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　　KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) — Scoliosis, a disorder that causes an abnormal curve of the spine, among school children has nothing to do with carrying heavy bags, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin. 　　She said a selected 13,340 Year Six pupils in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Kuala Terengganu were screened [...]

　　They called them plastic bag trees in West Virginia, and they usually bloomed after swollen rivers receded. 　　That was in the late 1970s, and there wasn’t much curbside solid waste pickup back in the hollows of coal country. As often as not, trash would end up in the water, eventually clinging to the trees along [...]

　　That day again 　　It’s that day again. We shall gather the children in their ironed uniforms and have them march in the sun before some pot bellied official whose children are in colleges abroad. He arrives late and is naturally in a hurry to leave. So the children who have been waiting have to be [...]

　　 　　 　　Pirelli has been extending its brand into fashion since 2002, extending its P-Zero designation into its own label. The aim is to have PZero (without the hyphen) denote high-tech fashion, with modern materials, expanding into a full fashion line. 　　For spring–summer 2011, the company has released, inter alia, a sailing shoe, the Pirelli [...]

　　For a few small companies, there’s only one answer to the love or hate ‘Sex and the City 2′ question. (Hint: It’s love it.) 　　 　　The “Sex and the City” TV series made household names of brands like Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo – now a handful of small companies are hoping the film has [...]

　　 　　The new glasses aimed at kids are the same model used for adults, but they are slightly smaller and should be a bit more comfortable to wear. These smaller glasses are for children 8 years or younger, according to a press release, and will be wrapped and distributed using individual wrappers. 　　“The little ones [...]