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HIVPositive Man Injects Sleeping Wife With His Blood, Infecting Her

Richard — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:06:36 +0000

A 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his blood into his wife while she was sleeping, thereby infecting her with the virus, court documents have revealed.

According to a report in New Zealand’s Sunday Star-Times, the man did it so that his wife would start having sex with him again, as she had refused to do so out of fear of contracting the disease. He gave her the virus by pricking her with a sewing needle tainted with his blood.

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World's Deepest Living Fish Caught On Camera

Richard — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:12:44 +0000

A species of snail fish–the deepest living fish in the world–have been captured on camera n the southern hemisphere for the first time. These strange, pink-bodied fish were photographed at a stunning depth of 24,800 feet in the Kermadec Trench off the coast of New Zealand. See photos and video of the bizarre deep sea fish in action after the jump.

Generation Z: rich and forgotten

Richard — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:02:17 +0000

Welcome to Generation Z, the forgotten generation. Generation Z encompasses children aged 17 and younger, one in five of whom will have some form of mental illness.

One in four will be bullied, most likely over the internet. Also known as the New Silent Generation, it will be the most educated, financially well-off and technologically literate in history.

Exposed to marketing at a younger age, Zeds are experts at multi-tasking and spend their free time communicating online and texting on their mobile phones. Zeds have older parents, fewer siblings and are more disconnected from their communities than any other generation.

Leading psychiatric expert Professor Ian Hickie believes Australian youth are in the grip of a mental health crisis, but are virtually ignored by federal and state governments and an archaic health system.

Govt wants bipartisan approach on homeless crisis

Richard — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:58:15 +0000

Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek says homelessness in Australia needs to be tackled by politicians on both sides of Parliament.

New figures released today show about 100,000 people are homeless on any given night and a third of those are young Australians.

Ms Plibersek, has told ABC1’s 7.30 Report the Government is committed to act on the problem and she hopes there can be a bipartisan approach.

“I know a lot of people in the now Opposition in the Liberal party and in the National Party who are peo

Report reveals Australias drug use price tag

Richard — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:47:03 +0000

Australia’s drinking, smoking and drug-taking caused a lot of sickness, disease, premature death, reduced productivity, crime and accidents in the year to July 2005.

The report shows costs were up to $56 billion, from about $34 billion when the estimate was last made in the late 1990s.

The latest estimate puts the cost of alcohol-associated problems at $15 billion. It estimates Illicit drugs cost Australia about $8 billion.

But by far the biggest problem is tobacco. The report says it cost $31.5 billion - 56 per cent of the total.

“The smoking rates are reducing but the delayed health effects of past smoking are still being seen,” Health Minister Nicola Roxon said.