminished their quality of life.
Women’s Rights
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