Zuma Backs Zimbabwe Unity Idea
Jacob G. Zuma, the head of the African National Congress, lent support to the idea of a unity government to resolve Zimbabwe’s electoral crisis....
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President Mired In Rape Scandal Faces The End Of His Political Life
President Katsav of Israel, facing accusations of rape, was fighting last night for his political life after the Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, demanded his resignation.......
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Square Feet: Is A Giant Mall An Eyesore? Developer Urges Patience
Developer Laurence C. Siegel remains optimistic about his long-delayed Xanadu, a $2.3 billion New Jersey shopping mall project scheduled to open in November....
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UBS And New York Reach A Settlement On Brokerage Fees
UBS agreed to the payments to resolve accusations it steered inappropriate customers into fee-based accounts, the state Attorney General’s office said....
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What Cate’s Doing Next
Why is Cate Blanchett planning a three-year break?...
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Health News

Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly
2007-12-21 04:50 - Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.

No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions
2007-12-21 04:50 - ?Overtreated,? by Shannon Brownlee, is the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve ? but is so often misunderstood.

Q & A: Weak Eyes, Strong Eyes
2007-12-20 06:01 - Can wearing prescription glasses weaken your eyesight even more?

National Briefing | Science and Health: Tainted Syringes Sicken Dozens...
2007-12-20 04:50 - Federal health officials said they were investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states that have been linked to contaminated medical syringes.

System to Track Cloned Animals Is Planned
2007-12-20 04:50 - Responding to concerns in the food industry, companies developing cloned livestock have come up with a system to track the animals as they move through farms and slaughterhouses.

Economic Scene: No. 1 Book, and It Offers Solutions
2007-12-20 04:50 - ?Overtreated,? by Shannon Brownlee, is the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve ? but is so often misunderstood.

Insurers Seek Bigger Reach in Coverage
2007-12-20 04:50 - The insurance industry plans on Wednesday to propose a series of steps the companies say would let more individuals obtain coverage.

Pet Ferret Hit by an Arrow? Here’s a Book for You
2007-12-19 06:01 - The new Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health: Home Edition is a 1,345-page book likely to find readership in an animal-crazed nation.

Insouciance Recaptured
2007-12-19 06:01 - The Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant regained nearly full use of her facial muscles within 18 months.

San Francisco’s Mayor Proposes Fee on Sales of Sugary Soft Drinks
2007-12-19 06:01 - In a move he says is necessary to trim the city’s waistline, Gavin Newsom has proposed charging big stores a fee when they sell sugar-sweet soda.


 
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