The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You )

Using HEPA filters may improve cardiovascular health (EurekAlert!)
One day doctors may recommend using high efficiency particle air (HEPA) filters along with weight loss, smoking cessation, and exercise to improve cardiovascular health, according to researchers in Denmark.

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Pakistan polls: Voters and boycotters (BBC News)
People across Pakistan talk about the election in their area and who they are going to vote for.

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Pakistan election puts US in dilemma (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States hopes Pakistan's upcoming election will be free and fair and bring an end to domestic violence so that Islamabad can focus on the "war on terror." But it may not get what it wants.

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Pakistan polls: Voters and boycotters (BBC News)
People across Pakistan talk about the election in their area and who they are going to vote for.

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HK's Bank of E.Asia books $183 mln for CDOs,other items (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
HONG KONG, Feb 15 - Bank of East Asia Ltd , Hong Kong's fifth-largest lender by assets, booked revaluation and impairment losses totalling HK$1.42 billion , largely for its holdings in collateralised debt obligations battered by the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown.

MATRADE, ITC & WTO To Organise Asia Healthcare 2008 (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (Bernama) — Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), International Trade Centre (ITC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) will join hands to organise the Asia Healthcare 2008 show here next month.

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Bank of East Asia 2nd-Half Profit Rises on Loans (Update5) (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Bank of East Asia Ltd., Hong Kong's third biggest, had a 21 percent increase in second-half profit as economic growth in the city and mainland China drove demand for loans.

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