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Gates' billions for global health not all well spent - 05/09/2009

PARIS - Not all of the billions of dollars given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to boost global health have been wisely spent, one of Britain's top medical journals said on Friday. While...

Austria to pull out of European CERN institute - 05/08/2009

VIENNA- Austria is pulling out of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), Science Minister Johannes Hahn announced Thursday, citing budget concerns. The 20-million-euro...

Ex US-soldier found guilty of rape, murder of Iraqi girl - 05/08/2009

PADUCAH, Donna Groves - A US federal jury has found former soldier Steven Dale Green guilty of raping an Iraqi teenager and then executing the girl and her family, court officials said Thursday....

Mexico flu patients isolated as death toll rises - 05/07/2009

MEXICO CITY, Jennifer Gonzalez - Struggling to breathe and unable to sleep, a swine flu victim clutched a hospital drip with one hand as he lay in an isolation ward that has seen some of Mexico's flu...

Ancient 'hobbit' humans a new species after all: study - 05/07/2009

PARIS, Marlowe Hood - Diminutive humans whose remains were found on the remote Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 truly are a new species, and not pygmies whose brains had shrivelled with disease,...

Ponzi scheme theme in 'Made Off' videogame - 05/07/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Is there a bit of Bernie in you? Mobile phone users worldwide will soon be able to play Ponzi scheme scammers in a new videogame based on the financial ruin wreaked by jailed US...

Obama meets Peres amid signs of US-Israeli divergence - 05/06/2009

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama met Israel's President Shimon Peres at the White House on Tuesday amid signs of divisions between the two allies on Middle East peace talks and how to deal with...

'Wolverine' a howling success at box office - 05/05/2009

LOS ANGELES- Hugh Jackman proved a howling success at the North American box office this weekend as superhero spin-off "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," opened in top spot, final figures showed Monday....

Michelin steers iPhone users to fine dining - 05/05/2009

SAN FRANCISCO - Venerable dining guide Michelin on Monday expanded its menu of iPhone applications that steer users of the popular Apple smartphones to fine restaurants in cities they may be...

Indian Ocean buoys help predict monsoon: scientists - 05/05/2009

WASHINGTON- Scientists said Monday they had reached the halfway point in a project to set up buoys across the Indian Ocean, helping farmers predict the monsoon in some of the world's poorest areas....
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