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...they were, before fears of avian flu cast a shadow. Duc, one of France's two publicly quoted poultry producers, is attaching photos of caged hens to its products as a marketing device. So far, though, sales are hardly flying in response. COQ A DOODLE DON'T Stewards at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium will be keeping an eye out for cockerel smugglers when the French rugby squad plays Wales on March 18. For decades, French fans have released a cockerel - the French national emblem - during the game. But last week, an official declared: "Any smuggled bird is a risk...
...mildly sedating, "and this may help someone who is agitated or anxious." Lucire says they can also energize and brighten one's mood - but, she adds, so can cocaine. The SSRIs do more for men with premature ejaculation than for people with depression, says Dr. David Healy, of Cardiff University in Wales. Healy supports drug treatment for depression, but is a hero to many SSRI skeptics for his work in exposing the drugs' capacity to produce suicidal thoughts and, in what he estimates to be 1 in 500 of all SSRI users, drive people to kill themselves. The serotonin-imbalance...
...combatting the suppression of independent thought and the subjugation of women. These are evils that Muslims need to face if they are to speak with greater credibility against the injustices that have caused much distress to Muslims around the world and, in particular, in the Middle East. Aziz Tharani Cardiff, Wales It is very easy to make religion the scapegoat for all the ills in society. But blaming religion does not resolve conflicts. Al-Qaeda is not against the American or European way of life. It is against the constant political and economic intrusions by the West into the Middle...
...promotion bumped its U.S. sales up by 41% in June, the best monthly sales performance since 1986. And PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rover's administrator, was in talks last week with three separate suitors - involving two Chinese firms - for the carmaker. Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff University's business school, sees a happy ending at Rover. With Britain "the first place to get major Japanese investment" in its auto sector, "it would be in keeping to get the first major Chinese offshore investment," he reasons. Could the good times catch on over at Volkswagen? Peter Hartz...
...will cost at least €7,500. So could VW be set to take a similar detour? Possibly, according to industry experts, because car buyers in developing countries are developing extravagant tastes. "Romanians read motor magazines; the Chinese car customer is extremely knowledgeable," says Professor Garel Rhys, head of Cardiff University 's Centre for Automotive Industry Research. "They've seen the flow of the newer Western cars coming in." He adds that piling on optional extras doesn't usually give the customer value for money. Better, advises Rhys, to go for "a low-mileage used vehicle." VW Beetle, anyone...