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Daily vitamin pill could reduce dementia's effects by up to 50 per cent 2010-09-09
The Independent

Scientists unveiled the latest weapon in the battle against Alzheimer's disease yesterday - a humble vitamin. Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that taking tablets of three B vitamins every day slows the brain shrinkage that happens with age, causing early signs of dementia such...

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Pakistan police arrest three over botched Times Square bombing 2010-09-09
The Australian

PAKISTAN police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square....

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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning 2010-09-08
The Star

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he will go ahead with the event despite warnings it will endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Dove World Outreach...

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Wave of strikes hitting Europe unlikely to upset policies - analysts 2010-09-08
Daily Star Lebanon

Thursday, September 09, 2010 - Powered by --> Dina Kyriakidou Reuters ATHENS: A wave of anti-austerity strikes hitting Europe this autumn will disrupt life and may hurt some economies but is unlikely to topple governments or shake their resolve to push on with tough salary and pension cuts. Unions...

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Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award 2010-09-08
The Star

POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to freedom of speech on Wednesday at a ceremony for a Dane whose cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad provoked Muslim protests that led to 50 deaths five years ago. Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard (L), whose drawings of Mohammed...

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Cordoba centre will be built, imam declares 2010-09-08
Gulf News

Dubai: Plans to build an Islamic centre near the site of the September 11 attacks will continue, the Muslim preacher leading the project has said. Imam Faisal Abdul Raouf, the chairman of the Cordoba Initiative and the imam of the Farah mosque in Lower Manhattan, has finally spoken out after...

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HC verdict may force Vodafone to pay $2.6bn tax 2010-09-08
The Times of India

MUMBAI: In a landmark verdict that could cost Vodafone International $2.6 billion (over Rs 12,000 crore) in tax and perhaps worry foreign investors, the Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by the global telecom giant against the Indian income tax department's power to impose a...

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Clinton calls Sudan referendum 'ticking time-bomb' 2010-09-08
The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan is a "ticking time-bomb" ahead of a January vote on possible independence for the south and the international community must redouble efforts to head off violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Clinton said the United States was working hard...

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Great apes protected as EU restricts animal testing 2010-09-08
The Star

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Primates, including mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- have gained new protection after the European Parliament backed a clampdown on animal testing. A Capuchin monkey carries an infant on its back at the Living Links Centre in...

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Ireland Plans to Split Up Troubled Lender 2010-09-08
The New York Times

DUBLIN (Reuters) — Ireland’s government outlined a compromise solution for winding down the troubled Anglo Irish Bank on Wednesday but did not provide either a price or a timeline on its plan. Yielding to political pressure, the finance minister Brian Lenihan rejected Anglo Irish’s...

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