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WHO's cancer agency: Diesel fumes cause cancer

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
LONDON (AP) -- Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke....

WHO's cancer agency: Diesel fumes cause cancer

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
LONDON (AP) -- Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke....

WHO's cancer agency: Diesel fumes cause cancer

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
LONDON (AP) -- Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke....

Lawyer: Mubarak fears prison doctors want him dead

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
CAIRO (AP) -- Hosni Mubarak's condition stabilized Tuesday but his lawyer said the 84-year old former president does not trust his doctors in the prison hospital and fears they are out to kill him....

Chavez makes energetic start in re-election bid

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo is releasing a lengthy plan to deepen his socialist policies as he officially launches his campaign to win another six-year term in October....

Egypt Christians rally behind rival of Islamists

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
CAIRO (AP) -- In the small southern Egyptian town of Azaziya, where almost all the residents are Christians, few doubt that nearly everyone who can is going to vote for Ahmed Shafiq, ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister and his longtime friend, in this weekend's presidential election....

Syria observer chief says violence hinders mission

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers in Syria said Friday that a recent spike in bloodshed is derailing the mission to monitor and defuse more than a year of violence and could prompt the unarmed force to pull out....

UK's John Major: Murdoch tried to change policy

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
LONDON (AP) -- Former British Prime Minister John Major said Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch tried to influence his government's dealings with the European Union, even hinting that the politician could lose the support of the media mogul's newspapers if he didn't change direction....

Spain borrowing cost crisis: Rate at euro-era high

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's benchmark borrowing rate hit its highest level Tuesday since the country adopted the euro currency, after ratings agency Fitch downgraded 18 banks on Tuesday and investors continued to find more questions than answers in the country's decision to seek help for its ailing bank sector by tapping a (EURO)100 billion ($125 billion) eurozone bailout fund....

Yemen drives al-Qaida from 2 major strongholds

AP - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 06:40
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops and armed tribesmen drove al-Qaida militants from two southern strongholds on Tuesday, a major victory in a U.S.-backed offensive to seize territory held for more than a year by the terror network as it exploited political turmoil to gain a foothold in the strategic area....
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