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KOKA, Shiga -- A wooden tablet unearthed from the Miyamachi ruins here contains a version of a poem from the Manyoshu, the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, municipal education board officials have announced. The tablet, estimated to be from the mid-eighth century, contains the...
Fears of exposure of drug use, kinky sex habits and a "harem" of women led a Tokyo man to batter his ex-wife to death, but his trial revealed an even more chilling side to his actions than the heinous acts he was accused of, according to Shukan Gendai (5/10-17).
First recognized a quarter of a century ago, E. coli O157:H7 causes bloody and non-bloody diarrhoea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which is the leading cause of acute renal failure in children. One of the most potent toxins ever described, Shiga toxin, is a critical...
