http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8272113.stm
Women 'naturally weaker' to HIV
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8147256.stm
Human Ancestors Conflicted on Monogamy
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/24/human-monogamy.html
Schizophrenia Gene Linked With Abnormal Neurogenesis In Adult And Postnatal Brain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090923121445.htm
Today, the physical and psychological security of peoples and nations is ever more endangered. Unilateralism, production and use of weapons of mass destruction, intimidation, resort to the threat or use of force and imposition of destructive wars on peoples for the sake of security and prosperity of a few powers have indeed redoubled the historic responsibility of the United Nations to resolutely endeavor to institutionalize justice in all aspects of global interactions in the interest of human tranquility. In our view, it is impossible to achieve security, peace, stability, prosperity and progress in parts of the world at the expense of instability, militarism, discrimination, poverty and deprivation in others.
http://ahmadinejadquotes.blogspot.com
China Opposes Iran Sanctions Sought by U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/world/asia/25beijing.html?_r=1
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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg taken to hospital
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken on Thursday to a Washington hospital for evaluation after she experienced lightheadedness and fatigue, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said in a statement. ... > full story
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California sets biggest energy efficiency plan
LOS ANGELES, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants. ... > full story
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Protesters break windows, clash with police at G20
PITTSBURGH, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Protesters demonstrating against capitalism at the Group of 20 summit ran through central Pittsburgh on Thursday, smashing shop windows as police in riot gear used pepper gas and batons to disperse them. ... > full story
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Banker pay curbs, clawbacks sought at G20 summit
PITTSBURGH, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — World leaders at the G20 meeting on Thursday closed in on a statement calling for new restraints on banker pay, an issue that became inflammatory during the global financial crisis, but would not endorse specific monetary caps -- a deal-breaker for the United States. ... > full story
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Netanyahu attacks Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial
UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brandished at the U.N. on Thursday Nazi-era documents on the extermination of Jews, dramatically rebutting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust. ... > full story
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Suspected U.S. drone kills 3 in Pakistan
BANNU, Pakistan, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile at a house in a northwest Pakistan militant stronghold on Thursday killing three people, Pakistani security officials said. ... > full story
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Suspected U.S. drone kills 3 in Pakistan: officials
ISLAMABAD, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A suspected U.S. drone fired a missile at a house in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killing three people, Pakistani security officials said. ... > full story
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Palau agrees to take 12 Uighurs from Guantanamo: U.S.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Obama administration has agreed with Palau to transfer up to 12 of the 13 Uighur Chinese detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Pacific island nation, according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Thursday. ... > full story
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All-round pessimism after dud Middle East "summit"
JERUSALEM, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A cloud of pessimism is suffocating hopes that U.S. President Barack Obama can pull off a miracle in the Middle East by setting negotiations on course for rapid progress toward a comprehensive peace agreement. ... > full story
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Massachusetts names Kirk to fill Kennedy Senate seat
BOSTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Paul Kirk, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and a close friend of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, was named on Thursday as a temporary replacement for the liberal champion in the U.S. Senate. ... > full story
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Embassy an uncomfortable refuge for Honduras' Zelaya
TEGUCIGALPA, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Hostile troops ring the building, water is limited and food supplies short, but ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya appears dead set on holding out in his temporary refuge at the Brazilian embassy. ... > full story
Gunmen kill Mexican reporter in front of colleagues
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Suspected drug hitmen burst into a Mexican radio station and shot dead a journalist in front of his colleagues in the latest brazen attack on the media, authorities and a Mexican newspaper said on Thursday. ... > full story
Russia's Chechen chief blames CIA for violence
MOSCOW, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Kremlin-backed chief of Russia's turbulent Chechnya region said his forces were fighting U.S. and British intelligence services who want to split the country apart, according to an interview published Thursday. ... > full story
Netanyahu attacks Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial
UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brandished at the U.N. on Thursday Nazi-era documents on the extermination of Jews, dramatically rebutting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust. ... > full story
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg taken to hospital
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was taken on Thursday to a Washington hospital for evaluation after she experienced lightheadedness and fatigue, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said in a statement. ... > full story
Pentagon tries again on aerial tanker contest
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Pentagon spelled out on Thursday how it would judge a politically sensitive, $35-billion competition for new refueling planes after two failed attempts to award a contract. ... > full story
Schwarzenegger: ready to work for Obama, go green
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to put his star power to work for President Barack Obama on the environment when his own term ends next year, the former movie actor said on Thursday. ... > full story
Democrats introduce bill to speed up credit card rules
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation that could speed up the implementation date of new credit card rules by nearly three months. ... > full story
HP sees tech rebound, rev view lags Street's
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Hewlett-Packard Co predicted that overall IT spending would bounce back next year, but set a fiscal 2010 revenue forecast that came in just below Wall Street's expectations. ... > full story
Fed may have to hike rates before need clear: Warsh
PITTSBURGH, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates from their currently ultra-low setting near zero percent before the need to take action becomes obvious, Fed Board Governor Kevin Warsh said on Thursday. ... > full story
Lehman asks to unseal documents from Barclays probe
NEW YORK, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and its unsecured creditors asked a bankruptcy judge on Thursday to unseal court documents related to an investigation of the sale of Lehman's core U.S. assets to Barclays PLC . ... > full story
Citigroup U.S. retail bank focusing on 6 cities
NEW YORK, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc's U.S. retail banking business plans to focus its marketing efforts on six cities, a source familiar with the matter said, but the bank's chief executive said he does not plan to dramatically shrink its branch network. ... > full story
MRI, solar cells, aging work lead Nobel predictions
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Scientists who discovered the secrets of how cells age, who made efficient solar cells possible and who figured out how to watch the brain work in real time are all leading contenders for Nobel prizes, Thomson Reuters predicted on Thursday. ... > full story
NASA finds ice on the moon and on Mars
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — International space missions have found ice on the moon and more evidence of ice on Mars -- good news for future settlements and also for scientists looking for extraterrestrial life. ... > full story
AIDS vaccine protects people, shocks researchers
WASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — An experimental AIDS vaccine made from two failed products has protected people for the first time, reducing the rate of infection by about 30 percent, researchers said on Thursday. ... > full story
Lack of sleep may play role in Alzheimer's: study
CHICAGO, Sep. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A study in mice suggests lack of sleep may play a role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ... > full story
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