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BEIJING (AP) – Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush of bodies, state media and the local government reported yesterday....
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LONDON (Reuters) - Measuring body mass index or waist size in overweight people can accurately predict the risk of heart disease, Dutch scientists said on Monday.
A large 10-year study found that half of all fatal heart disease cases and a quarter of...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck.
"I've been a jazz fan ever since," the president sai...
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A prisoner had 18 months added to his sentence for possession of cannabis while serving at Westgate.
Standing before Magistrates' Court yesterday, Jason Wheatley, 28, pleaded guilty to having a small amount of cannabis, 0.17 grams, in his prison cell...
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+ Merchant shipping capacity increases as demand falls
+ Productivity suffering
+ Falling freight rates add to overcapacity woes
GENEVA (Reuters) - The world shipping industry is struggling with overcapacity and falling productivity in the face of th...
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Dear Annie: My outgoing, popular and smart daughter, "Lizzy," graduated from high school last June. During the school year, there was an investigation into rumors of inappropriate conduct between a male teacher and my daughter. Lizzy assured me nothi...
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The Premier has urged large industrialised nations to take a military-style approach to tackling climate change.
Ewart Brown stressed the vulnerability of small island nations to the effects of global warming when he appeared on Britain's Sky News th...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Dec. 1
The New York Times, on gray wolves:
Not everyone was happy when the gray wolf population in the Northern Rockies,...
DATE: Dec 09, 2009
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Stopping gun violence
This letter was sent to Public Safety Minister David Burch and copied to The Royal Gazette. The writer has also provided Sen. Burch's reply.
November 16, 2009
Dear Sir,
The most pressing issue facing Bermuda right now is the inc...
DATE: Dec 09, 2009
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The feature unveiled pn Monday represents Google Inc.'s most significant step yet in the field of "real-time" search - a catch phrase for the torrent of information constantly being shared on blogs and the personal pages of social-networking sites su...
DATE: Dec 09, 2009
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