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AFP - In their plumed helmets, dark blue tunics with shiny brass buttons, trousers and rubber gumboots, Mumbai's firefighters cut a dash as they ride the streets on their ageing red engines.
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• £70m needed this year and next to feed poor and hungry• Traditional donors, including Britain, have yet to offer aidMillions of Yemenis are starving while the international community focuses on security issues and tackling al-Qaida, according to the United Nations.Vital deliveries of food deliveries and...(more)
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change on Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff opposition from industry.
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Proceeds from an electric rate increase would be earmarked for renewable energy purchases and programs.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell slightly less than expected last week, hinting at a slow labor market recovery.
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The president said he would unleash auditors in a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, a move to please both liberals and conservatives.
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded killed hundreds of people less than two weeks ago.
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Bottlenose dolphins can switch diabetes on and off – a trick that could be mimicked to treat humans with the conditionScientists have discovered a biological quirk in bottlenose dolphins that could lead to a treatment for late-onset diabetes in humans. Studies on the marine mammals found...(more)
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Prices excluding food and energy actually fell, something that has not happened in more than a quarter-century.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A former "One Life to Live" star has admitted resisting arrest in a plea deal that resolves charges stemming from a fight at a New York City gas station....
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British IT expert held captive for two years after Baghdad kidnap tells of regret at not attempting to escape in early daysPeter Moore, the British IT expert who spent more than two years in captivity after being kidnapped in Iraq, tonight revealed how he regretted that...(more)
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The closure of almost half of Kansas City's schools shows what can happen when the wealthy opt out, and services sufferTwenty-nine out of 61 Kansas City, Missouri, schools will soon be shuttered in a desperate bid by the struggling school district to stave off bankruptcy. At...(more)
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