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Russia has ‘very ready force’ for Ukraine incursion, says NATO

Russia has ‘very ready force’ for Ukraine incursion, says NATO

Apr 02, – Calling the situation “incredibly concerning”, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said NATO had spotted signs of movement by a very small part of the Russian force overnight but had no indication that this was part of a withdrawal to barracks. Russia has massed all the […]

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Iraq: 8 killed in attacks at start of election campaign

Iraq: 8 killed in attacks at start of election campaign

Apr 01, – A series of attacks north of Baghdad killed eight soldiers on Tuesday as Iraq’s election campaign officially kicked off ahead of the April 30 nationwide vote. Iraq is holding its first parliamentary elections since the U.S. troops’ withdrawal in late 2011. Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish candidates are vying for 328 assembly seats […]

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Twitter wins Turkish court case but site still blocked

Twitter wins Turkish court case but site still blocked

Mar 29, – In a second ruling against Turkey’s ban on Twitter, a Turkish court has overturned an order for the social media network to remove an account that accuses a former minister of corruption, reports said Saturday. Turkey last week suspended access to Twitter, which has been a conduit for links to recordings suggesting […]

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Israeli officials warn tensions with Syria could escalate into a ‘surprise war’

Israeli officials warn tensions with Syria could escalate into a ‘surprise war’

Mar 19, – Israeli jets struck a Syrian army training facility, a military headquarters building and artillery batteries, the army said in a e-mailed statement. The strikes were a response to the wounding of four Israeli soldiers by the explosion of a device on the Golan Heights frontier with Syria yesterday, the third such incident […]

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Pakistani girl kidnapped, gang-raped and stripped naked for ‘revenge’

Pakistani girl kidnapped, gang-raped and stripped naked for ‘revenge’

Mar 19, – Islamabad, March 18: A young woman in Pakistan’s Punjab province was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly married twice before being gangraped and stripped naked in revenge for her brother having eloped with a girl from a different caste. Sanaullah, 22, had eloped with the daughter of a man who belongs to the Mallah […]

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Vodka to blame for high death risk in Russian men

Vodka to blame for high death risk in Russian men

Jan 31, – Russian men who down large amounts of vodka — and too many do — have an “extraordinarily” high risk of an early death, a new study says. Researchers tracked about 151,000 adult men in the Russian cities of Barnaul, Byisk and Tomsk from 1999 to 2010. They interviewed them about their drinking […]

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CDC: 38 Million Americans Drink Too Much Alcohol

CDC: 38 Million Americans Drink Too Much Alcohol

At least 38 million adults in the US drink too much, and most are not alcoholics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a push to increase use of alcohol screening and counseling by doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Only 1 in 6 Americans talk to their health professional about their […]

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Al-Qaida-linked forces capture town of Fallujah in Iraq

Al-Qaida-linked forces capture town of Fallujah in Iraq

Jan 04, –  A rejuvenated al-Qaida-affiliated force asserted control over the western Iraqi city of Fallujah on Friday, raising its flag over government buildings and declaring an Islamic state in one of the most crucial areas that U.S. troops fought to pacify before withdrawing from Iraq two years ago. The capture of Fallujah came amid […]

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Hydration, regular breakfast give sound sleep

Hydration, regular breakfast give sound sleep

Dec 08, – Don’t skip breakfast and drink as much water as possible to sleep well. You may start worrying about finding the perfect gift for your loved ones or over too many Christmas party invitations, and such thoughts can have a negative impact on one’s sleep pattern. Sleep expert Nerina Ramlakhan has shared advice […]

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Egypt court cuts sentences on Islamist women

Egypt court cuts sentences on Islamist women

Dec 08, – The initial verdict handed down late last month caused an international and domestic outcry. “This is God-given,” Ola Alaa, an 18-year-old medical student who was initially sentenced to 11 years, told The Associated Press by telephone after reaching her home in the coastal city of Alexandria. “I think (the authorities) wanted to […]

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