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| Japan whalers reject enviros' search help [United Press International] |
SYDNEY, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Japanese whaling fleet says it
will not accept the help of anti-whaling protesters in searching for
a crewman believed to have fallen overboard.
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| Study: Parkinson's therapy's pros and cons [United Press International] |
HINES, Ill., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Deep brain stimulation to help
reduce tremors and other symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease
has some serious side effects, a U.S. study finds.
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| Canadian on trial for Afghan shooting [United Press International] |
PETAWAWA, Ontario, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A Canadian officer
accused of killing a wounded and disarmed suspected Taliban
insurgent in Afghanistan is seeking release until his military trial
in Ontario.
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| Cuomo aide trying to slow Kennedy bid [United Press International] |
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- An aide to New York Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo has urged Democratic Party leaders to not
support Caroline Kennedy for a vacant U.S. Senate seat, sources say.
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| 1,300 U.S. coal ash dumps are unregulated [United Press International] |
KINGSTON, Tenn., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Some 1,300 dumps like the
coal ash pond that sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300
Tennessee acres exist in the United States, an analysis finds.
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| Israel mulls expelling Venezuela envoy [United Press International] |
JERUSALEM, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Israel's foreign ministry says
it's debating whether to expel Venezuela's charge d'affaires after
President Hugo Chavez banned Israel's ambassador to Caracas.
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| Russia, Ukraine trade blame on gas dispute [United Press International] |
MOSCOW, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Russia said the natural gas supply
that runs through Ukraine to Western Europe was completely shut down
while a dispute over a gas bill continues.
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| Fed predicts a slow recovery [United Press International] |
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve said
rising unemployment and weak consumer confidence would slow an
economic recovery through 2009.
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