Smelly Chinese lavatories face their Waterloo
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It went through revolutions in 1911 and 1949, and now, a half-century on, China is flushing in a new era of a whole different sort -- toilets.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviably poor reputation.
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FAIRDALE, W.Va. - A group of parents has accused a teacher at Fairdale Elementary School of forcing their sons to go into the classroom bathroom and take deep breaths because there was urine on and around the toilet. "She wanted them to see how bad it smelled," said parent Shelley Howerton.
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XIAMEN, China  - Dirty, polluted, and congested -- China's large cities have an unenviable poor reputation.
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Experts are warning of a link between jacuzzis and the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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HONG KONG - Thieves scouring for scrap metal have looted dozens of stainless steel drain covers and other fixtures, including faucets, from public toilets in a Hong Kong neigborhood, a newspaper reported Thursday.    The washrooms have lost 73 drain covers, four faucets, a steel gate and a hand dryer so far this year, the Apple Daily newspaper reported, citing police information...
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Custodians of Michelangelo's David are thinking of blasting air at dusty, sweaty tourists to stop them sullying the Renaissance sex symbol.
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Germans find smelly co-workers to be the most annoying aspect of their jobs, according to a survey by the German business magazine Junge Karriere.
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If inhaled, the bacteria can cause Legionnaireâs disease, a potentially fatal pneumonia-like condition especially hazardous in infants, the elderly and those with weakened immunity.
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Australians mopping up their flood damaged homes in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast north of Sydney were warned on Tuesday to protect themselves from disease in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters.
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China is filthy and needs to spend lots of money to clean up. American companies could get that business.
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British health officials have found a quarter of hot tubs have been found to contain the potentially lethal bacteria that cause Legionnaires&#39; disease.
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A new exhibit of Tibetan art in Berlin offers a rare chance to see treasures from ancient Buddhist monasteries, but is also being criticized as whitewashing China's treatment of Tibet's ancient culture.
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Australians mopping up their flood  damaged homes in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast north of  Sydney were warned on Tuesday to protect themselves from  disease in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters.
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Two Asian delicacies are the subject of a simmering debate pitting merchants who like to store them at room temperature for hours against food safety regulators who worry the practice could allow bacteria to build up.
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Patients say they are treated as contaminated sinners; some are ordered to use separate toilets or to wash outside. Others are banished.