Ancient health care systems such as ayurveda are gaining popularity once again as people become wary of allopathy and the hazards it involves.

Dr Ram Kumar Kutty Lok Swasthya Parampara Samvardhan Samithy Post Box No 7102 Trichy Road, Ramanathapuram Coimbatore 641 045 Dr T N Manjunath Voluntary Health Association

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While US vice president Al Gore cast his lot with the anti incinerator, industry greens, residents of East Liverpool, Ohio, got together to protest the loss of the incinerator job bonanza.

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