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Vietnam to See Private and Foreign-Invested Hospitals Mushrooming
Source: Thai Press Reports
According to the Ministry of Health, number of private clinics and foreign-invested hospitals will sharply soar in the near future when a series of investment incentives are put into reality. First of all, many barriers in private medical activities in Vietnam will be removed when…
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Vietnam launches HIV campaign aimed at the youth
Source: Vietnam News Service
Vietnam's General Department of Population and Family Planning under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday launched an HIV and Aids awareness campaign that promotes safer-sex practices among young people in the country, the VNS/Viet Nam News reports. The campaign will focus on youth ages 15…
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Budding entrepreneurs honoured
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
By Alex Wright Bermuda's budding young business people took centre stage at the 2008 Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative of Bermuda (YEIB) BizCamp Prize Giving ceremony. A total of 15 Bermudian entrepreneurs whose business plans were judged the best of the 2008 BizCamps presented their projects at…
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Longer lives don't mean more disability: study
Source: Reuters
by Amy Norton More and more people are living into their 90s and beyond, but that may not mean a large cost to society in terms of medical care, a new study suggests. In a study that followed a group of Danish adults born in…
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For baby boomers, retirement likely to include a job
Source: Kalamazoo Gazette
by DOUG BATES If you're among the first wave of baby boomers thinking of retiring soon, here are a few phrases you might start practicing: ``Paper or plastic?'' ``Welcome to Wal-Mart.'' ``Want fries with that?'' You won't necessarily be bagging groceries, greeting shoppers or flipping…
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Downsizings force baby boomers to reinvent careers
Source: Dallas Morning News
Original Source by BOB MOOS After a decade or more of corporate downsizings, baby boomers are looking upon cradle-to-grave job security with the same nostalgia as Hula Hoops and 45 rpm records. When boomers entered the workforce, many thought they could spend their careers with…
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'Security safeguards needed' for new photo ID cards
Source: Irish Independent
Original Source by Fiach Kelly CIVIL liberties groups and opposition politicians yesterday said that adequate safeguards should be put in place for a new photo ID card. The Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed that it is developing a card "that acts as…
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Australia's Richest Man Plans to Give It Away
Source: The Wall Street Journal
The non-inheritance movement is going global. Original Source Following on the footsteps of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the richest man in Australia has now promised to give away his fortune to charity. Andrew Twiggy Forrest, the iron-ore magnate behind Fortescue Metals, this week said…
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DUP and Sinn Fein take major step over policing
Source: Irish Independent
Original Source THE DUP and Sinn Fein yesterday took a major step towards a deal on devolving policing and justice powers from Westminster to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Both parties have agreed there will be a single department of justice with a minister needing cross-community…
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DFS co-founder funds NI justice projects
Source: Travel Retail Executive News Digest
Original Source By John Frank-Keyes Irish-American billionaire and co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers group Chuck Feeney is set to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice projects in Northern Ireland right across the political spectrum. It is the first time the UK government…
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