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US cuts funding for condoms in Marie Stopes' African clinics

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One of George Bush's first acts after becoming president was to stop all US funds to foreign organisations that helped women in any way to get an abortion, including providing advice. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) lost $34m that Congress had appropriated for it in 2002. more... (Society)

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Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade - NYTimes.com

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The assertions about the involvement of the president’s brother in the incidents were never investigated, according to American and Afghan officials, even though allegations that he has benefited from narcotics trafficking have circulated widely in Afghanistan. more... (In The News)

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Tests find toxic toys in stores across Toronto

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Young children in the Greater Toronto Area are being sold toys, knick-knacks and glittering jewellery laced with dangerously high levels of lead. more... (In The News)

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The war over GM is back. Is the truth any clearer?

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Dr Michael Antonioum head of the Nuclear Biology Group at Guy's Hospital, and a one-time member of the government's advisory group on GM foods, knows a lot about genetic modification. 'In our research into therapies for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis, we work with genetically modified organisms all the time.' It is because more... (Society)

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Bacelona's 'Stapler' museum condemned

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Barcelona residents have given a contemptuous thumbs-down to a proposed new design museum in the heart of the city, complaining that it has the aesthetic allure of an office stapler. Neighbourhood associations around the Catalan capital's central Plaza de las Glories condemn the planned building, created by one of Barcelona's most distinguished ar more... (Arts and Culture)

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Tiny traces of melamine OK in most foods, U.S. regulators say

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Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a global food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, U.S. government experts said Friday.The FDA guideline is meant to help federal and state investigators checking for contaminated foods from China at ports of entry and in Asian community groceries around the countr more... (In The News)

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Dominic Lawson: Democrat fingerprints are all over the financial crisis -

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When I see such senior Democrats as Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Christopher Dodd, Chairman of the Senate's Banking Committee, play the part of avenging angels – well, I can only stand in silent awe at the sheer tight-bottomed nerve of it. These are men with sphincters of steel. more... (Politics)

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Is Lily Cole's appearance in 'Playboy' really art?

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Art, of course, can be anything, but not anything can be art. Admittedly the last century has witnessed a fundamental overhaul of previously safe and closed categories. From where we are now, a bewildering range of objects, given the appropriate packaging, can be successfully categorised as artworks. Very few scholars would even contemplate refuti more... (Arts and Culture)

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Wall street is in a meltdown and the smart money is long gone

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Where are the Masters of the Universe now? As the financial tsunami rolls out across the world, crushing seemingly invincible institutions in its path and threatening the livelihoods of millions, the blame game has begun. more... (In The News)

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Stressed out parents in Nebraska abandon teenagers under law for babies

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In total last month, 15 older children in Nebraska were dropped off by a beleaguered parent or custodial aunt or grandmother who said the children were unmanageable.
Officials have called the abandonments a misuse of a new law that was mainly intended to prevent so-called Dumpster babies — the abandonment of newborns by young, terrified mothers more... (Society)

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Paris fashion week: Le freak, c'est chic | Life and style | guardian.co.uk

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The stupidest, freakiest picks from Paris fashion week. more... (Celebrity)

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Vogue’s Tasteless Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India

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A family of three squeezes onto a motorbike for their daily commute, the mother riding without a helmet and sidesaddle in the traditional Indian way — except that she has a Hermès Birkin bag (usually more than $10,000, if you can find one) prominently displayed on her wrist. Elsewhere, a toothless barefoot man holds a Burberry umbrella (about $200 more... (Celebrity)

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