A Comprehensive PBS Documentary On The Iraq War Becomes A Big Hit Online
?Bush’s War,? a ?Frontline? documentary produced for the fifth anniversary of the United States? invasion of Iraq, has been viewed online by a record number of viewers....
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£5bn Wiped Off BP As Analysts Slice Forecasts
More than £5 billion was wiped off the value of oil giant BP today after it emerged that analysts had cut their estimates of fourth quarter profits by 25 per cent. That would slice $1.5 billion...
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Dow Hits Record, Its 26th Since October
The Nasdaq composite index also jumped 1.4 percent after profit reports from Yahoo and Sun Microsystems restored the confidence of investors in the technology sector....
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Clash At Mosque In Pakistani Capital
Security forces clashed with militants today outside a radical mosque, killing at least five people, officials said....
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Centrica Joins With EDF In British Energy Deal
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is hammering out last-minute details of a joint venture with EDF, the European energy giant, which will see the British owner join EDF’s bid for British Energ...
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Health News

Cloning Said to Yield Human Embryos
2008-01-19 04:50 - Scientists at a small biotechnology company say they have used cloning to create human embryos from the skin cells of two men.

Virus Is Linked to a Powerful Skin Cancer
2008-01-19 04:50 - Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus and strongly linked it with the most aggressive form of skin cancer.

Growth of Genetic Tests Concerns Federal Panel
2008-01-19 04:50 - Regulation and oversight has not kept pace with the development of new genetic tests and efforts to sell them directly to consumers.

Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients
2008-01-19 04:50 - Americans with prostate cancer are traveling abroad for a treatment that is not approved in the United States.

$300 to Learn Risk of Prostate Cancer
2008-01-18 06:01 - Researchers have reported that a simple DNA test can help predict a man’s risk of getting prostate cancer.

New Questions on Treating Cholesterol
2008-01-18 06:01 - Following results of recent clinical trials on popular cholesterol drugs, cardiologists are questioning whether a patient’s cholesterol should be all that matters.

March of Dimes Renames a Fund-Raiser
2008-01-18 06:01 - The March of Dimes, one of the nation’s oldest nonprofit groups, is changing the name of Walk America, its biggest fund-raising event, to March for Babies as part of an effort to increase public awareness of its mission.

Do My Breast Implants Have a Warranty?
2008-01-18 04:50 - A new debate is emerging over whether breast implants constitute the kind of annuity medicine that will entail regular surgical tuneups, exposing patients to increased medical risk and out-of-pocket expenses.

Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse
2008-01-18 04:50 - Your mother was right about the hat. But bundling up is not advised.

Antidepressant Studies Unpublished
2008-01-18 04:50 - The makers of some antidepressants never published the results of about a third of the drug trials that they conducted to win government approval, a new study suggests.


 
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