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Smoking cigarettes can cause even more health problems than previously known, including liver and colon cancer, blindness, diabetes and erectile dysfunction, said a major US government report on Friday. Top health officials gathered at the White House…
The US Treasury Department said Thursday that it plans to sell about 40 percent of its shares in rescued bank Ally Financial for around $3 billion. Ally Financial, the former lending arm of automaker General Motors, was bailed out by the government…
The knives are out in some Republican circles for embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). According to Tegan Goddard’s Political Wire blog, one top Republican fundraiser described the governor as disloyal and self-promoting. “The guy, as a…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday dismissed President Barack Obama’s proposals to curb the reach of the National Security Agency (NSA), saying they would change very little. In a speech intended to quell the furor over surveillance programs…
US lawmakers were poised Friday to seize a chance to take the initiative in reforming America’s vast digital surveillance network, after President Barack Obama opened the door to them. Under pressure after fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden…
European stocks pulled back on Thursday, failing to gain traction from a surprise drop in US unemployment claims, while Citigroup earnings disappointed. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down just 0.07 percent at 6,815.42 points. Frankfurt…
US stocks finished the week modestly higher following a mixed batch of corporate earnings reports, avoiding a major retreat that had been feared early in the period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 21.51 (0.13 percent) higher to 16,458.56. The…
Harrowing historical drama “12 Years a Slave” won best picture at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards late Thursday, while 3D space spectacular “Gravity” took seven prizes. “American Hustle” — which earlier in the day shared top Oscar nominations with…
Hollywood fired the starting gun Thursday on the most crowded Oscars race for years, with “American Hustle” and 3D space drama “Gravity” topping nominations but a wide field of movies hoping for glory on March 2. “American Hustle” and “Gravity” each…
Officials are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum likely to set the stage for a presidential bid by the army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected head of state. Initial tallies suggest this week’s two-day referendum…
Two Britons were among the 21 people killed in a Taliban attack on a popular restaurant in Kabul, the Foreign Office in London said on Saturday. “We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in Afghanistan on the 17th of January,” a spokeswoman…
US clothing chain American Apparel has sparked controversy by putting mannequins sprouting pubic hair in the windows of their shop in New York’s boho Lower East Side. Passersby stopped to gawk, take photographs, chuckle or raise a horrified eyebrow…
Congo claimed their first points of the Orange African Nations Championship with a 1 -0 win over Ethiopia in a…
NOMBORI, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) – The region around Bandiagara, in central Mali’s Mopti Region, is struggling to cope with…
Follow @{0}Bissau-Guineans will go to the polls in March to end yet another post-coup regimeDAKAR, 16 January 2014 (IRIN) -…
17 January 2014 – More than 6,000 child soldiers may now be involved in the conflict in the Central African…
e-DBA, the UK’s premier specialised Oracle Platinum Partner, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded supplier status on…
Partnership delivers advantages of LDRA certification technologies alongside local expertise and support for developer. Bangalore, India, January 18, 2014 –(PR.com)–…
Multilizer has released a new version of its award-winning localization technology. The latest version brings many enhancements to those features…