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Good Morning    FRI 29 Jan 2010
 




Toyota faces probe; Honda also recalls models
Senate backs Bernanke for second term at Fed
U.N. trade body calls for write-off of Haiti's debt
Taliban say no decision yet on Karzai offer of talks
Government considering other sites for 9/11 trials
Bin Laden urges abandoning dollar: Al Jazeera tape
UK's Blair voices defiance over Iraq war
North Korea fires more artillery towards South
Obama takes retooled agenda on road after speech
Leaders warn recovery could falter without help

 









Protests as Blair before war inquiry    Salinger fans pay tribute    U.N. memorial held in Haiti






Toyota faces probe; Honda also recalls models
January 29, 2010 08:28 AM ET
    WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp faced scrutiny from Congress over its biggest ever safety recall as rival Honda Motor Co, tipped to gain from Toyota's woes, also said it would recall thousands of cars worldwide.

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Senate backs Bernanke for second term at Fed
January 29, 2010 09:28 AM ET
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday backed Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term running the Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank, despite deep misgivings over his perceived policy missteps.

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U.N. trade body calls for write-off of Haiti's debt
January 29, 2010 08:05 AM ET
    GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N.'s development agency added its voice on Friday to calls to write off Haiti's $1 billion foreign debt in response to this month's devastating earthquake.

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Taliban say no decision yet on Karzai offer of talks
January 29, 2010 07:58 AM ET
    KABUL/LASHKAR GAH (Reuters) - Taliban leaders will decide soon whether to join talks with the Afghan government, a militant spokesman said on Friday, after President Hamid Karzai invited them to a peace council aimed at ending the Afghan war.

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Government considering other sites for 9/11 trials
January 29, 2010 09:14 AM ET
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under intense bipartisan pressure, Attorney General Eric Holder is considering alternative sites to New York City for prosecuting the accused plotters of the September 11 attacks amid concerns about security and costs, an administration official said on Friday.

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Bin Laden urges abandoning dollar: Al Jazeera tape
January 29, 2010 07:54 AM ET
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden urged an end to reliance on the U.S. dollar as one solution to the global financial crisis and blamed developed countries for climate change, in an audiotape said to be of the al Qaeda leader.

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UK's Blair voices defiance over Iraq war
January 29, 2010 08:50 AM ET
    LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a defiant defense of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq on Friday, saying the September 11 attacks in the United States meant Saddam Hussein had to be disarmed or removed.

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North Korea fires more artillery towards South
January 29, 2010 04:11 AM ET
    SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired artillery toward a disputed sea border with its southern neighbor for the third straight day on Friday in a move seen by the South's president as a ploy by Pyongyang to put pressure on regional powers.

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Obama takes retooled agenda on road after speech
January 29, 2010 07:51 AM ET
    TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday he would not rest until businesses were hiring again, as he took his recast agenda on the road and sought to dig out of his deepest political rut since taking office.

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Leaders warn recovery could falter without help
January 29, 2010 08:57 AM ET
    DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - World leaders and policymakers in Davos are nervous the global recovery could falter, especially if governments withdraw support too quickly.

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"Club drug" ecstasy risky for healthy youth
First lady leads charge against obesity
Bill Gates promises $10 billion for vaccines
Family fat explains some of family diabetes risk
Experimental vaccine works against Chikungunya
Pelvic symptoms unlikely to mean ovarian cancer
Delivery mode not altered by pregnancy exercise
Basilea to continue late-stage antifungal study
Even routine tests can up newborns' pain response
Kids of bipolar parents at risk for mental woes

 






"Club drug" ecstasy risky for healthy youth
January 29, 2010 08:53 AM ET
    LONDON (Reuters) - The so-called "club drug" ecstasy is more likely than other stimulants like speed or crystal meth to kill young, healthy people who are not known as regular drug users, British researchers said on Friday.

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First lady leads charge against obesity
January 29, 2010 09:03 AM ET
    ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have leveraged the star power of first lady Michelle Obama to roll out a new campaign against obesity, a preventable condition that drains billions of dollars from the economy.

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Bill Gates promises $10 billion for vaccines
January 29, 2010 09:16 AM ET
    DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Bill and Melinda Gates said on Friday they would spend $10 billion over the next decade to develop and deliver vaccines, an increased commitment that reflects progress in the pipeline of products for immunizing children in the developing world.

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Family fat explains some of family diabetes risk
January 28, 2010 05:35 PM ET
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having type 2 diabetes in the family more than doubles a woman's own risk of developing the disease, new research shows.

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Experimental vaccine works against Chikungunya
January 28, 2010 05:38 PM ET
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine works against the newly spreading Chikungunya virus, at least in monkeys, and the approach may also work against other exotic viruses, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.

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Pelvic symptoms unlikely to mean ovarian cancer
January 28, 2010 05:16 PM ET
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only one in 100 women with symptoms typical of ovarian cancer, such as persistent bloating or pelvic pain, actually has the disease, researchers reported on Thursday.

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Delivery mode not altered by pregnancy exercise
January 28, 2010 05:39 PM ET
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women benefit from light-intensity resistance exercise during pregnancy and this type of physical activity is not apt to alter the way they deliver their baby, study findings hint.

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Basilea to continue late-stage antifungal study
January 29, 2010 05:07 AM ET
    ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss biotechnology group Basilea said it would resume recruitment of patients into a late-stage trial of an antifungal treatment in the first half of 2010 after a U.S. safety panel recommended the study's continuation.

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Even routine tests can up newborns' pain response
January 28, 2010 05:40 PM ET
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even a routine heel-stick test can be painful enough for some newborns to trigger an increase in potentially harmful free radicals in the blood, a new study suggests.

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Kids of bipolar parents at risk for mental woes
January 28, 2010 01:31 PM ET
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Your preschool child is throwing a fit: is it just a temper tantrum, or could it be an early sign of something more serious, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or oppositional defiant disorder? The answer may lie in your own mental health.