HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Obese
women who have weight loss surgery before they get pregnant are three times less likely to develop gestational diabetes and are also less likely to require a cesarean section, a new study finds.
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AFP - Afghanistan's parliamentary elections are being threatened by Taliban violence and intimidation as the government fails to protect candidates, especially
women, a human rights watchdog said Thursday.
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One dead, the other seriously injured in crash one month after moment of passion was controversially published in newspaperTheirs was a kiss that stunned a conservative town. When a moment of passion between two men was published on a newspaper front page, it provoked fierce debate in one of South Africa's oldest communities.In a single photogr....(more)
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Spanish artist who filled the pages of 1950s British comicsIn the late 1950s, Fernando Fernández, who has died aged 70, was one of the youngest of a group of Spanish artists working for the British comics publisher Fleetway Publications. Only 17 when his first strips were published, Fernández filled the pages of British comics for the next dec....(more)
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• 'Strong likelihood' of violent attacks if if burning goes ahead• US pastor hints at cancelling event if contacted by ObamaInterpol, the international police agency, has warned of an increased risk of terror attacks if the planned burning of the Qur'an by extremist US pastor Terry Jones takes place on Saturday."If the burning goes....(more)
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Designers are helping as
women storm the corridors of power, displaying a distinctive feminine look
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Here's yet another reason to avoid obesity throughout your life: Doing so may improve your chances of survival if you're diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Dictator Kim Jong-il apparently too ill to hold party congress where he is expected to anoint son Kim Jong-un as next leaderNorth Korea has marked its 62nd anniversary today amid speculation that its dictator, Kim Jong-il, is not well enough to open a rare meeting of ruling party members that could see his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, effectively nam....(more)
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US president joins worldwide condemnation of plan by US preacher to burn copies of Qur'an to mark 9/11 anniversaryBarack Obama today joined mounting worldwide condemnation of the plan by an extremist US preacher to burn copies of the Qur'an, saying the event would be a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida".The Rev Terry Jones has vow....(more)
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