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Suicide blasts kill 33 ahead of Iraq pollsBaquba, Iraq (AFP) March 3, 2010 Three suicide attacks, including one by a bomber who rode in an ambulance to hospital before blowing himself up, killed 33 people in central Iraq on Wednesday, just days before nationwide elections. The blasts in Baquba, the deadliest to hit the country in nearly a month, also wounded 55 people and spurred security forces to clamp an immediate curfew on the city, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad. At least 10 policemen were among the 33 dead, a security official said. The attacks cam ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2010The White House warned Friday that the situation in Haiti one month after an earthquake devastated the capital "remains dire" ahead of potentially disastrous rains in the coming months. "The situation remains dire... the need for food, shelter, medical supplies and basic security is enormous, and the coming rainy season will pose new challenges," press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statem ... more  
Long Beach, California (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented here Wednesday. Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soy, and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies, Angiogenesis Foundation head William Li said at a prestigious TED Conference. "We are rating foods based on their cancer-fighting qualities," Li said. "W ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Feb 10, 2010Iran on Wednesday spurned a US offer to supply it with medical isotopes if it stops further enriching uranium as world powers warned the time for diplomacy was limited and the sanctions clock was ticking. The foreign ministry shunned the US offer as "not logical," after State Department spokesman Philip Crowley floated the idea on Tuesday when Iran said it had begun enriching uranium to 20 p ... more |
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In Haiti, doctors struggle with new wave of injuredPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 Nearly a month after an earthquake devastated Haiti, medical teams still treat trauma patients but also face a new wave of ailments linked to poor hygiene and squalid, cramped living conditions. After three sleepless nights with debilitating pain in her lower back, 53-year-old Anne Setoute waited for her turn at the Canape Vert hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince. Her house came crashing down during the January 12 earthquake and a piece of rubble fell on her. She is still living in the street ... read more |
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