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Stronger evidence pollution damages heart

Fine particulate matter from burning fossil fuels such as gasoline, coal and oil is the clearest offender, the group said. "Particulate matter …
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Analysis: Brown exit muddies UK government picture

The Liberal Democrats are now talking to both Brown’s Labour Party and their Conservative rivals about trying to form a government after Britain’s …
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Karzai, Obama set for ‘frank’ talks on Afghan war

"However nice we can be, we will raise issues that we believe that if addressed jointly by Afghanistan and the United States will help us strengthen …
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Report: Sudan asks Interpol to arrest rebel chief

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during a counter-insurgency campaign in Darfur — …
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Nigerian party chief pleads not guilty to fraud

A federal anti-fraud agency has accused Vincent Ogbulafor and four others of conspiring to siphon off 233 million naira ($1.5 million) in public …
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Poland’s Kaczynski gains support before vote

Poles will choose a head of state to replace Lech Kaczynski following his death in an April 10 plane crash in Russia. Opinion surveys have indicated …
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U.S. says engaged with Europe on debt crisis

"The president and his economic team have been following and have been engaged in this situation for quite some time," White House spokesman Robert …
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Attacks kill over 100 in Iraq, al Qaeda blamed

The attacks wounded more than 300 others in the capital, Baghdad, the southern oil hub of Basra and other towns and cities, and appeared aimed at …
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Dutch urge European Union to toughen rules on child labour

He said more than 200 million children performed work that contravened international standards for child labour — including forced labour, slavery, …
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Saudi king wants officials charged over floods

The floods, caused by torrential rain in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah last year, damaged thousands of houses built in dry river beds, and raised …
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Pakistan to come under more U.S. pressure

Lieutenant General Sardar Mahmood Ali Khan, Deputy Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added that such a big task in the mountainous northwest …
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Update: Turkish opposition leader quits after video scandal

The resignation of Deniz Baykal, a fierce critic of the ruling Islamist-leaning AK Party, comes as his secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP) …
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‘Shock and awe’ euro rescue lifts global markets

The "shock and awe" rescue plan — the biggest since G20 leaders threw money at the global economy following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 …
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British Airways cabin crew to hold 20 days of strikes

The first action, the third wave of strikes by BA staff this year, will begin on May 18 and run until May 22. There will be further strikes on May …
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Thai protesters refuse to leave, push new demands

The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), better known as the "red shirts", accepted a timetable for Nov. 14 elections, but set a …
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More than 70 dead in widespread Iraq attacks blamed on al Qaeda

The attacks in far-flung locations including Baghdad and towns in the south, north and west of the capital appeared aimed at showing Iraqis that …
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Update: Serbia finds mass grave of Kosovo Albanians

Serbia’s war crimes prosecutor quoted witnesses as saying the corpses were buried under an office building in Rudnica, in southern Serbia, close to …
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Britons consider emigration to leave woes behind

The survey carried out by foreign exchange broker Currency UK found that 31 percent of respondents cited the poor state of the British economy as …
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