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CHICAGO – The first follow-up of a landmark study of hormone use after menopause shows heart problems linked with the pills seem to fade after women stop taking them, while surprising new cancer risks appear. That heart trouble associated with hormones may not be permanent is good news for millions …

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Parents prayed at mass graves for children swept away by last year’s tsunami, and Western tourists returned to palm-fringed beaches to lay wreaths for lost friends. There was a minute of silence in Indonesia on Monday to mark the moment the first tsunami waves struck the …

WASHINGTON – As U.S. beef producers readied their first shipments to Japan in two years, the Bush administration on Monday lifted its ban on expensive Japanese beef. The discovery of mad cow disease in both nations had prompted the trade restrictions. Japan’s action has greater financial significance. The country’s market, …