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Mubarak's fate in court's handsWashington DC (UPI) Aug 03, 2011 Hosni Mubarak, on trial in Cairo for murder and fraud, may be a sacrificial lamb but he should have known what was going on during the revolution, experts say. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands were injured during protests that eventually forced Mubarak from power after nearly three decades as Egypt's president. Mubarak appeared Wednesday, lying on a hospital gurney in a metal cage, in a Cairo court alongside his sons Alaa, Gamal and members of the former regime. The 83 ... read more |
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  US, Vietnam start first military relationship The United States and Vietnam on Monday opened their first formal military relationship since their war, another sign of growing cooperation amid high tensions between Hanoi and China. ... more | .. |
  The key to life on land A chance discovery of a genetic mutation in wild barley that grows in Israel's Judean Desert, in the course of a doctoral study at the University of Haifa, has led to an international study decipher ... more | .. |
  NATO warns Kadhafi over use of civilian facilities NATO warned on Tuesday that its warplanes will bomb former civilian facilities if Moamer Kadhafi's forces use them to launch attacks, as the UN said Libya's capital is suffering shortages of fuel, medicine and cash. ... more | .. |
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  Hundreds displaced by Iran-Iraq Kurd clashes: ICRC Fighting between Iranian military forces and Kurdish separatists has displaced hundreds of villagers in the border regions of northern Iraq, the Red Cross said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Uighur leader fears for China detainees after clashes An exiled leader of China's Uighur minority said Monday she feared for the safety of dozens of people she said were injured in recent clashes with police in the country's Xinjiang region and then detained. ... more | .. |
  How to eat well and save the planet too Eating used to be so simple. If you liked it and could afford it, down the hatch it went. Yum-yum, end of story. ... more | .. |
 Chavez OKs budget from Cuban hospital bed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez indicated he retains key powers even after delegating responsibilities to aides as he approved a budget from the hospital in Cuba, where is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. ... more |
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Thailand, Cambodia clash with jets and rockets in deadly border row
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  Millions facing misery in Somalia famine Struggling through parched bush and baking heat, Rahmo Mohammed brought her severely malnourished son Saeed to Ethiopia's Kobe refugee camp to save him. ... more | .. |
  EU tightens nuclear waste disposal rules The European Union on Tuesday tightened rules on the disposal of radioactive waste with strict conditions on exporting it outside EU borders, but the move did not please environmentalists. ... more | .. |
 Seven hurt in Israeli raid on Gaza: Palestinians Seven people were wounded in Gaza on Sunday by what Palestinian medical sources said was an Israeli air strike, but Israel denied it had carried out any such raid. ... more | .. |
  Major AIDS forum gets down to work amid surge of good news A global medical forum on AIDS got down to business on Sunday for four days of debate on powerful new weapons to combat a pandemic that in 30 years has claimed as many lives as a World War. ... more |
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 Africans on HIV drugs can expect normal lifespan - study Patients taking HIV drugs in Africa can expect to have a near-normal lifespan, although men are likelier to die far sooner than women, according to the biggest study of its kind, issued on Monday at the world conference on AIDS medicine. ... more | .. |
 Medical breakthroughs set to buoy AIDS council of war The biggest medical forum on AIDS kicks off on Sunday to a buzz of excitement about potential strategies for curbing a pandemic that has now claimed 30 million lives in its three-decade history. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Delivers Nuclear Materials Tracking System to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Lockheed Martin has completed delivery of the National Source Tracking System (NSTS) to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The system is an Information Technology tool that assists in the acco ... more | .. |
 University of Kentucky-led research could be path to new energy sources A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Professor Joe Chappell is making a connection from prehistoric times to the present that could result in being able to gene ... more |
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World's top court paves way for climate reparations
Pacific climate pioneer still fears for island nation's future
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  Heatstroke cases up as Japan saves electricity Heatstroke cases in Japan have shot up in the early summer as many air-conditioners have been switched off amid an energy saving campaign following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
AIDS: HIV drugs boost prevention hopes Heterosexuals who take daily AIDS drugs reduce the risk of being infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by nearly two-thirds, ground-breaking studies said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Rebuilt Iraq hospital plans surgery on infants It will be three years before doctors in Iraq can perform heart surgery on infants, doctors say, in a country where birth defects are high due to marriage within extended families. ... more | .. |
  Baghdad chlorine gas leak causes panic Hundreds of Baghdad residents were admitted to hospital after a chlorine gas leak at a water purification plant but most had been discharged by Wednesday morning, officials said. ... more |
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 Licensing deal to boost HIV drug access US pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences will allow generic drug makers to copy four HIV medicines under a deal announced Tuesday to give people in poor countries access to cheaper AIDS treatment. ... more | .. |
  Singapore expertise pioneers quick and scarless surgery Patients with gastric tumours in their stomach will no longer have to suffer an eight-hour long surgery, but instead can look forward to a short day surgery which last a few minutes to an hour witho ... more | .. |
  Two injured in second China escalator accident At least two people were injured in an escalator accident at a subway station in Shenzhen in China, state media said Monday, days after a 13-year-old boy died in a similar accident in Beijing. ... more | .. |
  BRICS vow to improve access to low-cost medicine The BRICS group of emerging countries on Monday vowed to improve access to low-cost and high-quality medicine - and called on developed nations to shoulder responsibility in helping the poor. ... more |
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  Robotic safe zones without protective barriers The modern working world is no longer conceivable without robots. They assist humans in manufacturing, laboratories or medicine. In the future, a new projection and camera-based system will prevent ... more | .. |
  Frog feet could solve a sticky problem Tree frogs have specially adapted self-cleaning feet which could have practical applications for the medical industry. "Tree frog feet may provide a design for self-cleaning sticky surfaces, w ... more | .. |
India-EU deal won't hurt flow of AIDS drugs: UN India has pledged not to curb its output of life-saving generic HIV/AIDS drugs in exchange for a free-trade deal with the European Union, a leading advocate for action on AIDS has said. ... more | .. |
 Swazis question rangers' special powers in poaching battle A teenage rhino calf died of stress and hunger last week in Swaziland after poachers slaughtered its mother, the first rhino killed in the tiny kingdom in two decades. ... more |
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