DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An 11-member hit squad carrying European passports was responsible for killing a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month in a slaying that has brought vows of revenge from the Palestinian militant group, Dubai’s police chief said Monday. The details given by Lt. Gen. …
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CAIRO – Dubai investigators have collected crime scene DNA samples and fingerprints of some of the suspects in the high-profile slaying of a Hamas operative, a senior official said Friday. In an interview with Al-Jazeera television, Dubai police chief Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim said the evidence was collected at …
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KABUL – The man chosen to be the fresh face of good Afghan governance in a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday they are not pushing to oust him. Court records and news reports in Germany show that …
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This is a rush transcript from “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” May 11, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, ANCHOR: Meanwhile, speaking of those Tea Partiers teeing off on establishment candidates, already toppling a top Republican senator in Utah. My …
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China has revoked a ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country, softening a decades-old policy that drew sharp criticism this year when an Australian writer was blocked after declaring himself HIV-positive. Until now, China’s regulations formally banned foreigners entering the country with “psychiatric illness, leprosy, AIDS, sexually-transmitted diseases, active …
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Obese women are likelier to neglect contraception, obese men are more prone to impotence and both are far less sexually active than counterparts of normal weight, a study said on Wednesday.The findings highlight “a major reproductive health challenge,” requiring doctors to pierce the twin taboos of obesity and sex, it …
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With more than 4,000 reported cases and 9 infant deaths, the whopping cough epidemic in California could break a 55-year record. Nationwide, the CDC shows more than 11,000 cases of the highly contagious illness, characterized by a persistent cough that lasts weeks. Health experts say vaccination is the most effective …
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This is a rush transcript from “Glenn Beck,” November 30, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GLENN BECK, HOST: Welcome to “The Glenn Beck Program.” I have told you for the last, probably, five years, that a perfect storm was brewing. Then …
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AKRON, Ohio – DemocratJohn Kerry (search)said Saturday that a record increase inMedicare (search)premiums for doctor visits was another failed promise from President Bush. The Bush administration announced a day earlier that monthly premiums for a portion of the program for the elderly and disabled will rise $11.60 next year, to …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – An apartment building fire that police believe was arson burned so fiercely in a stairwell that it blocked residents trying to escape and forced some to jump out of windows. Ten people, many related, died. All that remained of the 24-unit apartment building in an unincorporated area …
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