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- Healthy women: experts advise against vitamin D/calcium supplements
- Taxi drivers receive over RM35m under TR1Ma
- Paraguay under pressure after Lugo ousted
- Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes far eastern Russia
- Penn State moves swiftly on Sandusky sex abuse civil suits
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- IT security problems shift as data moves to 'cloud'
- China to conduct first manual space docking
- Has hosting the Olympics become ruinous?
- Afghan brain drain fears as Karzai urges education reforms
- Paraguay under pressure after Lugo ousted
- Massacre tests judicial reform in the Philippines
- VIDEO: Battle rages against US wildfires
- VIDEO: What are the Greek government's aims?
- UN report on Congo mutiny omits evidence of Rwanda role
- Argentina withdraws ambassador over Paraguay president's ouster
- New Paraguay leader scrambles to quell criticism
- Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet
- Sudanese protest over cuts amid security crackdown
- Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations
| Healthy women: experts advise against vitamin D/calcium supplements Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:25 AM PDT Healthy postmenopausal women should skip low doses of calcium or vitamin D supplements to prevent fractures, according to a new statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force, the same group that recently recommended against routine PSA tests to detect prostate cancer.
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| Taxi drivers receive over RM35m under TR1Ma Posted: 24 Jun 2012 12:02 AM PDT Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced an incentive of almost RM35 million for taxi drivers in the country under the Teksi Rakyat 1Malaysia (TR1Ma) 1Malaysia People's Taxi) programme.
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| Paraguay under pressure after Lugo ousted Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:56 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's new president said on Saturday he would ask his impeached predecessor to help quell regional tensions after Argentina withdrew its ambassador in protest at what it said was a coup and Brazil recalled its top diplomat for consultations. 
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| Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes far eastern Russia Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of far eastern Russia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 
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| Penn State moves swiftly on Sandusky sex abuse civil suits Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:19 PM PDT BELLEFONTE (Pennsylvania), June 24 — With former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky now behind bars for child sexual abuse, the university has given an unusual signal that it wants to wrap up civil suits as fast as possible, legal observers said on Saturday. Shortly after Sandusky, 68, was convicted late on Friday on 45 counts of sexual abuse, ... 
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| Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:07 PM PDT Dogs taking part in the 2012 World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California.
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| IT security problems shift as data moves to 'cloud' Posted: 23 Jun 2012 09:02 PM PDT The Internet "cloud" has become the hottest topic in computing, but the trend has created a new range of security issues that need to be addressed.
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| China to conduct first manual space docking Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:56 PM PDT Chinese astronauts are due to carry out the nation's first manual space docking Sunday, a highly complex manoeuvre that will bring the Asian powerhouse a step closer to building a space station.
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| Has hosting the Olympics become ruinous? Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:35 PM PDT With the cost of hosting the Olympic Games soaring, the economic benefits of the sporting extravaganza have been called into question as the global economy faces a slowdown in growth.
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| Afghan brain drain fears as Karzai urges education reforms Posted: 23 Jun 2012 08:23 PM PDT A call by Afghan President Hamid Karzai for more foreign involvement in the country's higher education system risks exacerbating an already dangerous brain drain, analysts warn.
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| Paraguay under pressure after Lugo ousted Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:40 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's new president said on Saturday he would ask his impeached predecessor to help quell regional tensions after Argentina withdrew its ambassador in protest at what it said was a coup and Brazil recalled its top diplomat for consultations. 
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| Massacre tests judicial reform in the Philippines Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:28 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Esmael Enog heard crackling gunfire and saw men armed with high-powered rifles carry out one of the most heinous crimes in Philippine history: the massacre of 57 people, including 31 journalists, on a November morning three years ago. 
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| VIDEO: Battle rages against US wildfires Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:29 PM PDT Thousands of people are forced from their homes in the US states of Utah and Colorado, after wildfires spread in high winds.
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| VIDEO: What are the Greek government's aims? Posted: 23 Jun 2012 07:18 PM PDT The new government in Greece says it needs more concessions over the austerity measures demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
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| UN report on Congo mutiny omits evidence of Rwanda role Posted: 23 Jun 2012 05:40 PM PDT KINSHASA (Congo), June 24 — A United Nations report on the Democratic Republic of Congo has omitted reference to findings of the UN's own investigators that high-ranking Rwandan officials are backing an army mutiny in Congo's volatile east. Diplomats have accused the United States of seeking to delay publication of the findings by the UN Group of ... 
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| Argentina withdraws ambassador over Paraguay president's ouster Posted: 23 Jun 2012 04:27 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Argentina withdrew its ambassador from Paraguay on Saturday in response to an impeachment trial that removed Paraguay's president from office in two days, prompting criticism in the region and beyond. 
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| New Paraguay leader scrambles to quell criticism Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's new president said he believes South American leaders will come to see the legitimacy of a fast impeachment trial that ousted his predecessor from office in two days and prompted criticism in the region and beyond. 
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| Turkish, Syrian forces seek downed Turkish jet Posted: 23 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu phoned world powers on Saturday to brief them about the downing of one of Ankara's planes by Syria as a joint search for the airmen, who were shot down over the Mediterranean, tried to locate them. 
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| Sudanese protest over cuts amid security crackdown Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:44 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Hundreds of Sudanese joined anti-government demonstrations across Khartoum on Saturday, as protests against spending cuts flared for a second week despite a security crackdown. 
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| Vatican hires U.S. journalist to help media relations Posted: 23 Jun 2012 01:43 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, stung by communications blunders and mired in a leaks scandal, has hired an American journalist from Fox News and member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei to help improve its relations with the media. 
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