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HIV children benefit from zinc supplements -study
LONDON (Reuters) - Zinc supplements could be a simple and safe way to reduce illnesses such as diarrhea in children infected with HIV, researchers said on Friday.
Castro OKs Cuba to play against US baseball stars
HAVANA (Reuters) - President Fidel Castro has given the go-ahead for Cuba to play in the World Baseball Classic next March, vowing a clash between Cuban amateur sport and American ...
Indonesia bars US terror expert
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An American expert on terrorism and Islamic militancy in Southeast Asia has been kicked out of Indonesia for the second year in a row, the analyst and a Foreign ...
Japan space probe set for new landing on asteroid
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese space probe on a mission to bring back the first rock samples from an asteroid is preparing to make a fresh attempt to land on its target, Japan Aerospace ...
Russian plan for Iran unites IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) - Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog broadly agreed on Thursday it was better to explore a Russian compromise over Iran's nuclear activities than to report Tehran ...
Polls see Sharon win, Likud in ruins
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new centrist party would win a March election, altering Israel's political map by crushing rightists opposed to peacemaking with ...
Bomb kills 34 outside Iraq hospital
MAHMOUDIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber attacked a hospital south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 34 people and wounding dozens more as militants stepped up their campaign of ...
Ex-press baron Conrad Black predicts 'vindication'
TORONTO (Reuters) - Fallen press baron Conrad Black hit back at his accusers on Thursday and predicted he would be completely vindicated of U.S. criminal fraud charges.
Another blast, toxic spill, worries China
HARBIN, China (Reuters) - Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated from their homes along a river in northeast China after an explosion at a petrochemical plant upstream dumped 100 ...
Spain clears US of blame in CIA flight probe
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government, responding to allegations that CIA planes used a Spanish airport as a base to transport Islamic terrorism suspects, said on Thursday it was ...
Bush awards Greenspan, Ali Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush praised the influence of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and boxing legend Muhammad Ali as he honored them on Wednesday with the ...
Youths clash with police in new French violence
PARIS (Reuters) - France imposed emergency measures on Wednesday in 38 suburbs, towns and cities, but in a 14th night of violence youths clashed with police in the southwestern city ...
Oil execs defend profits at Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under fire for high fuel prices, five major oil companies on Wednesday warned the U.S. Senate against levying a windfall profits tax and showed little interest ...
Rice heads to Bahrain to spread democracy message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled at home by questions about foreign detainees and secret prisons, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads for Bahrain on Thursday for a conference ...
Democrats scrutinize Alito in Vanguard case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Wednesday stepped up their scrutiny of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito's role in a 2002 case that they say could pose a possible ...
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