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Father convicted in genital mutilation
AP   Thursday, 02 November 2006
AP - An Ethiopian immigrant was convicted Wednesday of the genital mutilation of his 2-year-old daughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in what was believed to be the first such criminal case in the United States.
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Man convicted in US of genital mutilation of daughter
AFP   Thursday, 02 November 2006

A young woman walks past a campaign banner against female genital mutilation (FGM) at the venue of an international conference, in 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya. A Georgia court found a man guilty of sexually mutilating his two-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors, the first proven case of female genital mutilation in the United States.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - A Georgia court found a man guilty of sexually mutilating his two-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors, the first proven case of female genital mutilation in the United States.


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Man convicted in US of genital mutilation of two-year-old daughter
AFP   Thursday, 02 November 2006

A young woman walks past a campaign banner against female genital mutilation (FGM) at the venue of an international conference, in 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya. A Georgia court found a man guilty of sexually mutilating his two-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors, the first proven case of female genital mutilation in the United States.(AFP/File/Simon Maina)AFP - A Georgia court found a man guilty of sexually mutilating his two-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors, the first proven case of female genital mutilation in the United States.


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Study dispels some sexual behavior myths
AP   Wednesday, 01 November 2006
AP - In the first comprehensive global study of sexual behavior, British researchers found that people aren't losing their virginity at ever younger ages, married people have the most sex, and there is no firm link between promiscuity and sexually transmitted diseases.
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Viagra Helps COPD Patients Control Pulmonary Blood Pressure
HealthDay   Thursday, 26 October 2006
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The drug sildenafil, popularly known as Viagra, may help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease control the illness-related blood pressure spikes in the heart's pulmonary artery, a new study found.
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Ga. man accused of circumcising daughter
AP   Thursday, 26 October 2006
AP - An immigrant from Africa has gone on trial on charges alleging he circumcised his 2-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors to avoid bringing shame on his family.
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Lilly to absorb biotech firm, get full rights to Cialis
AFP   Tuesday, 17 October 2006

A box of the impotency cure Cialis. US pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly and Co. said it struck a deal to acquire biotech group ICOS Corp., thereby getting full rights to the blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug Cialis.(AFP/PRESSENSBILD/File)AFP - US pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly and Co. said it struck a deal to acquire biotech group ICOS Corp., thereby getting full rights to the blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug Cialis.


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Many STD patients reinfected within months
Reuters   Tuesday, 17 October 2006
Reuters - Many patients who are treated for chlamydia infection, vaginal trichomoniasis or gonorrhea are infected again within months, U.S. researchers reported Monday.
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New HIV infections in Australia surge
AP   Friday, 13 October 2006
AP - New HIV cases in Australia surged more than 40 percent from 2000 to 2005, according to study results released Thursday, prompting fears that drug treatment advances are making people lax about practicing safe sex.
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Indian kids to get sex, drugs lessons: report
Reuters   Wednesday, 11 October 2006

School children salute during their morning prayers, before singing the national song, in the northern Indian city of Jammu, September 7, 2006. Schools in conservative India will teach children as young as five years old about sexual health and drugs from next year to boost awareness of the dangers they face in a changing society, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. (Amit Gupta/Reuters)Reuters - Schools in conservative India will teach children as young as five years old about sexual health and drugs from next year to boost awareness of the dangers they face in a changing society, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.


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Antibiotic Fights Chlamydia-Linked Eye Cancer
HealthDay   Thursday, 05 October 2006
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- The antibiotic doxycycline is proving an effective treatment for a lymphoma of the eye linked to chlamydia infection, Italian researchers report.
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