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World Health Organization: Pharma interests didn’t influence flu verdict

The article last week in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, pointed out that WHO did not disclose potential conflicts of interest …
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Ex-Czech President Havel wins Kafka literary prize

An international jury that included prominent German literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki and British publisher John Calder chose to give Havel the …
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Queen Elizabeth II’s husband has surgery on hand

The palace says Prince Philip was admitted as a day patient at undisclosed hospital Monday for surgery on his left hand. He canceled a dinner …
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Missing teen’s mother opens U.S. center for missing

Beth Holloway is scheduled to open the Natalee Holloway Resource Center on Tuesday at the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in …
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McDonald’s sales climb, but euro may hit profit

McDonald’s also said it will take a hit to its full-year profit because of the weak euro, which accounts for about 25 percent of its operating income. …
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Drought threatens Thailand’s rice crop

Chanchai Rakthananon, president of the Thai Rice Mills Association, said Tuesday that rice output for the next crop cycle, ending in August, could …
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World Bank urges action on asset plundering, graft

But bribery and corruption is also a problem for developed economies that are struggling to bring their finances under control, World Bank Group …
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Slovak-Hungarian tensions flare as Slovaks near vote

"Nobody in my circle has ever had a problem when it comes to coexistence, it has always been politicians blowing problems out of proportion, and it …
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Mandela likely to appear at World Cup opening ceremony

"We believe that maybe before the game we could bring him to the game just to greet the players and greet the fans," Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela …
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Demjanjuk expert: documents appear genuine

Larry Stewart, who analyzed 22 documents being used in the case in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations, told the …
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Emirates in record $11 billion order for A380s

Airbus called the unexpected vote of confidence the largest commercial aircraft order by dollar value ever. It came as EADS showed off the …
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European Union tightens oversight of governments

EU Economy Commissioner Olli Rehn said he expects finance ministers from the 27-nation bloc would move quickly to reinforce economic governance at a …
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Putin condemns Israeli raid on Gaza-bound ship

Turkey, which is hosting a 22-nation security summit, is seeking international condemnation for the May 31 raid on a Turkish ship that killed nine …
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Iran sanctions vote could come Wednesday

Diplomats from Western countries were speaking to reporters on Monday after the 15-nation council held private talks on how to proceed with a …
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Dozens more bodies found in Mexico drug gang dump

The first 20 corpses, including the warden of a nearby jail, were pulled more than a week ago from the bottom of a 500-foot (150-metre) deep air shaft …
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China vows no let-up to state control of Internet

A very public spat with Internet giant Google Inc earlier this year led to the company shutting down its main Chinese search engine and added to …
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Desperation grows in Poland’s flood-hit areas

But a new wave of floods struck this weekend, washing it all away and leaving the family nothing left to salvage. "Now we don’t even know where the …
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Human papillomavirus raises odds of survival in throat cancer

That may mean that some patients will be able to undergo less toxic treatments, sparing them painful side effects from the current standard of …
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