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...Europe have increased from between 5% and 10% 25 years ago to as much as 25% in some countries today. It may also contribute to bad behavior and learning difficulties. A study by Oxford University's department of physiology published in this month's issue of the U.S. journal Pediatrics found that underachieving British children's reading and spelling abilities were dramatically improved when their diets were supplemented with fish oils containing omega-3 fatty acids - essential for brain development but missing from modern processed foods. Schools and parents are finally waking up to the notion that poor diet...
...Jazeera International has inked distribution deals in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe. But Parsons is bracing for the coming political and commercial battles in the U.S. When a Wall Street Journal commentary recently accused the Arabic channel of collaborating with al-Qaeda, the article became mandatory reading at al-Jazeera International's temporary offices (and, for that matter, at Doha Palace, Qatar's seat of power, where the Emir has stubbornly resisted pressure from the U.S. and Arab governments to interfere with al-Jazeera's editorial independence...
...fellowships, which have been handed out annually since 1938, can have a great impact on the careers of the journalists who receive them. “It had a great effect on mine,” said Giles, who was promoted to City Editor at the Akron, Ohio Beacon Journal after completing his fellowship...
...newspapers. Not long after, his mother tries to enlist her 11-year-old son in a suicide pact. With preternatural calm, the boy resists. The incident, however, does not leave him unharmed. With both parents too self-absorbed to offer stability or guidance, Wilsey, an editor at the literary journal McSweeney's, careens among boarding and reform schools, a journey he recounts with clear-eyed, wry and poignant humor...
Soft drinks alone don't make Americans fat, says the Journal of Pediatrics, but it doesn't help that the two cans of soda a typical teen drinks daily contain 20 teaspoons of sugar...