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Monday, December 1, 2008

HIV testing can save newborns

By Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS - Early testing of newborn babies for the virus that causes AIDS can significantly improve their survival, according to a report Monday by four...

UN officials launch ‘Year of the Gorilla’

A mountain gorilla is seen carrying her baby, in the Virunga National Park, near the Uganda border in eastern Congo, Tuesday.
By Associated Press
ROME - The "Year of the Gorilla" began Monday — a U.N. effort to raise money...
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Top UN rights body calls for end to Congo abuses

By Associated Press
GENEVA - The U.N.’s top human rights body has called for an immediate end to the abuse of civilians in eastern Congo. A...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bush calls India’s leader to pledge solidarity

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush assured India’s leader on Sunday that the U.S. government will put its full weight behind the investigation into...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Russia test-fires ICBM from submarine

By Associated Press
MOSCOW - The Russian navy said today that a new-generation Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was test-fired from...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

UN: financial crisis a burden on climate change

By Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland - The global financial crisis will make it harder for countries to agree on an ambitious new treaty to combat global warming and underscores...

Russia to help Venezuela develop nuclear energy

By Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to help start a nuclear energy program in Venezuela and said...
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Mikhail Gorbachev hopes for new US policies under Barack Obama

By Associated Press
MOSCOW - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says the election of Barack Obama shows the world that the U.S. wants change. Gorbachev says "the entire...

Gorbachev hopes for new US policies under Obama

By Associated Press
MOSCOW - Some Russians call Barack Obama the American Gorbachev because of his promises to bring change to his country....
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US agencies monitoring India attacks

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The U.S. administration is continuing to monitor a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai but said it was not aware...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Plumes spewing from Saturn moon may contain water

This file image provided by NASA on Oct. 10, 2007, shows geyser-like eruptions of ice particles and water vapor shooting out from the south pole of Saturn’s moon, Enceladus.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn’s...

Britain against forced marriage in Pakistan

By Associated Press
KALLAR SAIDAN, Pakistan - Britain’s foreign secretary told Pakistanis today that forced marriages are wrong, a day after a British law took effect to...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

UN: greenhouse gases at new record highs

By Associated Press
GENEVA - Greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere have reached new record highs and show no sign of leveling off,...
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