June 20, 2013 08:39AM
BREAKING NEWS
Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines
Published: 19-Jun-13 02:42PM
CANDON (AFP) -- Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, where family fortunes as well as political empires are built on the golden leaf.
For Eddie Habab and the country's 65,000 other tobacco farmers bas...
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Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines
Published: 19-Jun-13 02:42PM
CANDON (AFP) -- Tobacco enriches and corrupts in the dry, sun-drenched northern Philippines, wher...
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Jawbone teams with nonprofit to keep children fit
Published: 19-Jun-13 02:40PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Fitness wristband maker Jawbone on Tuesday teamed with Alliance for a Heal...
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Japan experts mull rules on chimeric embryos
Published: 18-Jun-13 02:48PM
TOKYO (AFP) -- Japanese experts were Tuesday set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-hum...
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US program marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby
Published: 18-Jun-13 09:27AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be bor...
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Saudi announces four new deaths from MERS virus
Published: 18-Jun-13 09:25AM
RIYADH (AFP) -- Four more people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the deat...
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Nepal's president to seek medical treatment in Japan
Published: 17-Jun-13 02:53PM
KATHMANDU (AFP) -- Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav will fly to Japan later on Monday for medica...
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China seen facing uphill struggle against pollution
Published: 17-Jun-13 02:52PM
BEIJING (AFP) -- China's newly announced measures to combat pollution by slashing emissions from ...
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Mandela showing 'sustained' improvement: Zuma
Published: 17-Jun-13 08:55AM
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) -- Nelson Mandela is showing a "sustained" improvement after more than a week ...
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Mandela 'looks good' in hospital: grandson
Published: 16-Jun-13 09:59AM
QUNU (AFP) -- Nelson Mandela seems to be on the road to recovery from a recurrent lung infection,...
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Study blames men for menopause
Published: 15-Jun-13 09:30AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Men and their preference for younger female mates may have led to the phenome...
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