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60 Million Chinese People Now Considered Obese

BEIJING – Rising affluence has made about 60 million Chinese — equal to the population of France — obese, state media said on Monday. Xinhua News Agency quoted Pan Beilei, a deputy director with the government-affiliated State Food and Nutrition Consultant Committee, as saying that worsening diets had led to …

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Catholic Priest Who Ordained Woman Faces Ex-Communication

VATICAN CITY – A Roman Catholic priest faces excommunication for attending a ceremony to ordain a woman in the United States, a Vatican official said Friday. The Rev. Roy Bourgeois joined a June ceremony in Lexington, Kentucky, to ordain Janice Sevre-Duszynska, a member of a group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests. …

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Legal Ivory Auctions End With $15 Million Sold

The world’s first legal ivory auctions in nearly a decade ended Thursday with four African nations selling more than 100 tons of tusks to Chinese and Japanese traders for nearly $15 million. The money raised during the controversial week of sales will be used for elephant conservation. The auctions took …

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