Ireland’s Prime Minister To Resign Amid Corruption Inquiry
Denying that he received corrupt payments, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced that he would resign next month....
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Bank Signals Further Rise In Interest Rates This Autumn To Tame Inflation
More interest rate pain for home-buyers and businesses was in prospect last night after the Bank of England signalled that the cost of borrowing is set to rise again during the autumn....
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China Rejects Darfur Criticism
China said sports and politics should be kept separate, after filmmaker Steven Spielberg criticized Beijing for not using its influence to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur....
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Labadie Journal: Amid The Woe, A Haitian Paradise Beckons
A resort in Labadie, Haiti, is a world away for most people in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere....
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World Briefing | Americas: Report On Deadly Haitian Capsizing
The authorities in Turks and Caicos, a British territory in the West Indies, were ill equipped to handle the capsizing of a boat in May in which 61 Haitian migrants died, British maritime investigator...
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Health News

Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism
2008-01-09 04:51 - A study has found that autism cases continued to climb even after thimerosal, which some people blame for the disorder, was removed from routine childhood shots.

Caution, Not Panic, Seen After Drug Warnings
2008-01-09 04:50 - A new study investigated the effects of changes to labels on antidepressant use nationwide.

Homeless, With a New Loss: Identity
2008-01-09 04:50 - If your identity is being used by someone else, then his overdose is not your business.

Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease
2008-01-09 04:50 - The search for new treatments can be tricky when the disease is fearsome but nearly forgotten because its victims are poor and obscure.

For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
2008-01-09 04:50 - At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.

Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their He...
2008-01-08 06:01 - Blogger Om Malik’s heart attack ? and his blogging about it ? raises the issue of what happens when a blogger becomes a name brand.

Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage
2008-01-08 04:50 - With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball players? medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.

Can Burt’s Bees Turn Clorox Green?
2008-01-07 06:01 - Another small, eco-friendly business is scooped up by a corporation.

Fight Against Youth Cancer Enters the Recording Studio
2008-01-07 06:01 - The children’s cancer center of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital has expanded its arts-in-medicine therapies to include songwriting and recording.

AIDS Patients Face Downside of Living Longer
2008-01-07 04:50 - As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of medical conditions that challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.


 
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