Monday, October 4, 2010

No evidence US targeted in new threat: Officials

No evidence US targeted in new threat: Officials

No evidence US targeted in new threat: Officials

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A new terror threat against Europe isn't related to the United States, but Americans traveling abroad should take commonsense precautions, the White House said on Monday. President Barack Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, emphasized that Americans were not being told to stay home.


Chile President sees miners rescued before Oct 15

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Chile's President Sebastian Pinera said Monday that his government is "very close" to pulling 33 trapped miners to safety and he hopes to be there in person to see the rescue before leaving on a trip to Europe.


The young US soldier both loved and hated

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Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs called to say he did not kill Afghan civilians for the thrill of killing. Nor did he toss severed fingers at the feet of his fellow soldiers to scare them into silence. "All he said was, 'I don't know where these guys are getting this stuff,' " said Eric Thomas, a childhood friend here, shortly after speaking with Sergeant Gibbs by telephone one recent evening. "He said none of it actually happened. He said for some reason the other guys were scared. He doesn't know where it comes from."


Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders goes on trial

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Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has appealed for freedom of expression as he goes on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all time highs.


Arsonists strike Palestinian mosque

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.Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling "revenge" on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of the Muslim holy book in an attack that threatened to stoke tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking.


NATO tankers targeted again in Pakistan

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Three attacks on NATO convoys in three days on a supply route from Pakistan to Afghanistan have led to tensions between NATO and Pakistan.


4000-year-old Aryan city discovered in Russia

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Russian archaeologists have unearthed some ancient and virtually unknown settlements which they believe were built by the original Aryan race about 4000 years ago. According to the team which has discovered 20 of the spiral-shaped settlements in remote part of Russia steppe in southern Siberia bordering Kazakhstan, the buildings date back to the beginning of Western civilisation in Europe.


IVF father Robert Edwards wins Nobel Medicine Prize

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The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded this year to Robert G. Edwards, an English biologist who, with a physician colleague, Patrick Steptoe, developed the in vitro fertilization procedure for treating human infertility.


Resting laptop on legs can damage skin: Report

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Beware-people who work with a laptop on their legs can permanently damage their skin. A medical report has found that placing the devices next to the skin for long periods can lead to "toasted skin syndrome", an unusual-looking mottled skin condition caused by long-term


EU 'monitoring situation' after US travel alert

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The European Commission said today it was "monitoring the situation" after US authorities urged Americans travelling in Europe to remain vigilant about potential terrorist attacks.


Ground Zero mosque developer says life under threat

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One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat.


Qureshi to meet NATO Chief, will discuss NATO operations in Pak territory

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As tension escalates between NATO and Pakistani authorities, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet the NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels, to discuss the recent operations in Pakistani territory.


Teens more responsible than adults about condoms

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A wide-ranging study of Americans' sexual behavior, based on the largest nationally representative survey since 1992, finds that condom use is becoming the norm for sexually active teenagers.


In Egyptian TV comedy, women gain a voice

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It's rare in Egypt's pop culture to get a direct and frank look inside the minds of Egyptian women and what they really think of marriage and love. So a TV comedy sit-com became a startling voice in this conservative society's debate over the changing role of women.


Suicides put light on pressures of gay teenagers

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When Seth Walsh was in the sixth grade, he turned to his mother one day and told her he had something to say. "I was folding clothes, and he said, 'Mom, I'm gay,' " said Wendy Walsh, a hairstylist and single mother of four. "I said, 'O.K., sweetheart, I love you no matter what.' "


More US states allowing guns in bars and restaurants

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Tennessee, Arizona, Georgia and Virginia recently joined 18 other states that allow handgun permit holders to bring guns in bars and restaurants, and the new developments follow two Supreme Court judgements that citizens have an individual right to keep a loaded handgun for home defence.


Happy plant to reduce work stress: Research

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For hundreds of years, indigenous South Africans have chewed a plant they say reduces stress, relieves hunger, sedates and elevates moods. Now they have a license to study and market it, and plan to sell it over-the-counter worldwide.


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