Women: a glass of wine could protect your bones

Women: a glass of wine could protect your bones

Women: a glass of wine could protect your bones

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 12:18 AM PDT

New research finds that one or two glasses of wine a day helped protect older women from thinning bones as well as drugs did.

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Watch: inspiring beauty tutorials by 12-year-old cancer patient

Posted: 12 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT

In the sometimes shallow world of beauty tutorials, 12-year-old YouTube vlogger Talia Joy Castellano has inspired over 100,000 followers with her impressive make-up tutorials and brave online posts about her battle with cancer.

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Turkish forces end anti-PKK operation in Semdinli

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:08 PM PDT

HAKKARI (Turkey), Aug 12 — Turkish armed forces have ended an almost three-week operation against Kurdish militants in the southeast region of Semdinli, bordering Iran and Iraq, and have killed "a large number" of fighters, the local governor said in a statement yesterday. Turkish jets have bombarded Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) positions around ...

France’s Hollande says pushing hard for Syria solution

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:48 PM PDT

VARCES (France), Aug 12 — President Francois Hollande said yesterday France was pushing hard for a political end to the conflict in Syria, after the conservative opposition angered the government by calling for rapid foreign intervention. Hollande, breaking off his summer holiday to attend a ceremony for a soldier killed in Afghanistan, said ...

Three more US soldiers killed by Afghan in grim day for NATO

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:48 PM PDT

KABUL, Aug 12 — Three US Marines have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces during which six American soldiers were killed in rogue attacks. The shooting took place on Friday night in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, where three US Special Forces soldiers ...

‘Time’ and CNN suspend Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 07:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Aug 12 — CNN host and "Time" magazine contributing editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria was suspended by his employers on Friday after he acknowledged copying material for a recent column he wrote about gun control from another writer. "Time" said it was suspending Zakaria for one month, "pending further review," and CNN said it had also ...

Two earthquakes in Iran kill 250 and injure 1,800

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:41 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and into Sunday as medical staff desperately tried to save lives.

Kidnapped Saudi diplomat released in south Yemen - tribal chief

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants released on Saturday night a Saudi Arabian diplomat they kidnapped in southern Yemen, a tribal source told Reuters, adding that his release was secured after tribal mediation efforts.

Away from Games, nations compete over national 'houses’

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:58 PM PDT

The South Pacific islanders, like many other nations competing in the Olympic Games, are making the most of the influx of visitors to promote their own tourist attractions. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Kidnapped Saudi diplomat released in south Yemen - tribal source

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:42 PM PDT

ADEN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants released on Saturday night a Saudi Arabian diplomat they kidnapped in southern Yemen, a tribal source told Reuters, adding that his release was secured after tribal mediation efforts.

Ryan's path to Romney's No. 2 was steeped in secrecy

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:29 PM PDT

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Paul Ryan's path to becoming Mitt Romney's Republican vice presidential running mate was steeped in secrecy, from an incognito trip to meet Romney to a furtive walk through the woods near his boyhood Wisconsin home.

Two quakes in Iran kill 180 and injure 1,500

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 06:36 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two powerful earthquakes killed 180 people and injured about 1,500 in northwest Iran where rescuers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages through the night into Sunday.

Police investigate report of pellet fired at Chicago-area mosque

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 06:35 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Police were investigating a report that a pellet from an air rifle was fired at a Chicago-area mosque, in what an Islamic group described on Saturday as a disturbing act of violence.

Romney's choice of Ryan reshapes race for White House

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 06:21 PM PDT

NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate could dramatically shift the race for the White House into a debate between two sharply contrasting views of government spending and debt and its role in the daily lives of Americans.

Tanzania confirms it reflagged 36 Iranian ships, to deregister them

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 06:18 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge and approval.

Tanzania confirms it re-flagged 36 Iran ships, to deregister them

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge and approval.

Zanzibar confirms it re-flagged 36 Iran ships, to deregister them

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:31 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania said a shipping agent based in Dubai had reflagged 36 Iranian oil tankers with the Tanzanian flag without the country's knowledge and approval.

Armed men attack peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:06 PM PDT

AL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - A group of armed men opened fire on Sunday on peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on the border with Israel, a security source in Sinai said.

Two quakes in Iran kill 180 and injure 1,500

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT

DUBAI, Aug 12 — Two strong earthquakes killed 180 people and injured about 1,500 in northwest Iran where rescuers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages through the night into today. Thousands fled their homes and remained outdoors after yesterday's quakes, as at least 40 aftershocks hit the area. Casualty figures could rise, Iranian ...

Armed men attack peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:50 PM PDT

AL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - A group of armed men opened fire on Sunday on peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on the border with Israel, one security source in Sinai said.

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