Australia signs pact to send asylum-seekers to PNG

20 July BBC

Asylum-seekers arriving by boat will no longer be resettled in Australia but will go to Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.The news came as Mr Rudd set out an overhaul of asylum policy ahead of a general election expected shortly. Australia has seen a sharp rise in the number of asylum-seekers arriving by boat in recent months.

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Indian students beat Bihar teachers over school lunches

20 July BBC

Students from a government-run school in India's Bihar state have beaten up their teachers in protest at what they say is the poor quality of their lunch.The violence in Nawada district came days after 23 children died from eating a school meal elsewhere in the state.

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Eating walnuts can help protect against prostate cancer

20 July Times of India

A new study has found that eating a modest amount of walnuts can protect against prostate cancer. Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio injected immune-deficient mice with human prostate cancer cells.

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