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Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruption
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:49 AM EST (thestar.com.my)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nigeria signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.
The Hindu : International : Mottaki dismisses sanctions threat
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:45 AM EST (hindu.com)
DUBAI: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he does not expect fresh sanctions against Iran as imposition of internationally approved economic curbs has become outdated.
Brazil's New Standing Threatened by Ahmadinejad Visit
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:37 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.
Political Accusations and Naivety Behind the Mammogram Debate
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:22 AM EST (The New York Times)
The federal Preventive Services Task Force, the group that created a political firestorm this week with its recommendation that women get less-frequent mammograms, was created to be insulated from politics.
Medical Science and Medical Practice in Conflict : When to get a pap smear?; when to get a mammogram?
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:11 AM EST (The New York Times)
This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright.
Obama visits China as a supplicant
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:06 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)
In 1972, when Richard Nixon visited Beijing, his country was embroiled in a war in Vietnam, but its principal adversary was the Soviet Union; China was an economic pipsqueak and a military irrelevance. The U.S.
With all due respect, Mr President: he's big on respect, but...
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:50 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
After respectfully bowing to the emperor of Japan last week, President Obama travelled on to China where both countries agreed that "the fundamental principle of respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity" was at the core of China-US relations.
Americans have thrown the towel as Obama enthusiasm fades
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:31 PM EST (hurriyetdailynews.com)
WASHINGTON – The atmosphere is strange in this city. How can I explain this quiescence? I've been to this place many times over the years, but I've never seen Americans this lost and aimless.
U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From the Skies
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:21 PM EST (The New York Times)
COLORADO SPRINGS — The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept.
Obama Takes Stern Tone on North Korea and Iran
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:58 AM EST (The New York Times)
SEOUL, South Korea — President Obama delivered a stern message on Thursday to North Korea and Iran that they risk further sanctions and isolation if they do not rein in their nuclear ambitions.
Senate Democrats Unveil Health Bill With Public Option
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:32 AM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit.
Inside a Street Shooting in the Bronx - One Bullet and Ruined Lives
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:45 AM EST (The New York Times)
There were five young men in all, waiting on a street corner in the Bronx on Monday — two on bicycles, two with guns, and all with a specific target in mind: a 19-year-old rival who was inside a bodega.
Choosing the Small Screen of a Smartphone for E-Reading
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:11 AM EST (The New York Times)
With Amazon's Kindle, readers can squeeze hundreds of books into a device that is smaller than most hardcovers. For some, that's not small enough.
Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier With Avastin to Fight Glioblastoma
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:58 AM EST (The New York Times)
Dr. Howard Riina threaded a slender tube through a maze of arteries in Dennis Sugrue's brain, watching X-ray images on a monitor to track his progress.
Obama's Nomination for Iowa U.S. Attorney Criticized
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:47 AM EST (The New York Times)
Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama's nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville, …
Capital in Suspense as Budget Director Crunches Numbers on Health Bill
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:35 AM EST (The New York Times)
Mr. Elmendorf, a mild-mannered economist with a Harvard Ph.D., runs the Congressional Budget Office, the nonpartisan agency charged with assessing how legislation, like President Obama's proposed health overhaul, would affect the federal budget.
Taint of Corruption Is No Barrier to U.S. Visa - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:27 AM EST (The New York Times)
Several times a year, Teodoro Nguema Obiang arrives at the doorstep of the United States from his home in Equatorial Guinea, on his way to his $35 million estate in Malibu, Calif., his fleet of luxury cars, his speedboats and private jet. And he is always let into the country.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Needs time to 'Tidy Up' Remarks made at High School Assembly
Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:58 AM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — The school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday.
AP-GfK Poll: Is the country headed in the right or wrong direction?: 56% say "wrong"; 38% say "right"
Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:48 AM EST (ap-gfkpoll.com)
The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted November 5th – November 9th, 2009, by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media – a division of GfK Custom Research North America.
Sully Sullenberger, and "The Truth About the Miracle on the Hudson" : Book
Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:29 AM EST (The New York Times)
Uplift sells better than unpleasant facts, which is why, I suppose, William Langewiesche's new book, "Fly by Wire," has been published with an upbeat subtitle ("The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson") rather than with the more cynical one its publisher initial …
Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in Afghanistan
Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:43 AM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm.
Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:29 AM EST (The New York Times)
LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain's Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself.
In a First, Women Join Iraq's Elite Police Officer Corps
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:09 AM EST (The New York Times)
BAGHDAD — As one, the stony faces broke into a free-for-all of kisses, hugs and tears on Monday as the 50 women who called themselves the Lioness group became the first female graduates of Iraq's police officer training academy.
Computer models 'overstate species risks' if you ignore the microclimate significant at smaller scales
Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:39 AM EST (BBC News)
Some large-scale computer simulations may be overestimating the impact of climate change on biodiversity in some regions, researchers have suggested.
Experts map the body's bacteria
Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:33 AM EST (BBC News)
Scientists have developed an atlas of the bacteria that live in different regions of the human body. Some of the microbes help keep us healthy by playing a key role in physiological functions.
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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.
Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruptionBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nigeria signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.
- The Hindu : International : Mottaki dismisses sanctions threat
DUBAI: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he does not expect fresh sanctions against Iran as imposition of internationally approved economic curbs has become outdated.
- Brazil's New Standing Threatened by Ahmadinejad Visit
SÃO PAULO, Brazil -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's coming trip to Brazil is spurring criticism of the country in Washington, souring a budding U.S.-Brazilian relationship that appeared to promise a period of unprecedented cooperation in Latin America.
- Political Accusations and Naivety Behind the Mammogram Debate
The federal Preventive Services Task Force, the group that created a political firestorm this week with its recommendation that women get less-frequent mammograms, was created to be insulated from politics.
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