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Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51 (AP)

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AP – A strong, pre-dawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people in five villages, the government said.

Gates meeting with military, political leaders (AP)

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AP – Preparations have begun for a crucial campaign to assert Afghan government control over Kandahar, spiritual home of the Taliban, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said Monday.

AbitibiBowater gets tentative deal with union (Reuters)

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Reuters – AbitibiBowater Inc has reached a tentative labor deal affecting about 4,000 workers, bringing the newsprint maker closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection, the company and union said on Sunday.

South African minister is nominated for UN post (AP)

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AP – The South African president’s office has announced the nomination of its tourism minister for the United Nations’ top climate post.

Iraqi PM's coalition seen leading vote (AP)

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AP – Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties predict a coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will take the lead in the parliamentary race.

Elephant calf dies during labour at Sydney's zoo (AFP)

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AFP – An elephant calf has died during days of labour at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, where its mother was a part of a programme to breed endangered Asian elephants, officials said Monday.

UK justices hear detainees' torture appeal (AP)

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AP – Lawyers for six former Guantanamo detainees on Monday appealed a ruling that the British government can use secret evidence to fight a claim that it was complicit in their abuse.

Pakistanis say they arrested al Qaida's American mouthpiece (McClatchy Newspapers)

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McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani officials Sunday said they’d arrested the American face of al Qaida, a key militant propagandist, which if it’s confirmed would be the first high-profile capture of a leader of the terrorist group since Pakistan’s civilian government was elected in February 2008.

Afghan president to host April peace conference (AP)

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AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that an action plan to reintegrate low- to mid-level insurgent fighters into society and negotiate with the Taliban’s top echelon will be crafted at a springtime peace conference aimed at ending the war.

World could soon shield "all newborns from HIV" (AFP)

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AFP – Within five years the world could shield all newborns from HIV, while making strides in reducing deaths from malaria and tuberculosis, the Global Fund to fight the three diseases said Monday.

New Prostate Cancer Guidelines Aim to Empower the Patient (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — New American Cancer Society
guidelines on prostate cancer screening mean that many men will be faced
with a cascade of decisions, with a growing responsibility for those
decisions falling on their shoulders.

UN says mother-child HIV can be eliminated by 2015 (AP)

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AP – The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as planned.

Modern Etiquette: Do the obese really deserve contempt? (Reuters)

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Reuters – Disgust. Pity. Contempt.

HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – SUNDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) — Medications can reduce the
level of the AIDS virus in the blood to zero, but HIV doesn’t disappear
and often roars back when patients stop taking their pills. Now, research
is giving scientists new insight into how the virus manages to hide and
avoid the killing powers of medicine.

Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) –Increasing consumption of
sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000
new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart
disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.