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MANKEH II, Sierra Leone (Reuters) — African singing star and anti-poverty campaigner Angelique Kidjo has accused Western aid donors and big businesses of exploiting poverty in Africa to promote "neo-colonial" interests.
Kidjo, from Benin, is one of a...
DATE: Sep 10, 2008
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Dear Dr. Gott: I have been diagnosed with tinnitus and told there is nothing I can do for it. Would you know of an herbal remedy or natural cure I might try?
Reply: Tinnitus is defined as a noise, ringing, clicking or buzzing in the ears that affects...
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Filmmaker Spike Lee was focusing on the past when he made a movie about oft-forgotten the role of black soldiers in the Second World War, a war film with both blood and schmaltz set in Tuscany.
But the way the United States has ch...
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NEW YORK (AP) – MSNBC is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.
The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling, opinionated MSNBC...
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NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — For the first time since he founded the Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein didn't have to sign any checks or worry about how the fickle weather might affect the bottom line.
Instead, his biggest concern at the recent fest...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults who are regularly active, whether through exercise or work, are less likely to develop a range of cancers, a new study suggests.
The study, which followed nearly 80,000 Japanese adults for up to a decade, found that...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Young Jeezy may seem like an unlikely political commentator, given his status as a gangsta rapper.
But on his new CD, "The Recession," he talks about more than just hustling, putting in his two cents about the economy, struggling time...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) — After a life spent on the road and on the rails, U.S. novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux decided to take the world's temperature once again.
In his latest book, "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star," Theroux retraces his steps f...
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NEW YORK (AP) – If a stranger appears in the back row of your town's school board meeting sometime during the next two months, a baseball cap worn low to partially obscure his face, don't be alarmed.
It could very well be CNN's John King, on a missio...
DATE: Sep 09, 2008
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Dear Dr. Gott: I would appreciate any information you can give me about granuloma annulare.
I would like to know what it is, what causes it, what treatments are available, if it is contagious and if it is an infection. I am an 85-year-old female who ...
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