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Coffee, tea, even decaf lowers diabetes risk -study
14 Dec 2009 21:24:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - People who drink the most coffee and tea, even decaffeinated versions, can dramatically lower their risk of diabetes, researchers reported on Monday. Their study does ... 
Tropical storm Laurence
14 Dec 2009 21:17:00 GMT
Source: Tropical Storm Risk
Tropical storm Laurence is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 18:00 GMT on 15 December. 
Radiation from CT scans may raise US cancer risks
14 Dec 2009 21:00:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
* CT scans involve much more radiation than X-rays * 70 million CT scans in U.S. in 2007 * Many CT scans deemed unnecessary By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Radiation from CT ... 
Joe Lieberman poses US Senate healthcare hurdle
14 Dec 2009 20:57:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For more on U.S. healthcare reform, click [nN20512341]) * Senate Democrats struggle to pass healthcare bill * Lieberman says he will oppose Medicare compromise * Bill faces make-or-break week ... 
AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials
14 Dec 2009 20:47:35 GMT
Source: Reuters
* AIDS gel ineffective in largest trial to date * Scientists say results disappointing but definitive * Result adds to setbacks for Endo Pharmaceuticals (Adds background, details on Gilead's ... 
African protest hits UN climate talks in final week
14 Dec 2009 20:37:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
* African group wants preserve Kyoto, U.N.'s climate pact * Talks resume, but deep splits on emissions, finance (Adds U.S. comment, details of talks) By Krittivas Mukherjee and Pete Harrison ... 
Brazil's Lula to propose torture truth commission
14 Dec 2009 20:36:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Lula to propose law creating truth commission * Brazil lags neighbors in probing dictatorship abuses * Supreme Court to rule on 1979 amnesty law (Adds Vivanco quote in final two paragraphs) ... 
Russia reassures it will not swamp carbon markets
14 Dec 2009 20:17:55 GMT
Source: Reuters
COPENHAGEN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russia will not sell significant amounts of surplus carbon permits if doing so would undermine carbon markets, but will resist moves to cap such sales, a Russian ... 
Iran says makes arrests over torn Khomeini picture
14 Dec 2009 19:56:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Prosecutor: "no mercy" for those who insulted Khomeini * Arrests announced after leader's warning to opposition * Tension rising after Dec. 7 pro-reform student protests * Opposition ... 
FACTBOX-How much might U.S. pledge in climate aid?
14 Dec 2009 19:56:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 14 (Reuters) - A key ingredient for any climate change deal in Copenhagen this week will be a money pledge by rich countries to help poor ones fight global warming. The EU has promised ... 
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VIDEO: Facing up to reality in Southern Sudan
14 Dec 2009 14:14:00 GMT
Source: Medecins Sans Frontieres - UK
The people of Southern Sudan are trapped in a worsening crisis, following the most violent year since the 2005 peace agreement that ended more than two decades of civil war with the North. However, ... 
Copenhagen Climate negotiations must show courage
Source: Caritas Internationalis
Caritas has brought the voice of the poor to the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen.  
Climate change agreement: Donot put people in brackets
14 Dec 2009 11:05:30 GMT
Source: CARE International - UK
In Copenhagen, climate change negotiators must not ignore most vulnerable people.
 
Climate change agreement: Donot put people in brackets
14 Dec 2009 11:05:30 GMT
Source: CARE International - UK
In Copenhagen, climate change negotiators must not ignore most vulnerable people.
 
5 Years on: Save the Children helps one million survivors in 5 countries
14 Dec 2009 10:33:33 GMT
Source: International Save the Children Alliance
Hundreds of Thousands of Surviving Children Are Now Healthy, Attending School Westport, Conn. 
Cambodia: ICRC hands over tracing files to Cambodian Red Cross
14 Dec 2009 07:34:09 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Phnom Penh/Geneva – (ICRC) The vice-president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Christine Beerli, today handed over digitized tracing files on half a million people to the Cambodian Red Cross during a ceremony in Phnom Penh. 
Catholic development agencies say rich countries block climate talks
14 Dec 2009 06:09:00 GMT
Source: Caritas Internationalis
The UN climate talks were brought to a halt this morning as a result of a standoff between African nations and rich countries, who are trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities. 



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