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Smoking - the leading cause of avoidable deaths - is now twice as common among groups in lower socio-economic groups.
BBC: Why are we so unhealthy?
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Tampering with nature and being morally reprehensible -- these are common charges against stem cell research from religious and pro-life groups.
CNN: You, again: Are we getting closer to cloning humans?
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It's more common in Sub-Saharan Africans, African-Americans and Native Americans than in other population groups.
CNN: Albinism
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But public-advocacy groups Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology still have some qualms about the election process.
CNN: New domains at last
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You have a huge grouping of consumer data, so you can micro-target messages to common groups, finding pleasure points and anger points on issues.
NEWYORKER: On the Bus
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They divide these countries into two groups according to whether they have civil-law or common-law systems.
ECONOMIST: Protection money
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Last year, Gaynor Sbuttoni, who provides counselling for children in London, said it was increasingly common for teachers to encourage pupils to play in large groups instead of developing tight-knit bonds.
BBC: Should children have best friends?
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By providing them with a unique and targeted place on the Internet, a community-based TLD presents a truly powerful platform for common interest groups to come together and promote their causes.
FORBES: What New Top-Level Web Domains Will Succeeed?
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But by comparing differences found - and in particular, differences between large groups of people with a particular disease and groups of healthy individuals - scientists are now able to investigate the genetic basis of common diseases.
BBC: Has decoding the genome lived up to hype?
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Ms Cheong, meanwhile, has issued a public apology, saying that the noise from the wedding - in a common space known as a void deck underneath government-built housing often used for celebrations by different ethnic groups - had caused her to lash out.
BBC: Singapore PM urges 'respect' after Facebook rant
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But nonprofit groups such as Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology last year pressed for a direct election of at-large board members and, after winning the backing of the U.S. government, convinced ICANN to follow their advice.
CNN: Group overseeing Internet changes sets its election rules