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June 2008
- Chinese Remedy Could Cut Cholesterol
  
  ABC News | Jun 10, 08 12:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Chinese supplement could help lower cholesterol in patients unable to tolerate statin drugs, ABC News reports. Extract of red yeast rice, a form of fermented rice that has been used in China for many centuries in medicine and food, is naturally rich in the active ingredient in the drugs. A recent Chinese study found the extract dramatically cut the risk of heart patients suffering a repeat attack, the London Times reports. More »
- Poor Crops Threaten to Worsen Food Crisis
  
  New York Times | Jun 10, 08 7:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Amid fears of looming food shortages around the world, this year’s crops aren’t providing much hope, the New York Times reports. While farmers in America have been hit with too much rain, Australian farmers are battling the effects of drought. US farmers planted 4 million more acres this year than last, but drenched fields are preventing good results. “The anxiety level is increasing,” says a grains analyst. More »
- Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town
  
  Reuters | Jun 10, 08 6:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A town devastated by the Sichuan earthquake was flooded today as soldiers worked to drain a dangerous quake lake, reports Reuters. Water whooshed into Beichuan after explosives and missiles were used to blast holes in the dam created by the earthquake. Some 250,000 people downstream had already been evacuated. More »
- Gated Enclaves Soar Above Indian Slums
  
  New York Times | Jun 9, 08 10:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gated communities are emerging across India to offer the country's growing group of wealthy professionals Western luxuries that the government cannot. One exclusive high-rise complex in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi, has its own security guards, landscaped lawns, and private school. Air conditioning, elevators, running water are all uninterrupted, while the slums that literally surround them suffer without power and water. More »
- Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 8, 08 7:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times . Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave them to supporters in 1907. Now, author Jennifer 8. Lee says bragging rights belong to the East. More »
- Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers
  
  Slate | Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao , or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines which kids grab the 5.7 million university openings available in 2009. More »
- Oil Prices Threaten US-Saudi Relations
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 8, 08 6:46 AM CDT

Stories

Chinese Remedy Could Cut Cholesterol

Poor Crops Threaten to Worsen Food Crisis

Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town

Gated Enclaves Soar Above Indian Slums

Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

Oil Prices Threaten US-Saudi Relations