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daily dos
tue 3/25/2008
(image by borges, via flickr)
- Over 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to toilets, according to the United Nations. An estimated 700,000 children die worldwide every year from unsanitary conditions.
- Four soldiers were killed by a bomb blast in Baghdad, bringing the death toll in Iraq past the 4000 mark. White House officials called the milestone a "sobering moment."
- Several U.S. states, including Kentucky, South Carolina and Wisconsin, are considering lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 for military personnel. Proponents argue: if they're old enough to fight in a war, they're old enough to drink at home. According to USA Today, over 80 percent of those killed in Iraq were 21 and over.
- A group of British girls frustrated with a school ban on makeup have created a nail polish that "vanishes" indoors. (via Gizmodo)
- USA Today profiles Bob Unanue, the third-generation CEO of family-owned Goya Foods.
- Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira is hospitalized in critical condition after a car accident involving his tour bus.
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