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Nurses face physical and emotional assault

Nurses face physical and emotional assault During a study by Statistics Canada, 46 per cent of male nurses and 33 per cent of female nurses reported that they have been physically abused. The study included 12,200 respondents to a national survey of nurses in 2005. 47 per cent of the study subjects reported emotional abuse.

Temple in Turkey sheds light on so-called ‘Dark Age’

Temple in Turkey sheds light on so-called ‘Dark Age’Toronto, April 16 : A remarkably well-preserved monumental temple in Turkey, believed to be constructed during the time of King Solomon in the 10th/9th-centuries BC, is shedding light on the so-called Dark Age.

Uncovered by the University of Toronto's Tayinat Archaeological Project (TAP) in the summer of 2008, the discovery casts doubt upon the traditional view that the transition from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age was violent, sudden and culturally disruptive.

Finding Heart-Healthy Food

Finding Heart-Healthy FoodNext time finding heart healthy food for your family makes you go into a tizzy, try to relax and come to terms with the fact that there is nothing much you can do about that. Recent studies show that very few of these food products actually show strong evidence of lowering heart disease risk.

Most Canadians against Afghan mission if rape law implemented

Most Canadians against Afghan mission if rape law implementedOttawa (Ohio), Apr. 12 : Forty percent Canadians support their country's military mission in Afghanistan, but if the Afghan Government proceeds with a law allowing marital rape, opposition to the mission would rise to a whopping 75 percent, according to a survey.

A proposed family law for Afghanistan''s Shia minority would make it illegal for women to refuse to have sex with their husbands.

The proposed law would also require women to get approval from a male relative before leaving the house, globeandmail. com reports.

Canadian researchers develop an instrument that pinpoints “edge of space”

Canadian researchers develop an instrument that pinpoints “edge of space” The researchers in Canada have developed an instrument that pinpoints “edge of space,” where the space begins and the earth’s atmosphere ends. According to researchers from the University of Calgary, who created the tool, the “edge of space,” begins 118 km (73.3 miles), above sea level, above the Earth.

Canadian technologists develop world's first flying micro-robot

Mir Behrad KhameseeYou might have seen flying robots in the reel world of Hollywood science fictions, but you will now be able to see the flying robots in the real world. Yes, the technologists at the University of Waterloo in Ontario have developed the world's first flying micro-robot.

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