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Recent research revealed that Pure Maple Syrup may be beneficial to your health. According to a recent research conducted by Dr. Keiko Abe from the University of Tokyo, there might be a surprising way of keeping your liver healthy - usage of pure maple syrup in your diet. According to this study, Pure maple syrup may promote a healthy liver. Additionally, a research conducted before this one, at University of Rhode Island, found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup that have been linked to human health. So we are not talking about just liver now, but pure maple syrup can be good for the entire human body. This research was conducted by medicinal plant research specialist Navindra Seeram. So, Pure Maple Syrup is good for your liver.

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100 killed in Congo ferry fire



Kinshasa (Congo)/Nairobi, June 7 (DPA) Up to 100 people were presumed dead following a fire on a ferry on the Congolese side of Lake Tanganyika in central Africa, reports said Wednesday.

The ferry was travelling south from Uvira to Kalemie with several tonnes of freight, including barrels of oil and petrol, when the engine caught fire, United Nations-run Radio Okapi reported.

Only 18 people were thought to have survived the accident.

Waterways are the favourite transport routes in vast Democratic Republic of Congo that has only a few hundred kilometres of paved roads.

Deadly ferry accidents are common, as the boats are usually overloaded with goods and passengers.

The waters of Lake Tanganyika fall within four countries - Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

DR Congo is preparing to hold its first multi-party elections in 40 years on July 30.

The European Union has said it will send about 2,000 troops to help secure the election and bolster the 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping contingent already stationed there.



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