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...that the idea wasn't so wacky after all. Those two eureka moments could help drive Europe's vending machines into the digital era. Coca-Cola HBC recently finished a six-month trial of 30 networked Coke machines at Dublin Airport in Ireland that sold mobile-phone top-ups, ring tones, games and logos - all downloaded from a central database - as well as soft drinks. It's now fine-tuning the business model, ensuring revenues cover the technology's cost. And Vodafone is field-testing two QuickPhone kiosks that sell ready-to-use prepaid handsets and SIM cards...
School bells have begun to ring in New Orleans as a wave of public school students returned this week to a radically different educational system from the one Hurricane Katrina decimated almost a year...
...efficacy trials." The first of these results, from Nigeria, will be released in September 2007. Even if they prove to be effective, Ramjee and others stress that microbicides - whether they come in the form of a gel or cream applied before intercourse, or as part of a delayed release ring inserted into the cervix that can provide the drug for anywhere from 30 to 90 days - are not a physical barrier to HIV. At best, microbicides may be 80% effective in preventing the transmission of the virus during intercourse. To improve the chances that the virus doesn't slip...
...neighbors' tales had a depressingly familiar ring. One arrested man was "as good as gold, a normal lad"; another was a "nice guy" who liked to play soccer in the local park; a third, said someone who lived nearby, was "a very caring boy" who, on learning that her dog had died, said, "If you need me, I'm there...
...opposition party which led Venezuela's transition to democracy almost 50 years ago, Democratic Action (known by the Spanish acronym AD), has ironically called on voters to abstain in the elections. And the late candidacy launched by comedian Benjamin Rausseo has also thrown a surprise challenger into the ring. Rausseo's rise from humble beginnings to one of the country's most beloved entertainers could resonate with low-income Venezuelans, even though many people are still trying to figure out if the off-the-wall comedian who has a comic theme park on the tourist island of Margarita is serious...