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...transplant took place at El Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon in Madrid, where Alvarez spent this past summer working as a clinical intern...
...concluded that being circumcised reduced a man's risk of acquiring H.I.V. by 14%. That finding was statistically nonsignificant, but the authors say it should be regarded as a launching point for future trials. "This study gives us a more complete picture than we've ever had before," says Gregorio Millett, the study's lead author and a senior behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "The next step is to design better quality studies to see if there is an association we aren't detecting...
...santos malandros are the latest pantheon to be incorporated into the broader cult of Maria Lionza. Among the others are the Corte Medica, consisting of doctors believed to be responsible for healing miracles. Its best-known figure, Jose Gregorio Hernandez, is currently in the process of being canonized by the Catholic Church. But inclusion of the santos malandros has raised controversy among devotees of espiritismo (also known as santeros). That's because they are regarded as spirits with a "low light," who, in order to gain redemption in death, must undo the harm they did in life...
...ARRESTED. Gregorio (Gringo) Honasan, 58, former Philippines Senator and army colonel; for his alleged involvement in a February coup attempt against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; in Quezon City. Honasan, the Philippines' self-described "resident adviser on failed coup attempts," led unsuccessful revolts against Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino in the 1980s, escaped from a prison ship in 1988 and won a Senate seat in 1995 after being granted amnesty. Honasan, who had been in hiding since the failed coup, denied the charges...
Luckily there are not too many structures located within the strip, about 1,000 ft. wide, that defines the San Andreas Fault zone. The same cannot be said about the nearby Hayward Fault. Along with the Calaveras, San Gregorio and Rogers Creek faults, the Hayward forms part of what scientists refer to as the San Andreas system, and it runs for 60 miles along the hills of the East Bay, cutting through the University of California, Berkeley, football stadium and skimming uncomfortably close to the Caldecott Tunnel, through which 153,000 cars pass daily. Major highways, including Interstate 80, cross...