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Neuroscience breakthroughs could be harnessed by military and law enforcers, says Royal Society reportSoldiers could have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, undergo brain scans during recruitment and take courses of neural stimulation to boost their learning, if the armed forces embrace the latest developments...(more)
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UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announces profits of £1.9bn for the three months to the end of December, up from a £193m loss during the same period in 2010.
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Former senator Bob Kerrey said he won't run for his old Nebraska seat, giving Republicans a better shot at picking up the seat now held by retiring ...
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AP - A lawmaker in Uganda is reintroducing an anti-gay bill that received wide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama.
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Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution.
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FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian court ruled Tuesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the island of Giglio, killing at least 17 people, must remain under house arrest.
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Cash sent to al-Qaida-linked organization, prosecutors sayA Chicago cabdriver and Pakistani native pleaded guilty Monday to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group with ties toal-Qaida.
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Chicago lawmaker wants detailed reports about electroshock weaponsSpurred by a Tribune report documenting an explosion in Taser use by police, a state legislator from Chicago is pushing a bill that would force local police departments to inform the state of every shock an officer delivers to...(more)
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Transport for London to examine safety of 500 junctions for cyclists, with new traffic light system under considerationCyclists in London could be given a headstart at traffic lights on particularly busy junctions, under a review into how to cut the toll of cycling deaths and injuries...(more)
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Nasheed resigns after weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judgeThe president of the Maldives has resigned after three weeks of opposition-led protests ended in a police mutiny. Mohammed Nasheed, a 44-year-old former political prisoner widely credited with ushering in a...(more)
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KABUL (Reuters) - Dwindling development aid as the war winds down in Afghanistan means child labor in the impoverished country is at risk of becoming more widespread, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned on Tuesday.
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AP - Vandals attacked a monastery in Jerusalem and a prominent school with a mixed Jewish-Arab student body on Tuesday, and police said they suspected Jewish extremists were behind the violence.
