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Europeans stock up as no end to cold snap forecast - 01/10/2010

BERLIN- Europe endured weekend weather misery with scores of flights cancelled and key highways cut off as snow blanketed much of the continent, and officials urged people to stock up on supplies....

US plane plot suspect says 20 more in training: report - 01/09/2010

WASHINGTON - A young Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a US airliner boasted during his interrogation that some 20 others were being trained to carry out similar attacks, CBS reported Friday....

Australia slams Indian newspaper's Ku Klux Klan cartoon - 01/09/2010

SYDNEY, Madeleine Coorey - Australia on Friday angrily condemned an Indian newspaper cartoon likening its police to the Ku Klux Klan over their investigations into the murder of a young Indian man....

European freeze hits transport as Britain limits gas - 01/09/2010

LONDON, Sam Reeves - Europe was faced with grounded planes and axed trains Friday amid bitter winter weather and hard-hit Britain was forced to curb industrial gas usage to save dwindling supplies....

Britain condemns Egypt border shooting - 01/08/2010

LONDON - Britain condemned Thursday the fatal shooting of an Egyptian policeman at the border with the Gaza Strip and deplored the violence "from all quarters." The Egyptian policeman was killed...

Japanese conductor Ozawa has oesophageal cancer: office - 01/08/2010

TOKYO - Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa said Thursday he had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and had cancelled his schedule for at least six months to undergo treatment. Ozawa, the...

Genetic key to cocaine addiction: study - 01/08/2010

WASHINGTON- US scientists have found a key mechanism in the brain that helps explain why cocaine is so addictive and could pave the way towards a potential cure, a study showed Thursday....

Israel, UN reach tentative Gaza compensation deal - 01/08/2010

UNITED NATIONS - Israel and the United Nations have reached a tentative accord on terms of a compensation deal for damage caused to UN facilities during the Jewish state's military offensive in the...

US environmental agency gets tough on smog - 01/07/2010

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher standards for how much smog can be in the air, a move the US agency said would save money and protect health, especially...

New brain scan better at detecting early Alzheimer's - 01/07/2010

WASHINGTON - A new kind of brain scan seems to be better at detecting early signs of change related to the onset of Alzheimer's disease, new research published Wednesday in the online issue of...
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