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Pregnant women’s exposure to pollutants emitted from gas stoves may affect their babies’ nervous system development, a Spanish study suggests.
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The US intelligence community is worried that mysterious assassinations and bombings aimed at Iran's nuclear programme may be spurring the Iranian leadership to pursue attacks inside the United States, according to current and former US officials.
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CAIRO - Egypt's military leader has sacked the general responsible for media affairs to bolster an image tarnished by killings of protesters and accusations that the men in uniform are undermining Egypt's democratic revolution. The change is the first in the military council since the generals took power from President Hosni Mubarak during a popular uprising last February.
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The US has said the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is coming to an end, as Western and Arab nations push for a UN Security Council resolution. Washington is seeking to convince Russia not to stand in the way of the Arab League's initiative, to be presented to the Security Council in New York yesterday, calling for Assad to transfer power to help resolve
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Senegal braced for fresh protests yesterday, stoking fears of further violence following the deaths of three people in riots over President Abdoulaye Wade's plans to seek a third term. The country's opposition has launched a campaign of popular resistance to force Wade to step aside, and was planning a rally yesterday afternoon in the seaside capital Dakar which
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OAKLAND (Califonia) — Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.
At a Press conference on Sunday, Oakland police and city officials said they did not have a final tally of arrests. Earlier in the day, the city's emergency operations office put the figure at around 400. The skirmishes injured three officers and at least one demonstrator.
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Johannesburg — Reported problems with Julius Malema's ANC membership were the domain of the party’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe, a spokesperson said yesterday.
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GIGLIO (Italy) — The wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia could remain where it lies near the Italian island of Giglio until the end of the year or longer before it can be broken up or salvaged, the official in charge of the recovery operation said on Sunday.
Divers searching for bodies in the hulk, which lies half submerged a few metres from the shore, suspended work on Sunday after heavy seas and strong winds caused the vessel to shift noticeably, authorities said.
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MOGADISHU — Journalist Mohamed Bashir Hashi's voice broke with emotion as he read a death threat sent to his mobile phone: "If God wills it, you will be the next apostate to be killed."
After gunmen killed Somali journalist Hassan Osman Abdi on Saturday, colleagues and friends said they were too scared to attend his funeral that day, since militants in Somalia have targeted such gatherings in the past. Abdi, a 29-year-old director of a radio station, was a father of three.
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Syrian forces tightened their grip on Damascus' outskirts yesterday, as the Arab League pushed a UN resolution drawn up with Western powers condemning President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
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Addis Ababa — The African Union summit ended with an anti-climax yesterday when neither of the candidates for the job of chairperson of the AU Commission succeeded.
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Sao Paulo — Former Brazil left back Roberto Carlos says he will retire from football by the end of the year.
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Johannesburg — A leaked e-mail has led the ANC Youth League to accuse its parent body of using disciplinary procedures to settle political scores, reports said yesterday.
Reports said this came after it was revealed at a disciplinary appeals committee this week that ANC "chief prosecutor" Uriel Abrahamse wrote an e-mail to his deputy, advocate Nomazotsho Memani, suggesting that the appeals should be heard before the ANC's centenary celebrations.
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Bratislava — A painting by Adolf Hitler, done before he became Nazi Germany's dictator, has been put up for sale by a Slovak auctioning house.
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