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Associated Press The World Health Organization's cancer agency has determined that diesel exhaust causes cancer. It's raised the status of diesel exhaust from "probable carcinogen" to carcinogen.
WHO’s cancer agency says diesel fumes cause cancer
LONDON — Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke. T...
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Associated Press Smoke rises from a residential area of Talbisah Saturday in Homs City, Syria.
US: Russia sending Syria attack helicopters
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that Russia is sending attack helicopters to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and warned that the Arab country’s 15-month conflict could bec...
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Thousands protest Putin despite police crackdown
by LAURA MILLS and LYNN BERRY Associated Press MOSCOW — Undeterred by a sudden escalation in the Kremlin’s crackdown on the opposition, tens of thousands thronged Moscow’s tree-lined bo...
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Health of Egypt’s Mubarak deteriorates in prison
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak’s health worsened Monday, with doctors twice having to use a defibrillator on the imprisoned former leader, adding to the tumult in Egypt before this weekend’s runoff election...
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Associated Press Mourners purported to be anti-Syrian raise their hands as they carry the coffins of Syrian citizens killed by Syrian troops, in Daraa, Syria.
US accuses Syria of new tactics
BEIRUT — The United States accused the Syrian government of using “new horrific tactics” Monday, as U.N. observers reported Syrian helicopters were firing on rebellious areas and concerns mounted t...
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Associated Press Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waits to receive Omani Foreign Minister at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, in 2009. The coming year could be a highly inward-looking one for Iran and Ahmadinejad will be looking ahead for ways to secure some kind of post-presidency political role.
Ahmadinejad wounded but wily in final year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president hardly seemed like a fading political force at a security summit in Beijing last week. Leaders from China and Russia carved out time to hold private t...
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Egypt pulls TV spots warning about talking to foreigners
CAIRO — Egypt’s government has pulled TV public service announcements that warned against talking to foreigners because they might be spies after critics charged the spots fueled xenophobia and aim...
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Chief Syrian opposition body elects Kurd as new leader
BEIRUT — Syria’s main opposition group on Sunday picked a secular Kurd as its new leader after criticism that the former head was too autocratic and the group was becoming dominated by Islamists. ...
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Catholic faith on line as church rallies
by SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN — An international conference celebrating Roman Catholicism opened Sunday in Ireland against a backdrop of anger over child abuse cover-ups and evi...
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Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a news conference at the Moncloa Palace on Sunday.
Lift for markets from Spain rescue could be brief
by DANIEL WAGNER Associated Press A bailout of the crippled banks of Spain should relieve world financial markets and provide a lift for stocks in the United States, which have had a rocky si...
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