Korean hostages receive medicine (CNN.com) GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- Afghan doctors delivered medicines on Sunday for 21 South Koreans kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan more than two weeks ago. [News Source]

Mummy’s Log: Visited Scan God in Land of the Dead (New York Times) North Shore University Hospital is helping unveil the mysteries of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy belonging to the Brooklyn Museum. [News Source]

Study: Sunlight May Decrease Breast Cancer Risk (Fox News) The safe-tanning messages that are drummed into women each year may help to reduce their risk of skin cancer – but at the cost of increasing their risk of breast cancer. [News Source]

Medicine delivered to hostages (The Globe and Mail) An Afghan clinician has dropped more than $1,250 worth of antibiotics, pain killers, vitamin tablets and heart pills in an area of desert for 21 kidnapped South Koreans [News Source]

Scientists Purify Biodiesel Made From Vegetable Oils (Science Daily) Chemists have developed a way of purifying biodiesel made from vegetable oils, which is cheap, simple and low in toxicity. Researchers were able to remove glycerol, the main by-product of vegetable oil-based biodiesel, using ionic liquids made in part by vitamin B4 (choline chloride). [News Source]

Afghan doctors deliver medicine for Korean hostages (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Afghan doctors delivered medicines on Sunday for 21 South Koreans kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan more than two weeks ago. [News Source]

Hurting a small farm near you. If you've purchased organic produce at Ukrop's, Giant Food or Whole Foods, you may well have eaten some of the fruits of my labor. [News Source]

Energy plan has skeptics. Report shows going green may cost more. [News Source]

Tour of eco-friendly projects inspires former Udall fellows. For many years, environmentalists have fought the stereotype that they are always saying "No". [News Source]

A river ran through it. Australia's Murray River is choking to death in the worst drought for a thousand years, sparking water rationing and suicides on devastated farms. But is the 'big dry' a national emergency, or a warning that the earth is running out of water? [News Source]

Afghan doctors deliver medicine to Korean hostages (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Afghan doctors delivered medicines on Sunday for 21 South Koreans kidnapped by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan more than two weeks ago. [News Source]

Health Highlights: Aug. 5, 2007 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: [News Source]