TOKYO cheap nike exp x14 , Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar changed hands in the upper 108 yen zone in early deals in Tokyo on Thursday, marginally lower than its levels seen in New York overnight.
As markets opened here, the dollar was quoted at 108.90-91 yen compared with 108.99-109.09 yen in New York and 109.42-44 yen at 5 p.m. on Wednesday in Tokyo.
The euro, meanwhile, fetched 1.1815-1815 dollars and 128.68-72 yen against 1.1801-1811 dollars and 128.70-80 yen in New York and 1.1781-1782 dollars and 128.91-95 yen in late Wednesday afternoon trade in Tokyo.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Children who get more sleep are at lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published Tuesday in a U.S. journal.
For adults, getting too much or not enough sleep both have been linked with adiposity and type 2 diabetes. In children, more sleep has been tied to lower levels of obesity cheap onitsuka tiger mexico mid runner , but research about type 2 diabetes risk factors has been scarce, according to The Journal of Pediatrics.
To explore possible connections, researchers analyzed the body measurements, blood sample results and questionnaire data from 4,525 children of multi-ethnic descent, aged 9 to 10 years cheap onitsuka tiger canvas , in England.
They found children who slept longer had lower body weight and lower levels of fat mass.
Sleep duration was "also inversely related to insulin, insulin resistance and blood glucose," they said.
"These findings suggest increasing sleep duration could offer a simple approach to reducing levels of body fat and type 2 diabetes risk from early life," professor Christopher Owen, who led the research at St George's, University of London cheap onitsuka tiger serrano , said in a statement.
"Potential benefits associated with increased sleep in childhood may have implications for health in adulthood," Owen said.
The researchers did not find an association between sleep duration and cardiovascular risk factors, including blood lipids and blood pressure.
This lack suggests "that sleep duration does not alter other cardiovascular risk in early life, other than by increased obesity and metabolic risks which, if sustained or accentuated, take time to accelerate cardiovascular risks asics gt cool express ," the researchers wrote.
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BAGHDAD, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, retook control of the town of Hatra in the south of Iraq's northern province of Nineveh on Thursday, after clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants, the paramilitary units said.
"The paramilitary fighters asics gel sight , backed by the army's helicopter gunships, completely freed the small town of Hatra after they drove out the IS militants from the town, some 100 km southwest of Mosul," the media office of the predominantly Shiite Hashd Shaabi said in a statement.
Hundreds of the Hashd Shaabi fighters entered the town from the southern edge and fought sporadic clashes against the IS militants while they freed its neighborhoods, the media office said.
Afterwards, the Hashd Shaabi fighters launched a clearing campaign in the buildings of the town cheap asics gel scram 3 , searching for suspected IS militants and defusing roadside bombs and booby-trapped buildings, the statement said.
The recapture came on the third day of an operation launched by the Hashd Shaabi units to dislodge IS militants from their desert stronghold in the town of Hatra, which bears the same name as the damaged ancient city of Hatra.
On Wednesday, the paramilitary units freed the IS-held archaeological site after clashes with its militants, according to an earlier statement by the Hashd Shaabi media office.
The 2,000-year-old Hatra archaeological site is well-known for its high walls full of inscriptions cheap asics gel saga , watchtowers and Hellenistic and Roman temples with Eastern decorative features.
The ancient city was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987, the first such site in Iraq.
In March 2015, the Iraqi Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said IS militants stole and destroyed the ancient Hatra city.
Mosul, 400 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, has been under IS control since June 2014, when government forces abandoned their weapons and fled cheap asics gel respector , enabling IS militants to take control of parts of Iraq's northern and western regions.
The recapture of Hatra area came as the Iraqi security forces, backed by anti-IS international coalition, are carrying out a major offensive to drive out the IS militants from the western side of Mosul, which represents IS last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
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