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Non-drinkers more prone to depression, says study

27 Aug 2009: Scientists claim people who spurn alcohol have higher levels of depression and anxiety than moderate drinkers
Taking the poison out of healthcare

27 Aug 2009:
Bilal Baloch: We need serious debate about the working of Obama's healthcare plans, not rants comparing the president to Hitler
Abdul Aziz al-Hakim

27 Aug 2009: Obituary: One of Iraq's most powerful political and religious leaders
Boston mourns for Ted Kennedy

27 Aug 2009:
US senator's body moved from family compound as Democrats plot next move in healthcare reform battle
Five-hour wait for passengers stranded in Channel tunnel

27 Aug 2009: Nearly 500 passengers suffer sweltering conditions after shuttle train breaks down en route to Folkestone
The man who helps rule the media's world

27 Aug 2009:
Michael Tomasky: Conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart rails against Ted Kennedy on Twitter
Sir Allen Stanford hospitalised

27 Aug 2009:
Disgraced Texas financier and cricket impresario suffers from an irregular heartbeat ahead of court appearance

Jumblatt: the Middle East bellwether

27 Aug 2009: James Denselow: The shift in allegiances of Lebanon's chameleon-like Druze leader has sent tremors through the country's political system
Chinese legislature passes its first climate change resolution

27 Aug 2009: New laws to combat global warming are highly likely, according to the state media
We don't want to rule the world

27 Aug 2009:
Mark Weisbrot: The US public largely opposes America's foreign wars and economic meddling. They need a voice in US foreign policy
Japan's ruling party grandees face off with 'Princess Corps'

27 Aug 2009: Country's Liberal Democrats jolted into campaign mode by female candidates of the rival DPJ
Pittsburgh is last chance for revolution

27 Aug 2009:
Dan Roberts: If they really want to change things at the G20 summit, Brown and Obama must pay attention to Lord Turner's attack on the banks
Shaun Bush named as 207th British military death in Afghanistan

27 Aug 2009: MoD pays tribute to soldier killed while trying to save his platoon sergeant after explosion from roadside bomb
Afghanistan's ethnically split ballot box

27 Aug 2009: Nushin Arbabzadah: The presidential elections are only a very limited success story. 'Identity voting' scuppers real nation-building progress