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Obama says Americans ‘completely fed up’ with Washington

Obama says Americans ‘completely fed up’ with Washington

Oct 17, – President Barack Obama stressed that he is willing to work with lawmakers wherever they can agree, but the tone he struck amounted to a rebuke of Republicans, whom Americans largely blame for pushing the United States to the brink of an economic calamity. Obama scolded congressional Republicans on Thursday hours after a […]

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A Night’s Sleep Cleans Brain of Harmful Toxins

A Night’s Sleep Cleans Brain of Harmful Toxins

Oct 18, – The US team believe the “waste removal system” is one of the fundamental reasons for sleep. Their study, in the journal Science, showed brain cells shrink during sleep to open up the gaps between neurons and allow fluid to wash the brain clean. They also suggest that failing to clear away some […]

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Taylor Swift roped in for ‘The Giver’

Taylor Swift roped in for ‘The Giver’

Oct 17, – Swift told ABC Radio that she was completely unaware that the film’s makers were in the audience during her performance. Singer Taylor Swift’s recent performance in Los Angeles has landed her a role in the film ‘The Giver’, which stars Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges. The film is currently being shot in […]

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Norway rocker in French court for alleged racism

Norway rocker in French court for alleged racism

Oct 17, – Kristian “Varg” Vikernes, 40, was initially detained on terrorism suspicions after he and his French wife visited a gun club. Authorities turned up no plot, but instead filed charges linked to his alleged anti-Semitic and xenophobic messages. He faces up to five years in prison. A Norwegian heavy metal rocker on trial […]

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Bodies recovered in Mekong after Laos plane crash

Bodies recovered in Mekong after Laos plane crash

Oct 17, – Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee said search teams had recovered the bodies of 15 crash victims by the time their operations ended Thursday because of the strong current and darkness. He said they were unable to immediately identify them or their nationalities. Rescuers in fishing boats pulled bodies from the muddy […]

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Parents Who Used Donor Eggs Often Struggle Over Decision to Tell Kids

Parents Who Used Donor Eggs Often Struggle Over Decision to Tell Kids

Oct 17, – Many people who used donor eggs to become parents are grappling with the issue of whether they should tell their children how they were conceived, according to a new study. Up to 60 percent of donor-egg recipients weren’t sure if they would inform their child how they came to be for fear […]

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Bombing in ethnic minority village kills 13

Bombing in ethnic minority village kills 13

Oct 17, – The bombing happened in the Shabak village of al-Mowafaqiah near the restive city of Mosul, which is 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, according to police officials. The force of the blast leveled houses in the community and wounded at least 52 people, according to the officials. Rescue workers were searching […]

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Self-medication for allergy can be dangerous

Self-medication for allergy can be dangerous

Oct 16, – “Allergy, if categorized, can be of more than hundred types and every one of them need separate medication to be cured,” Vandana Boobna, consultant internal medicine at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Shalimar Bagh here, said. Each individual on earth is allergic to something and it should not be ignored, but one […]

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2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

Oct 16, –  Fumihiko Maki, who has designed some spectacular buildings of his own, says he’s not criticizing the design of the stadium by award-winning British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, just the size. His office says he has the support of 100 other well-known people in Japan, including architects. A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to […]

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Joy as New Zealand author wins ‘literary World Cup’

Joy as New Zealand author wins ‘literary World Cup’

Oct 16, – Champagne corks popped as New Zealanders celebrated author Eleanor Catton becoming the youngest ever Man Booker prize winner on Wednesday, with retailers reporting her novel ‘The Luminaries’ was ‘walking out the door’. Perhaps inevitably in the rugby-mad nation, some Kiwis likened the 28-year-old’s feat in snaring the prestigious prize for fiction to […]

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