| World News  | McCain predicts Iraq war won by 2013
CNN
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain thinks the Iraq War will be won but the threat from the Taliban in Afghanistan won't yet be eliminated, even though Osama bin Laden will be captured or killed, by 2013. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee made both statements in a speech in which he envisions the state of affairs at the end of what would be his first term if he is elected president....
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|  | Chavez warns Colombia over US base
Al Jazeera
Venezuela's president has warned Colombia against building a US military base on the countries shared border, saying he would consider such a move an act of "aggression". Hugo Chavez said on Thursday that he would not allow a US military base to be established in La Guajira, a region spanning northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. "We will not allow the Colombian government to give La Guajira to the empire," Chavez said,...
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|  | Bush envisions a democratic Middle East free of oppression
Syracuse
JERUSALEM (AP) - President Bush feted Israel on Thursday in honor of the 60th anniversary of its founding and predicted that its 120th birthday would find it alongside a Palestinian state and in an all-democratic neighborhood free of today's oppression, restrictions on freedom and extremist Muslim movements. Delivering this rosy forecast for the Middle East in 2068 during a speech to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, Bush limited his mention...
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|  | Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 in Afghan market
CNN
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber walked up to a police convoy in a crowded market in southwestern Afghanistan and detonated explosives Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 26 others, officials said. Five police officers died in the attack, which happened in the Del Aram district attack in Farah province. Seven civilians were killed, said Ali Khan Hussainzada, police chief of criminal investigations in western Afghanistan. There...
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| Business News  | Consumer stocks help lift bourse
The Australian
AUSTRALIAN shares ended higher yesterday in mixed trading with consumer-focused stocks doing well while investors took profits in other areas. The market responded to strong corporate news and a positive lead from overseas offset losses in the resource sector. The S&P/ASX 200 ended up 18 points or 0.3 per cent at 5890.7 after trading as high as 5911.9. The biggest stock on the market, BHP Billiton, closed down 1.2 per cent at $47.98...
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|  | 141.1 million prefer Google
News24
San Francisco - Google Inc, long dominant in the internet search market, has overtaken rival Yahoo Inc as the most popular web destination in the US, according to forthcoming data from research firm comScore Inc. Google saw its US audience grow 18% in April compared with the period a year earlier, to 141.1 million. Yahoo's audience, meanwhile, grew only seven percent to 140.6 million, according to comScore's data, which will be released to the...
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|  | IBM set to unveil new cost-effective solar cell
Austin American Statesman
SAN DIEGO — Combining high-tech semiconductor engineering with a simple staple of kids play, IBM Corp. on Thursday plans to unveil new technology it claims can squeeze more juice out of solar electric systems and significantly reduce their cost. At a technology conference here, IBM researchers plan to show off a new type of so-called "concentrator photovoltaic cell" that uses a large lens to focus the sun's power on the cell, much like a...
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|  | Turmoil as tobacco prices fluctuate in Malawi
Mail Guardian South Africa
Malawi's tobacco industry has been in turmoil after wildly fluctuating prices led protesting farmers to force the closure of the auction floors. This year's tobacco sales started on a very high note with prices reaching the phenomenal price of $11 per kilogram. The high prices did not last, however. The tobacco auction floors opened in Malawi's capital city Lilongwe in March with a kilogram of tobacco fetching between $6 and $11. This gave hope...
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| Health News  | Health Tip: Keeping the Caregiver Healthy
Healthfinder
Here are ways to prevent feeling burned out and stressed this article to news version (HealthDay News) -- Caregiving is one of the toughest jobs around. It is both emotionally and physically draining. The American Heart Association offers these suggestions for those who...
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|  | Will Rising Food Costs Make You Fat?
ABC News
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ and ALICE GOMSTYN ABC NEWS Business Unit May 15, 2008 FONT SIZE Rising food prices aren't just shrinking Americans' wallets -- they might also be expanding their waistlines, prompting at least one nutrition scientist to sound the health alarm. (Getty/ABC News) The price of milk, eggs, vegetables and just about every other grocery item seems to keep climbing. And for many...
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|  | Childhood obesity levelling in France: studies -
Yahoo Daily News
1 hour, 12 minutes ago GENEVA (AFP) - Childhood obesity may be levelling in France in contrast to the general trend in Europe where more youngsters are growing fat, according to two new studies presented Thursday. Researchers say they are yet unable to link changes in public health policies to the stabilising trend, but stress that an increased awareness of the obesity problem may have had some impact....
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|  | Cigarette Tax: A healthy tax
Florida Times Union
The state of Florida's budget is under pressure. Health care costs are rising, especially the Medicaid program for low-income residents. New sources of income are needed. Yet, there is a source that can not only provide revenue relief, but help make the state's citizens healthier at the same time. It is a cigarette tax. And unlike most taxes, this one is supported by a majority of Floridians, with 79 percent supporting a $1 per...
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|  | Schools to lop junk off menu
Star Bulletin
Schools turn focus to nutrition, fitness STORY SUMMARY » Students and parents will see a big change in Hawaii's public schools as "wellness guidelines" are put into action over the next four years. The state Education and Health departments collaborated on the guidelines to require healthier food choices and more physical activity on the school campuses. Even school fundraisers must change. The school system's new policy prohibits candy,...
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|  | 'Tobacco approach' for obesity
News24
Michael Kahn Geneva - Tackling the global obesity epidemic will require governments to take similar action to that many used to curb smoking, a top researcher said on Wednesday. This could include regulations that restricted how companies market "junk" food to children and requirements for schools to serve healthy meals, said Professor Boyd Swinburn, a public health researcher who worked with the World Health Organisation. "The brakes on the...
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| Politics News  | The post-Bush climate
International Herald Tribune
John McCain has been engaged in the fight against global warming for years, even at the expense of breaking with Republican orthodoxy and with President George W. Bush on the issue. But it was still an important moment this week when McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, decided to raise the profile of climate change in the 2008 campaign. We have...
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|  | PM defiant despite economic concern
Ananova
Gordon Brown has insisted he was the right person to guide Britain through difficult economic times, as he continued his effort to reassert his authority in the wake of the worst weeks of his premiership. In a series of broadcast interviews and a high-profile press conference at 10 Downing Street, Mr Brown repeatedly...
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|  | Edwards ends speculation, backs Obama for president
The Columbus Dispatch
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama yesterday, a move designed to help solidify support for the partyâs likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy. The surprise endorsement came a day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in the West Virginia primary, and it helped the Obama campaign steer much of...
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|  | Kuwaiti women battle against the odds in election
The Star
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Whether swathed in Islamic veils or dressed in Western suits, Kuwaiti women are campaigning hard to win parliamentary seats in Saturday's election. They failed to take any at the last vote in 2006 and once again face an uphill struggle attracting voters in a conservative and male-dominated Gulf Arab state. "There are a lot of challenges but there is also a positive wave... voters think why not try women? We tried men for...
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|  | I can save economy again - Brown
BBC News
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Gordon Brown says he will lead Labour into the next election Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is the right man to steer the country through difficult economic times. He blamed "international factors" for rising oil and food prices and housing market problems and said he was taking the right action to deal with them. Asked if he should stay in his job he said: "There are many...
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