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Spanish hospital will begin trials for new HIV treatment
Researchers at a Spanish hospital announced Monday they will start trials next year of a therapeutic vaccine for patients who already have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. A therapeutic vaccine treats...
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George Zimmerman’s girlfriend contradicts prior statements and drops charges...
The woman who accused George Zimmerman last month of pointing a shotgun at her and moving her possessions out of her own home has recanted her statements in new court documents, ABC News reported on...
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Muslim Brotherhood chief in court as new trial begins
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie Monday attended the first session of his second trial, his lawyer said, marking his first public appearance since he was arrested in August. Badie, the...
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Facebook teams up with NYU for artificial intelligence study
Facebook unveiled plans Monday on a partnership with New York University for a new center for artificial intelligence, aimed at harnessing the huge social network’s massive trove of data. The...
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Lebanon races to help Syrian refugees escape winter storm
Lebanese authorities are mobilising to help Syrian refugees living in makeshift camps ahead of a winter storm expected to bring snow and heavy rain, the social affairs minister said Monday. “The...
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Reality star Tila Tequila converts to Nazism, calls herself ‘Hitila’ in...
Reality television star Tila Tequila emerged from a year of relative obscurity by apparently celebrating a former associate’s death and expressing sympathy for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler both online and...
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First test of Senate’s ‘nuclear option’ voting rules set for Tuesday
Is Harry Reid fueling Senate’s escalating ‘arms war’? (via The Christian Science Monitor) President Obama announces three nominees, including Patricia Millett (r.), to fill vacancies on the United...
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Romanian minister: We spend too much money fighting AIDS
Romanian Culture Minister Daniel Barbu sparked outrage Monday after saying the national anti-AIDS programme received too much funding compared to his own department. “During debates on the 2014 budget...
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Israel accuses Iran of using embassies as ‘terror bases’
Israel’s defence minister on Monday accused Iran of using its embassies as terrorist bases and transferring guns and bombs through diplomatic pouches, without providing evidence for the claims. The two...
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Canada will seek possession of the North Pole
Canada signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing Monday the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expand its Atlantic sea boundary. After a...
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U.S. sells last shares in General Motors and ends bailout
The US Treasury sold its last shares in General Motors on Monday, ending the dramatic rescue of the auto giant at the height of the financial crisis five years ago. The Treasury took a loss of more...
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Joe Biden urges Ukrainian president to ‘de-escalate the situation’ with...
US Vice President Joe Biden on Monday conveyed Washington’s “deep concern” to Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych as tensions escalated in the country’s political crisis. Biden had called Yanukovych and...
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Alan Grayson swindled out of millions — again
The man who defauded Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) out of $18 million as part of a stock-related scheme was sentenced on Monday to 12 years in prison, the Associated Press reported on Monday. Grayson...
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Venezuela floats chance of gasoline price hike
Venezuela on Monday floated the idea of raising gasoline prices, in one of the least expensive fuel markets in the world. “We have to have big debates in Venezuela,” Vice President Jorge Arreaza said...
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Three million Greeks cut off from country’s health insurance plan
More than a quarter of Greeks are unable to afford health cover, a medical aid group said Monday, warning that children and pregnant women were at risk. Doctors of the World (MDM) said more than three...
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Ex-San Diego mayor Filner escapes jail over sexual harassment charges
Former San Diego mayor Bob Filner was sentenced Monday to three months of home confinement and three years of probation for sexually harassing female staff members. The 71-year-old, who resigned in...
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Newton’s bereaved set up tribute site for Sandy Hook shooting victims
Relatives of the 26 people murdered in Newtown in one of the deadliest ever US school shootings announced Monday they had set up a website to honor their loved ones. The families are to light candles...
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Heroic teen, 16, and toddler, 3, killed in accidental shootings a day apart...
A teenager hailed by her community as a hero and a 3-year-old child were killed in accidental shootings in the Indianapolis, Indiana area within a two-day period. According to WISH-TV, 20-year-old...
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Spanish journalists held by Al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria
A radical group linked to Al-Qaeda kidnapped two Spanish journalists reporting in Syria in September and is holding them captive, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesday. El Mundo correspondent Javier...
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Five men arrested in Mexican radioactive material theft
Mexican authorities have formally arrested five men suspected of stealing a truck carrying highly radioactive material in a theft that caused international alarm, an official said. A federal judge on...
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