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U.K. expels Israeli over Dubai killingThe Associated Press 23 March, 2010 Britain has expelled an Israeli diplomat from London over the use of forged passports in the suspected Mossad assassination of a Hamas operative, a top official has said. UN chief says Gaza suffering under Israeli blockade
BBC - 21 March 2010 The UN chief has said Israel's blockade of Gaza is causing "unacceptable suffering," during a Middle East visit to reinvigorate the peace process.A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more
A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.
Russia, U.S. on 'brink' of new arms treaty: ClintonAgence France-Presse - Russia and the United States are "on the brink" of signing a new nuclear disarmament treaty after resolving all outstanding issues, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.9/11 deal for workers 'not enough': judgeCBC News 19 March, 2010 A federal judge has rejected a mutimillion-dollar deal to compensate thousands of emergency workers who had claimed that cleaning up the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center had made them sick. |
Airport device follows fliers' phones, USA TODAY - 23 March 2010 Today's smartphones and PDAs could have a new use in the nation's airports: helping passengers avoid long lines at security checkpoints.Google ends censorship of Chinese search engineAFP Google announced Monday that it has stopped censoring its Chinese-language search engine Google.cn.Note next to bodies in Pakistan accuses dead of spying for U.S.Reza Sayah, CNN - March 21, 2010 The bullet-riddled bodies of six people were found Sunday in Pakistan's tribal region, four of them near a letter that accused them of spying for the United States, two local government officials told CNN. Ex-Governor George says Bank deliberately fuelled consumer boomJane Padgham The Independent 21 March, 2010 The Bank of England deliberately stoked the consumer boom that has led to record house prices and personal debt in order to avert a recession, the former Bank Governor Eddie George admitted yesterday.
Opposition unites to get look at uncensored detainee documentsJuliet O'Neill, Canwest News Service - The three opposition parties united in a bid Thursday to force the Conservative government to let them look at uncensored documents on the Afghan detainees affair or face rare parliamentary contempt proceedings. |
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